![]() Steels in 2019.  | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Stijn Steels | 
| Born | 21 August 1989 Ghent, Belgium  | 
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | 
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | 
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired | 
| Disciplines | 
  | 
| Role | Rider | 
| Amateur teams | |
| 2007 | Balen BC | 
| 2008–2009 | Rock Werchter–Chocolade Jacques | 
| 2012 | EFC–Omega Pharma–Quick-Step | 
| Professional teams | |
| 2010 | Qin Cycling Team | 
| 2011 | Jong Vlaanderen–Bauknecht | 
| 2013 | Crelan–Euphony | 
| 2014–2017 | Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise | 
| 2018 | Vérandas Willems–Crelan | 
| 2019 | Roompot–Charles[1] | 
| 2020–2022 | Deceuninck–Quick-Step[2][3] | 
Stijn Steels (born 21 August 1989 in Ghent) is a Belgian former cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2010 to 2022. He is the nephew of former professional cyclist Tom Steels.[4]
In August 2019, it was announced that Steels would move up to UCI World Tour level from 2020, signing a two-year contract with Deceuninck–Quick-Step,[5] his seventh professional team.
Major results
- 2010
 - 2nd Dwars door het Hageland
 - 4th Grote Prijs Stad Geel
 - 2011
 - 9th Overall Ronde de l'Isard
 - 2012
 - 4th Flèche Ardennaise
 - 2013
 - 3rd Antwerpse Havenpijl
 - 6th Rund um Köln
 - 2014
 - 1st 
 Sprints classification Three Days of De Panne - 7th Polynormande
 - 2015
 - 1st Dwars door de Vlaamse Ardennen
 - 2016
 - 1st Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers
 - 3rd Schaal Sels
 - 2017
 - 8th Schaal Sels
 - 2019
 - 6th Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen
 
References
- ↑ Kerkhof, Michael (5 October 2018). "Lammertink en Van Poppel maken Roompot-Charles compleet" [Lammertink and Van Poppel complete Roompot-Charles]. Fiets (in Dutch). New Skool Media. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
 - ↑ Ryan, Barry (31 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Deceuninck-QuickStep". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
 - ↑ "Deceuninck - Quick-Step". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
 - ↑ "Stijn Steels » Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise". Retrieved 26 October 2014.
 - ↑ "Deceuninck-QuickStep sign Van Lerberghe and Stijn Steels". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 3 August 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
 
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Stijn Steels.
- Stijn Steels at UCI
 - Stijn Steels at Cycling Archives
 - Stijn Steels at ProCyclingStats
 - Stijn Steels at Cycling Quotient
 - Stijn Steels at CycleBase
 
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