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Key facts
- 2006
- Bodysol–Win for Life–Jong Vlaanderen
- Full name
- Greg Van Avermaet
- Nickname
- Avi GVA King of Flanders
- Born
- ( 1985-05-17 ) 17 May 1985 (age 41) , Lokeren , Flanders , Belgium
- Height
- 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
- Weight
- 74 kg (163 lb)
- Current team
- Team Last Dance
- Discipline
- Gravel
- Role
- Rider
- Rider type
- Classics specialist , Puncheur
- 2007 2010
- Predictor–Lotto
- 2011 2020
- BMC Racing Team
- 2021 2023
- AG2R Citroën Team
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Belgium
- Place of birth
- Lokeren
- Father
- Ronald Van Avermaet
- Occupation
- sport cyclist
- Languages spoken
- Dutch
- Sport
- road bicycle racing
- Member of team
- Decathlon CMA CGM Team
- Position played
- puncheuse
- Country for sport
- Belgium
- Mass
- 74
- Official website
- www.gregvanavermaet.be
- Image
- TDF14388 van avermaet (29899048858) (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 181
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- Greg Van Avermaet
- date of birth
- 1985-05-17
- social media followers
- 134950
- name in native language
- Greg Van Avermaet
- sports discipline competed in
- road bicycle racing
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Encyclopedic overview
Greg Van Avermaet (born 17 May 1985) is a retired Belgian professional cyclist. Considered one of the most versatile riders of modern cycling, Van Avermaet was a specialist of the classic cycle races, but has also won stages and the general classification in stage races, particularly when run on a hilly terrain, such as the 2016 Tirreno–Adriatico, and the 2018 Tour de Yorkshire. His strong sprint finish enabled him to win sprints of small lead groups, but he has also won races after solo breakaways.
He won the men's individual road race event at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and has won other one-day races such as Paris–Roubaix, Gent–Wevelgem and E3 Harelbeke in 2017, the 2016 GP de Montréal and Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in 2016 and 2017. In the Grand Tours, Van Avermaet has taken two individual stage wins in the Tour de France, and worn the Yellow Jersey for eleven days during the 2016 and 2018 Tours and won the points classification in the Vuelta a España, with one stage win in the Vuelta a España. Van Avermaet was also the overall winner of the 2017 UCI World Tour.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Greg Van Avermaet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.