Belgium is one of the best countries in the history of cycling and is even in the discussion for being the very best. However, most of its legends raced years ago. Even so, we have some who have raced in this 21st century. In the following article, we present to you what are for us the 5 best, ordered from highest to lowest.
Three of them are already retired but have an extraordinary track record, such as
Philippe Gilbert,
Tom Boonen and
Greg van Avermaet. And there are two who are still active and still young, especially one of them. This means that they could climb the rankings before hanging up their bikes and, why not, be the best Belgian of the modern era. They are, of course,
Wout van Aert and
Remco Evenepoel.
1. Philippe Gilbert
- 4 Amstel Gold Race
- 2 Il Lombardia
- 1 World Championship road race title
- 7 stages in the Vuelta España
- 1 Liège-Bastogne-Liège
- 1 Tour of Flanders
- 1 Paris-Roubaix
- 1 Flèche Wallonne
- 1 San Sebastian Classic
- 1 Beijing Tour
- 1 Quebec GP
- 2 Paris-Tours
2. Tom Boonen
- 4 Paris-Roubaix
- 3 Tour of Flanders
- 3 Ghent-Wevelgem
- 6 stages in the Tour de France
- 5 E3
- 1 World Championship road race title
- 4 Tour of Qatar
- 6 stages in Paris-Nice
- 7 stages in the Eneco Tour
- 2 Paris-Brussels
- 2 Scheldeprijs
- 2 stages in the Vuelta a Espana
3. Remco Evenepoel
- 2 Liège-Bastogne-Liège
- 3 San Sebastian Classic
- 1 Vuelta a España (+ 5 stages)
- 1 gold medal in the Olympic Games road race
- 1 World Championship road race title
- 2 World Championship time trial title
- 3 Algarve Tour
- 1 gold medal in the Olympic Games time trial
- 1 Tour of Poland
- 1 UAE Tour
- 2 Baloise Belgium Tour
4. Greg van Avermaet
- 1 gold medal in the Olympic Games road race
- 2 GP de Montréal
- 1 Adriatic Tyrrhenian
- 2 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 1 Paris-Roubaix
- 1 Gent-Wevelgem
- 2 stages in the Tour de France
- 1 E3
- 2 Tour de Wallonie
- 1 Baloise Belgium Tour
- 1 Tour of Luxembourg
- 1 Paris - Tours
5. Wout van Aert
- 9 stages in the Tour de France + 1 points classification
- 2 E3 Saxo Classic
- 1 Milan-San Remo
- 1 Amstel Gold Race
- 1 Strade Bianche
- 1 Bretagne Classic - Ouest France
- 1 Gent-Wevelgem
- 1 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
- 2 Tour of Britain
- 3 stages in the Vuelta a Espana
- 5 stages in the Critérium du Dauphiné