Oliver Naesen (Dutch: [ˈɔlivər ˈnaːsə(n)]; born 16 September 1990) is a Belgian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale.[4] Considered a specialist of the one-day classics, he won the 2017 Belgian National Road Race Championships,[5] as well as the Bretagne Classic in 2016 and 2018.[6] He is the brother of fellow racing cyclist Lawrence Naesen.[7]
.jpg) Naesen in 2020 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Oliver Naesen |
| Born | 16 September 1990 Ostend, Flanders, Belgium |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)[1] |
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb; 11 st 3 lb)[1] |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Classics specialist |
| Amateur team | |
| 2014 | Lotto–Belisol (stagiaire)[2] |
| Professional teams | |
| 2014 | Cibel[2] |
| 2015 | Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise |
| 2016 | IAM Cycling |
| 2017– | AG2R La Mondiale[3] |
| Major wins | |
| One-day races and Classics | |
Career
edit2014–2016
editNaesen turned professional in August 2014 as a stagiaire with the Lotto–Belisol team, before joining Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise in 2015 and Swiss UCI WorldTeam IAM Cycling in 2016.[8]
He made his Grand Tour debut at the 2016 Tour de France,[9] in which he was awarded the combativity award on the fourth stage.[10] He made a spectacular crash in the last corner of the stage 18 mountain time trial, but finished his maiden Tour in 83rd position overall.[11]
Weeks after the Tour de France, he won the Bretagne Classic; his first victory in a UCI World Tour race.[12] In September, he finished second in the general classification of the 2016 Eneco Tour after a strong performance in the final stage to Geraardsbergen.[13] His results earned him a selection for the World Championship road race in Qatar, in which he finished 23rd.[14]
AG2R La Mondiale (2017–present)
editFollowing the discontinuation of the IAM Cycling team, Naesen signed a two-year contract with French team AG2R La Mondiale.[15] In the spring of 2017, he confirmed his status as a classics talent with top-10 finishes in the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne, E3 Harelbeke and Gent–Wevelgem. In the Tour of Flanders, he was in a three-man chase group behind Philippe Gilbert, when Peter Sagan, leading the group, crashed on Oude Kwaremont and brought down Naesen and Greg Van Avermaet. Naesen and Sagan broke their bike frames, preventing them from defending their podium positions, and Naesen ultimately finished 23rd.[16] In Summer, he won the 2017 Belgian National Road Race Championships in Antwerp,[5] before competing in his second Tour de France.
In 2018, he finished 11th at the Tour of Flanders and 12th in Paris–Roubaix. In August, he won the Bretagne Classic Ouest–France for the second time in three years.[6]
Major results
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- 2013
- 10th Grote Prijs Stad Geel
- 2014
- 3rd Memorial Van Coningsloo
- 4th Ronde van Limburg
- 6th Binche–Chimay–Binche
- 6th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad U23
- 8th Gooikse Pijl
- 9th Handzame Classic
- 10th Druivenkoers Overijse
- 10th Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig
- 10th Flèche Ardennaise
- 2015 (1 pro win)
- 1st Polynormande
- 1st Gooikse Pijl
- 2nd Schaal Sels
- 3rd Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
- 3rd Omloop van het Waasland
- 5th Druivenkoers Overijse
- 6th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 7th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 10th Le Samyn
- 10th Tour de Vendée
- 2016 (1)
- 1st Bretagne Classic
- 1st GP Lucien Van Impe
- 2nd Overall Eneco Tour
- 2nd Tour de l'Eurométropole
- 10th Binche–Chimay–Binche
Combativity award Stage 4 Tour de France- 2017 (1)
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 3rd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 3rd E3 Harelbeke
- 5th Overall BinckBank Tour
- 6th Paris–Tours
- 6th Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 6th Tour de l'Eurométropole
- 7th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 8th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 8th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 10th London–Surrey Classic
- 10th Binche–Chimay–Binche
- 2018 (1)
- 1st Bretagne Classic
- 3rd Eschborn–Frankfurt
- 3rd Binche–Chimay–Binche
- 3rd Tour de l'Eurométropole
- 4th E3 Harelbeke
- 4th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 4th Paris–Tours
- 6th Gent–Wevelgem
- 9th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 2019 (1)
- 2nd Overall BinckBank Tour
- 1st Stage 7
- 2nd Milan–San Remo
- 2nd Binche–Chimay–Binche
- 3rd Gent–Wevelgem
- 3rd Paris–Tours
- 7th Tour of Flanders
- 8th E3 Binckbank Classic
- 8th London–Surrey Classic
- 10th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 10th EuroEyes Cyclassics
- 2020
- 7th Tour of Flanders
- 7th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 10th Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 2021
- 4th E3 Saxo Bank Classic
- 7th Tro-Bro Léon
- 2022
- 2nd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 3rd Famenne Ardenne Classic
- 4th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 7th Bretagne Classic
- 8th Primus Classic
- 2023
- 9th Famenne Ardenne Classic
- 2024
- 4th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 7th Tour of Flanders
- 7th Binche–Chimay–Binche
- 8th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
Has not contested during his career | |||||||
 Tour de France
|
83 | 63 | 66 | 68 | 61 | 70 | DNF | 76 |
 Vuelta a España
|
Has not contested during his career | |||||||
Classics results timeline
edit| Monument | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | — | — | 62 | 2 | 14 | 21 | — | 74 | 106 |
| Tour of Flanders | — | 35 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 33 | 41 | 40 | 7 |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | 57 | 13 | 31 | 12 | 13 | NH | 52 | 54 | 66 | 24 |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | Has not contested during his career | ||||||||||
| Giro di Lombardia | |||||||||||
| Classic | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | — | 31 | 13 | 7 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 19 | 4 |
| Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | — | 25 | 77 | 8 | 11 | 43 | 23 | 16 | 20 | 79 | 16 |
| E3 Harelbeke | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | 8 | NH | 4 | 21 | 47 | 25 |
| Gent–Wevelgem | — | 32 | DNF | 22 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 59 | 18 | 11 |
| Dwars door Vlaanderen | — | 40 | DNF | 6 | DNF | 19 | NH | 19 | DNF | 84 | 63 |
| Amstel Gold Race | — | 92 | 35 | 13 | 93 | 28 | — | — | — | 108 | |
| Eschborn–Frankfurt | — | — | — | DNF | 3 | 16 | — | — | — | DNF | |
| Bretagne Classic | — | — | 1 | DNF | 1 | 17 | — | — | 7 | DNF | |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | — | — | 68 | 17 | 14 | 20 | Not held | — | — | ||
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | — | — | 15 | 16 | 4 | 36 | — | — | |||
| Paris–Tours | 32 | 27 | 25 | 6 | 4 | 3 | — | — | 55 | 117 | |
Major championships timeline
edit| Event | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 World Championships
|
— | 23 | 73 | — | 33 | DNF | — |
 National Championships
|
10 | 30 | 1 | 43 | 22 | 48 | 9 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| NH | Not held |
References
edit- ^ a b "Oliver Naesen - Equipe cycliste AG2R La Mondiale". Retrieved 10 July 2019.
- ^ a b Oliver Naesen at Cycling Archives (archived)
- ^ "Official presentation of the AG2R LA MONDIALE professional cycling team 2020". AG2R La Mondiale. Groupe AG2R La Mondiale. 10 December 2019. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "AG2R Citroën Team". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ a b "Belgian Road Championships 2017: Road Race - Men Results - Cyclingnews.com". Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ a b "Bretagne Classic 2018 : le doublé historique d'Oliver Naesen (AG2R)". Le Dauphiné libéré (in French). Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "Lawrence Naesen to join brother Oliver at AG2R in 2020". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 7 August 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- ^ "Leigh Howard, Vegard Stake Laengen and Oliver Naesen confirmed for IAM Cycling". cyclingnews.com. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
- ^ "2016 > 103rd Tour de France > Startlist". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ Barry, Ryan. "Tour de France: Kittel wins stage 4 in Limoges". cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ Benson, Daniel. "Tour de France: Froome seals third overall victory in Paris". cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ "Naesen takes surprise win at Bretagne Classic". VeloNews. Pocket Outdoor Media. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ Farrand, Stephen. "Terpstra wins Eneco Tour as Dennis crashes out". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
- ^ Wynn, Nigel (16 October 2016). "Peter Sagan wins World Championships road race for second consecutive year". Cycling Weekly. Time Inc. UK. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ Rédaction. "Oliver Naesen et Stijn Vandenbergh signent chez AG2R - La Mondiale". Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ "Philippe Gilbert wins Tour of Flanders after epic solo break". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 2 April 2017. Retrieved 2 April 2017.
External links
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- Oliver Naesen at UCI
- Oliver Naesen at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Oliver Naesen at ProCyclingStats
- Oliver Naesen at CQ Ranking
- Oliver Naesen at CycleBase
