Fabio Van den Bossche

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Fabio Van den Bossche
Van den Bossche in 2024
Personal information
Born (2000-09-21) 21 September 2000 (age 25)
Ghent, Belgium
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight63 kg (139 lb)
Team information
Current teamAlpecin–Deceuninck
Disciplines
  • Track
  • Road
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2016John Saey
2017–2018Davo–Tongeren
2019EFC–L&R–Vulsteke
Professional teams
2019Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise (stagiaire)
2020–2021Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise[1][2]
2022–Alpecin–Fenix
Major wins
Track
World Championships
Madison (2025)
Medal record
Men's track cycling
Representing  Belgium
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2024 ParisOmnium
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2025 SantiagoMadison
Silver medal – second place2024 BallerupMadison
Bronze medal – third place2022 Saint-Quentin-en-YvelinesPoints race
Bronze medal – third place2022 Saint-Quentin-en-YvelinesMadison
Bronze medal – third place2023 GlasgowPoints race
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2021 GrenchenOmnium
Bronze medal – third place2022 MunchenMadison
Bronze medal – third place2024 ApeldoornOmnium

Fabio Van den Bossche (born 21 September 2000) is a Belgian road and track cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Alpecin–Deceuninck.[3] He represented Belgium at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France finishing 7th in the men's team pursuit and winning the bronze medal in the men's omnium.

Career

Van den Bossche enjoyed his start in track cycling at the Flemish Cycling Center Eddy Merckx in Ghent, Belgium and attended the Topsportschool in Ghent.[4]

Known at the time as the Remco Evenepoel of track cycling, he is the only rider to have beaten Belgian great Remco Evenepoel in his jersey of junior world champion.[5][6]

He is a multiple European track cycling junior champion, having won the men's madison (with Nicolas Wernimont) at the 2017 UEC European Track Championships (under-23 & junior) in Sangalhos, Portugal[7] and the men's omnium and madison (with Nicolas Wernimont) at the 2018 UEC European Track Championships (under-23 & junior) in Aigle, Switzerland.[8]

Having come close at the 2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships (bronze) and 2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships (silver), he finally won the gold medal in the men's madison together with teammate Lindsay De Vylder at the 2025 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Santiago, Chile.[9]

Personal life

Van den Bossche was born in to a cycling family on the very day that Belgian cyclists Etienne De Wilde and Matthew Gilmore won a silver medal in the men's madison at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.[10] He is the grandson of former professional cyclist Willy De Geest, a teammate of five years of the cycling great Roger De Vlaeminck.[11] His father, Gunther, was a professional cyclist himself and later "soigneur" with UCI ProSeries team Team Flanders–Baloise.[10]

He is married to Kate Wiggins, daughter of former track cycling coach Jonathan Wiggins.[10]

Major results

Road

2017
1st Overall Keizer der Juniores [fr]
1st Vlaams-Brabant Classic
2018
1st Overall Sint-Martinusprijs Kontich [fr]
2019
3rd GP Dr. Eugeen Roggeman

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2024 2025
Giro d'Italia 107 100
Tour de France — —
Vuelta a España — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

Track

2017
UEC European Junior Championships
1st Madison (with Nicolas Wernimont)
2nd Points race
National Junior Championships
1st Madison (with Nicolas Wernimont)
1st Points race
2018
UEC European Junior Championships
1st Madison (with Nicolas Wernimont)
1st Omnium
National Track Championships
1st Derny
1st Points race
2nd Madison
2nd Scratch
2nd Omnium
2019
2nd Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Championships
2021
2nd Omnium, UEC European Championships
2022
UCI World Championships
3rd Madison (with Lindsay De Vylder)
3rd Points race
3rd Madison, UEC European Championships (with Robbe Ghys)
2023
3rd Points race, UCI World Championships
3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Jules Hesters)
2024
1st Six Days of Ghent (with Benjamin Thomas)
2nd Madison, UCI World Championships (with Lindsay De Vylder)
3rd Omnium, Olympic Games
2025
1st Madison, UCI World Championships (with Lindsay De Vylder)
1st Six Days of Ghent (with Lindsay De Vylder)

References

  1. ↑ "Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 9 January 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 6 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "Alpecin–Fenix". UCI. Archived from the original on 11 January 2022. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "IN HET WIEL VAN DE TALENTEN VAN MORGEN" [ON THE WHEEL OF TOMORROW'S TALENTS]. Cycling Vlaanderen. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  5. ↑ "De pistier die Evenepoel versloeg en 2 keer op schoot van Keisse kroop: wie is medailleverrassing Fabio Van den Bossche?" [The track cyclist that beat Evenepoel and climbed onto Keisse's lap twice: who is the medal surprise Fabio Van den Bossche?]. Sporza. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "Huge crowds at Evenepoel's first race as World champion". www.stickybottle.com. 7 October 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  7. ↑ "Men's Junior Madison Results / Résultats" (PDF). Union Européenne de Cyclisme. Retrieved 25 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "ITALY DOMINATES THE JUN AND U23 TRACK EUROPEAN CHAMPIOMSHIPS". Union Européenne de Cyclisme. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
  9. ↑ "Tissot UCI Track World Championships: Fourth gold in five days for Lavreysen". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 27 October 2025. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  10. 1 2 3 "De medaille die niemand verwachtte, maar Fabio Van den Bossche wél: "Dit is een kans die je normaal maar één keer in je leven krijgt. En ik nam ze"" [The medal no one expected, but Fabio Van den Bossche did: "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. And I took it."]. Het Nieuwsblad. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
  11. ↑ "Willy De Geest-All time teammates". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 24 July 2025.