Yves Lampaert

Yves Lampaert, born on 10 April 1991, is a Belgian professional road racing cyclist who rides for the UCI WorldTeam Soudal Quick-Step. He practised judo from the age of six and earned a black belt before starting to train in cycling at seventeen. He rode the UCI Road World Championships in 2014 and 2015, and in 2017 he won the Dwars door Vlaanderen with a solo attack, then won stage 2 of the Vuelta a España and took the red leader's jersey. In 2018 he won Dwars door Vlaanderen again and became the first rider to take the race in consecutive years, and he was named in the start list of that year's Tour de France. He won the opening stage of the 2022 Tour de France, ahead of Wout van Aert and Tadej Pogačar. In July 2025 he extended his contract with Soudal Quick-Step for two more seasons, until the end of 2027, in a road captain and mentoring role. He comes from a farming family in Ingelmunster.