Arnaud De Lie (born 16 March 2002) is a Belgian professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Lotto–Dstny, having been promoted from the Lotto–Soudal U23 team at the end of the 2021 season.[2][3]
.jpg) De Lie in 2023 | |||||||||||||||
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| Nickname | Le Taureau Wallon (The Walloon Bull) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 March 2002 Libramont-Chevigny, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Lotto–Dstny | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter, Classics specialist | ||||||||||||||
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| 2021 | Lotto–Soudal U23[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Professional team | |||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Lotto–Soudal | ||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Career
editDe Lie opened his first professional season with the Vuelta a Mallorca races. He finished 71st and 117th in the first two races and won the fourth race Trofeo Playa de Palma in a bunch sprint against Juan Sebastián Molano,[4] his first professional victory.[5]
After his win in Mallorca, he won eight more races in the season, finishing in 13th position in the end of year rankings as the best rider for Lotto–Soudal.[6] He scored many points in the battle to avoid relegation but his team was relegated to the second division.[7]
In 2023, De Lie again started the season in Spain, winning his season opener: the Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana 1969. He then competed at the Étoile de Bessèges, winning two stages, followed by winning the sprtint for second place at the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in late February. In early May, he took his first UCI ProSeries win at the Grand Prix du Morbihan, before having to abandon the Four Days of Dunkirk on 16 May after falling heavily during the sprint of the first stage in Abbeville. He was found to have suffered a pneumothorax, fractures of the left clavicle, a rib and the upper part of the sternum.[8] He returned to competition on 25 June in the Belgian National Road Race Championships, and returned to winning form a month later, taking stage two of the Tour de Wallonie. He won two more races in August: La Polynormande on the 13th and the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens two days later. On September 8, he took his biggest win yet, as well as his first at the UCI WorldTour level, outsprinting Corbin Strong and Michael Matthews at the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec.[9]
On September 28, he won the Circuit Franco-Belge on an uphill finish on the Mont-de-l'Enclus ahead of Rasmus Tiller.[10] Three days later, he won the Famenne Ardenne Classic in his native province of Luxembourg. A few dozen meters before the finish, he broke the cleat of his right pedal but managed, by pedaling with one foot, to still hold off the chasers behind him and take the win.[11] In total, Die Lie won 10 races in 2023.
In February 2024, De Lie sustained some injuries in a crash at Le Samyn.[12] However, after recovering from this, he continued to see a lack of results, and after a blood test, was diagnosed with having Lyme disease.[13] After receiving treatment with antibiotics, he took his first win of the season in late April, defending his title at the Famenne Ardenne Classic.[14] A week later, he won the Tro-Bro Léon in an eight-man sprint.[15]
Major results
editSource: [16]
- 2019
- 1st
Road race, National Junior Road Championships - 1st Vlaams-Brabantse Pijl
- 5th Trofeo Comune di Vertova
- 7th Paris–Roubaix Juniors
- 7th La Route des Géants
- 8th E3 BinckBank Classic Junioren
- 2020
- 1st
Overall La Philippe Gilbert Juniors
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st Stage 1
- 1st
- 3rd
Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships - 7th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne Juniors
- 2021
- 1st Overall Okolo Jižních Čech
- 1st
Points classification - 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Beloften
- Tour Alsace
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 2 & 5
- 1st
- 1st Stage 2 Circuit des Ardennes International
- 9th Paris–Tours Espoirs
- 2022 (9 pro wins)
- 1st Trofeo Playa de Palma
- 1st Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré
- 1st Volta Limburg Classic
- 1st Grote Prijs Marcel Kint
- 1st Heistse Pijl
- 1st Ronde van Limburg
- 1st Schaal Sels
- 1st Egmont Cycling Race
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de Wallonie
- 2nd Omloop van het Houtland
- 3rd Nokere Koerse
- 3rd Veenendaal–Veenendaal Classic
- 4th Bretagne Classic
- 4th Tro-Bro Léon
- 5th Paris–Chauny
- 6th Dwars door het Hageland
- 6th Circuit Franco-Belge
- 6th Polynormande
- 6th Gooikse Pijl
- 7th Eschborn–Frankfurt
- 8th Classic Brugge–De Panne
- 8th Paris–Bourges
- 9th Bredene Koksijde Classic
- 10th Le Samyn
- 2023 (10)
- 1st Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
- 1st Circuit Franco-Belge
- 1st Grand Prix du Morbihan
- 1st Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana 1969
- 1st Famenne Ardenne Classic
- 1st Polynormande
- 1st Tour of Leuven
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de Wallonie
- Renewi Tour
- 1st
Points classification - 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 2nd Clásica de Almería
- 2nd Tro-Bro Léon
- 2nd Paris–Bourges
- 4th Road race, UEC European Road Championships
- 6th Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 6th Binche–Chimay–Binche
- 7th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stages 1 & 3
- 1st
- 7th Hamburg Cyclassics
- 7th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 7th Brabantse Pijl
- 2024 (7)
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 1st
Overall Danmark Rundt
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st
- 1st Tro-Bro Léon
- 1st Circuit de Wallonie
- 1st Famenne Ardenne Classic
- 1st Binche–Chimay–Binche
- 1st Stage 5 Renewi Tour
- 3rd Grand Prix du Morbihan
- 3rd Ronde van Limburg
- 4th Bretagne Classic
- 4th Clásica de Almería
- 4th Grand Prix de Denain
- 4th Antwerp Port Epic
- 6th Bredene Koksijde Classic
- 7th Paris–Tours
- 10th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
Classics results timeline
edit| Monument | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milan–San Remo | — | 95 | — |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | — |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | 50 | — |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | — |
| Giro di Lombardia | — | — | — |
| Classic | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Omloop Het Nieuwsblad | — | 2 | 10 |
| Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne | 92 | 7 | — |
| Classic Brugge–De Panne | 8 | — | — |
| Dwars door Vlaanderen | DNF | 6 | — |
| Scheldeprijs | 14 | — | — |
| Brabantse Pijl | — | 7 | — |
| Eschborn–Frankfurt | 7 | 11 | — |
| Hamburg Cyclassics | — | 7 | 21 |
| Bretagne Classic | 4 | 55 | 4 |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | — | 1 | 13 |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | — | 34 | DNF |
| Paris–Tours | DNF | DNF | 7 |
Major championships timeline
edit| Event | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
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 World Championships
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Road race | — | — | — |
 European Championships
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Road race | — | 4 | — |
| National Championships
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Road race | 6 | 57 | 1 |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
| NH | Not held |
| IP | In progress |
References
edit- ^ "Development Team". lottosoudal.be. Lotto–Soudal. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ^ "Arnaud De Lie". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ^ "Arnaud De Lie reinforces Lotto Soudal". lottosoudal.be. Lotto–Soudal. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ^ "Mallorca Challenge: Arnaud de Lie wins Trofeo Palma bunch sprint". VeloNews.com. 30 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ "Arnaud De Lie takes maiden pro victory at Trofeo Palma! | Lotto Soudal". www.lottosoudal.be. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ "Arnaud de Lie, el relevo de Gilbert en el nuevo Lotto-Dstny". high-cycling.com. 9 November 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
- ^ Cotton, Jim (15 October 2022). "Incoming Lotto-Soudal sponsor remains true but expects more from all-but relegated team". VeloNews.com. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
- ^ Jâd El Nakadi (16 May 2023). "Pneumothorax, fractures de la clavicule gauche, d'une côte et de la partie supérieure du sternum : terrible bilan pour Arnaud De Lie après sa chute". rtbf.be.
- ^ Ryan, Barry (8 September 2023). "Arnaud De Lie lives up to billing with exhibition in GP de Québec finale". Cycling News. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- ^ "Circuit Franco-Belge: Arnaud De Lie rushes up Mont-de-l'Enclus for victory". CyclingNews. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
- ^ Barry, Ryan (1 October 2023). "Arnaud De Lie wins Famenne Ardenne Classic with one leg". Cycling News. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ Alice Devilez (17 February 2024). "Arnaud De Lie, très énervé après une chute, abandonne sur le Samyn". rtbf.be.
- ^ Jérôme Jordens (28 March 2024). "Arnaud De Lie touché par la maladie de Lyme : "Cela pourrait expliquer ses prestations"". rtbf.be.
- ^ "Arnaud De Lie wins the Famenne Ardenne Classic". Cycling News. 28 April 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ "Arnaud De Lie sprints to victory at Tro-Bro Léon". CyclingNews. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
- ^ "Arnaud De Lie career achievements". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
External links
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- Arnaud De Lie at UCI
- Arnaud De Lie at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Arnaud De Lie at ProCyclingStats
- Arnaud De Lie at Cycling Quotient
- Arnaud De Lie at CycleBase
