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Gaëtan Bille

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Gaëtan Bille
Bille at the 2015 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
Personal information
Full nameGaëtan Bille
Born (1988-04-06) 6 April 1988 (age 36)
Soest, West Germany
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2008F.C. Wallonie Espoirs
2008Groupe Gobert.com.ct (stagiaire)
2010Pesant CL
2019Uni Sport Lamentinois
Professional teams
2009Verandas Willems
2011Wallonie Bruxelles–Crédit Agricole
2012–2013Lotto–Belisol
2014–2015Verandas Willems[1]
2016Wanty–Groupe Gobert
2017Vérandas Willems–Crelan
2018Sovac–Natura4Ever
Major wins
Grand Prix Pino Cerami (2012)

Gaëtan Bille (born 6 April 1988 in Soest) is a German-born Belgian former professional road bicycle racer,[2] who rode professionally between 2009 and 2018.

Bille left Lotto–Belisol at the end of the 2013 season,[3] and joined Verandas Willems for the 2014 season.[1] In September 2015 it was announced that Bille would join Wanty–Groupe Gobert for 2016, with a focus on competing in the one-day classics and one-week stage races.[4]

Major results

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2006
9th Overall Giro della Lunigiana
2008
3rd Kattekoers
2010
6th Overall Carpathia Couriers Paths
2011
1st Zellik–Galmaarden
1st Stage 3 Ronde de l'Oise
4th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
1st Stage 2
4th Flèche Ardennaise
6th Kattekoers
2012
1st Grand Prix Pino Cerami
9th Binche–Tournai–Binche
2013
3rd Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo
5th Overall Tour of Norway
8th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
2014
1st Overall Flèche du Sud
1st Stage 3
1st Grand Prix de la ville de Pérenchies
2nd Kattekoers
3rd Grand Prix de Templeuve
5th Tour du Jura
6th Paris–Mantes-en-Yvelines
7th Flèche Ardennaise
10th Grand Prix de Wallonie[5]
2015
1st Overall Giro del Friuli-Venezia Giulia
1st Points classification
1st Prologue Volta a Portugal
2nd Overall Paris–Arras Tour
1st Stage 1 (TTT)
2nd Overall Ronde van Midden-Nederland
1st Stage 1 (TTT)
2nd Flèche Ardennaise
3rd Overall Flèche du Sud
1st Stage 1
3rd Overall Tour of Belgium
4th Road race, National Road Championships
4th Circuit de Wallonie
4th Grand Prix de Wallonie
6th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
6th Binche–Chimay–Binche
7th Druivenkoers Overijse
8th Grand Prix de la ville de Pérenchies
9th Overall Circuit des Ardennes
2016
5th Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
9th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
9th Grand Prix La Marseillaise
9th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
2018
1st Overall Tour de la Pharmacie Centrale
1st Stage 2
3rd Overall Grand Prix International de la ville d'Alger
1st Prologue
8th Grand Prix de la Pharmacie Centrale
2019
1st Stage 8b (ITT) Tour de Guadeloupe

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gaëtan Bille rejoint Verandas Willems" [Gaëtan Bille joins Verandas Willems]. RTBF.be (in French). Radio Télévision Belge Francophone. 13 October 2013. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Cyclisme: les judicieux conseils du Fouchois Gaëtan Bille" [Cycling: wise advice from Fouchois Gaëtan Bille]. La Meuse (in French). Groupe Rossel. 25 May 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Lotto Belisol (LTB) – BEL". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Transfer news: Guardini set for another year with Astana". cyclingnews.com. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  5. ^ "Grand Prix de Wallonie 2014". cyclingnews.com. 17 September 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
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