Lindsay De Vylder

Lindsay De Vylder
De Vylder in 2024
Personal information
Full nameLindsay De Vylder
Born (1995-05-30) 30 May 1995
Wetteren, Belgium
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Team information
Current teamTeam Flanders–Baloise
Disciplines
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2010–2011Immo Dejaegher–Lotto Menen
2012–2013Avia Fuji Youth
2014Van Der Vurst Development
2015–2016EFC–Etixx
Professional team
2017–Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise[1][2]
Major wins
Track
World Championships
Omnium (2024)
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing  Belgium
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Ballerup Omnium
Silver medal – second place 2024 Ballerup Madison
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Madison
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Grenchen Madison

Lindsay De Vylder (born 30 May 1995) is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Team Flanders–Baloise.[3] He represented Belgium at the 2020 (as a reserve) and 2024 Summer Olympics where he finished 7th in the men's team pursuit but a disappointing 10th in the men's madison at the side of Fabio Van den Bossche.[4]

Career

Without a single family member or fan to witness, De Vylder won his first international title when he became European junior champion in the Omnium at the 2013 European Track Championships (under-23 & junior) in Anadia, Portugal finishing with an equal points total as Italian rider Riccardo Minali but having posted better time trials.[5]

The Sangalhos National Velodrome in Anadia, Portugal holds good memories for De Vylder as four years later, in 2017, he won his second European title, teaming up with Robbe Ghys to win the under-23 madison at the 2017 UEC European Track Championships (under-23 & junior) on said velodrome.[6]

He won multiple medals at the senior level in the men's madison taking the silver and the bronze at the side of Fabio Van den Bossche at the 2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships [7] resp. 2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships [8] and another silver at the side of Kenny De Ketele at the 2021 UEC European Track Championships.[9]

A couple months after the disappointment in the men's madison at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, he posted his biggest success to date becaming a track cycling world champion winning the gold medal in the men's omnium at the 2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Ballerup, Denmark.[10]

Personal life

De Vylder tried his hand at other sports like football and Judo before he turned to cycling. His parents, seeing this as an expensive sport, tried to discourage him but eventually gave in and bought him a second-hand bike when he was 11.[5] De Vylder is married, with two children. He holds a degree of real estate surveyor from the HOGENT University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Ghent, Belgium.[11]

Major results

Paris-Roubaix 2023 - Secteur pavé de Quiévy à Saint-Python - N° 241 Linrsay de Vylder.

Track

2013
1st Omnium, UEC European Junior Championships
National Junior Championships
1st Individual pursuit
1st Points race
1st Scratch
1st Omnium
1st Kilo
1st Team pursuit
1st Team sprint
2014
3rd Scratch, National Championships
2017
UEC European Under-23 Championships
1st Madison (with Robbe Ghys)
2nd Team pursuit
2nd Omnium, UCI World Cup, Cali
National Championships
2nd Madison
2nd Omnium
2018
1st Madison, UCI World Cup, Milton (with Kenny De Ketele)
2019
National Championships
1st Madison (with Moreno De Pauw)
1st Scratch
1st Omnium
2nd Team pursuit, UCI World Cup, London
2021
2nd Madison, UEC European Championships (with Kenny De Ketele)
2022
1st Six Days of Ghent (with Robbe Ghys)
1st Six Days of Rotterdam (with Jules Hesters)
3rd Madison, UCI World Championships (with Fabio Van den Bossche)
2024
UCI World Championships
1st Omnium
2nd Madison (with Fabio Van Den Bossche)

Road

2013
1st Mountains classification, Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt der Junioren
2016
1st Stage 2 Ronde van Oost-Vlaanderen
2018
9th Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré
2023
5th Cholet-Pays de la Loire

References

  1. ^ "Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 2019 met 22 renners" [Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 2019 with 22 riders]. Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise (in Dutch). Wielerclub Eddy Merckxvrienden vzw. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 9 January 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 6 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  4. ^ "WK als eerherstel voor Lindsay De Vylder na mislukte Olympische Spelen: "Ik schaamde me na Parijs"" [World Championships as rehabilitation for Lindsay De Vylder after failed Olympic Games: "I was ashamed after Paris"] (in Dutch). Sporza. 19 October 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Lindsay De Vylder gehuldigd in Laarnse gemeentehuis" [Lindsay De Vylder honored in Laarne town hall] (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  6. ^ "Lindsay De Vylder heeft weer prijs in Anadia" [Lindsay De Vylder wins again in Anadia] (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  7. ^ "2024 Tissot UCI Track World Championships: a grand finale with Danish fireworks". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 21 October 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  8. ^ "2022 Tissot UCI Track World Championships: fifth and final day sees reigning champions defend their titles". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 16 October 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  9. ^ "Medallists by Event" (PDF). UEC.org. Union Européenne de Cyclisme. 9 October 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  10. ^ "2024 Tissot UCI Track World Championships: Denmark lifts the arena". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 20 October 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
  11. ^ "DE WIEG VAN. Lindsay De Vylder heeft olympisch diploma op zak, maar mikt op meer in de ploegkoers: "Dankzij Lindsay stopte ik met roken"" [THE CRADLE OF. Lindsay De Vylder has an Olympic diploma, but aims for more in the madison: "Thanks to Lindsay, I quit smoking."] (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
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