Zico Waeytens

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Zico Waeytens
Waeytens in 2015
Personal information
Full nameZico Waeytens
Born (1991-09-29) 29 September 1991 (age 34)
Ledegem, Belgium
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2010–2011Davo–Lotto
2011Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2012–2014[1]Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator
2015–2017Team Giant–Alpecin
2018Vérandas Willems–Crelan[2]
2019Cofidis[3]

Zico Waeytens (born 29 September 1991 in Ledegem) is a Belgian former professional cyclist, who rode professionally between 2012 and 2019 for the Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise, Team Sunweb, Vérandas Willems–Crelan and Cofidis teams.[4] He was named in the start list for the 2015 Vuelta a España.[5]

Waeytens retired from cycling at the end of the 2019 season to pursue a career in boxing.[4]

Major results

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2008 3rd Road race, National Junior Road Championships 2009 1st Overall Tour d'Istria 1st Stage 2 1st Overall Liège–La Gleize 4th Remouchamps–Ferrières–Remouchamps 10th Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships 2010 3rd Grand Prix de Waregem 10th Overall Oberösterreich Rundfahrt 2011 1st Flèche Ardennaise 5th De Vlaamse Pijl 9th Overall Danmark Rundt 2012 6th Omloop van het Waasland 7th Schaal Sels 2013 3rd Overall Tour des Fjords 7th Grand Prix de Wallonie 2014 3rd Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem 5th Overall Tour de Wallonie 1st Sprints classification 9th Le Samyn 9th Kattekoers 9th Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig 2015 3rd Velothon Berlin 6th Overall Ster ZLM Toer 2016 1st Stage 4 Tour of Belgium 2018 10th Great War Remembrance Race 2019 5th Grand Prix La Marseillaise 10th Tacx Pro Classic

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 2015 2016
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España 157 DNF
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

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  1. ^ "Zico Waeytens » Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise". Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Guardini signs with Bardiani-CSF - News shorts". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2018. Zico Waeytens has signed to ride for Veranda's Willems-Crelan for one year, the Pro Continental team announced Friday afternoon.
  3. ^ Bonnefoy, François (29 November 2018). "Route - L'effectif de l'équipe Cofidis pour la saison 2019" [Road - The Cofidis squad for the 2019 season]. Cyclism'Actu (in French). Swar Agency. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Zico Waeytens hangt fiets aan de wilgen en gaat boksen" [Zico Waeytens hangs up the bike and starts boxing]. Sporza (in Dutch). Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie. 24 October 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Vuelta a España 2015". Cycling Fever. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
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