Stijn Steels

Belgian cyclist

Road
Track

RoleRiderAmateur teams2007Balen BC2008–2009Rock Werchter–Chocolade Jacques2012EFC–Omega Pharma–Quick-Step Professional teams2010Qin Cycling Team2011Jong Vlaanderen–Bauknecht2013Crelan–Euphony2014–2017Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise2018Vérandas Willems–Crelan2019Roompot–Charles^[1]2020–2022Deceuninck–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.