Victor Campenaerts

Victor Campenaerts (born 28 October 1991) is a Belgian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam.

Career
He rode in the 2014 UCI Road World Championships. In September 2015 it was announced that he would join the UCI World Tour ranks in 2016 with. He was named in the startlist for the 2016 Vuelta a España and the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia.

On 16 April 2019, at the Aguascalientes Bicentenary Velodrome in Aguascalientes, Mexico, Campenaerts broke the hour record, riding 55.089 km, surpassing Bradley Wiggins' previous mark set on 7 June 2015 by 563 m. In doing so, he became the fourth Belgian cyclist to hold the hour record, after Oscar Van den Eynde (1897–98), Ferdinand Bracke (1967–68) and Eddy Merckx (1972–2000).

Campenaerts rejoined, on a 3 year contract, in 2022 after 2 years away at.

Riding for the now renamed Lotto–Dstny, Campenaerts rode the 2023 Tour de France. Upon the race's conclusion in Paris, he was selected as the winner of the race's super-combativity award, as the most combative rider overall during the race. Campenaerts made the breakaway 5 times during the race, including on stages 18 and 19, which had both been forecast as sprint finishes. Campenaerts played a big role in each stage's successful breakaway, helping his teammates and holding off the charging peloton.

He continued with Lotto–Dstny into the 2024 Tour de France, at which he won Stage 18.

Road

 * 2013
 * 1st UEC Champion Jersey.svg Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Championships
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.svg Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
 * 4th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad de Madrid Sub 23
 * 8th Time trial, UCI World Under-23 Championships
 * 8th Antwerpse Havenpijl


 * 2015
 * 1st Duo Normand (with Jelle Wallays)
 * 2nd Overall Tour de Wallonie
 * 1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
 * 4th Overall Ster ZLM Toer
 * 5th Time trial, National Championships
 * 10th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne


 * 2016 (1 pro win)
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.PNG Time trial, National Championships
 * 2nd Silver medal europe.svg Time trial, UEC European Championships


 * 2017 (2)
 * 1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Time trial, UEC European Championships
 * 1st Stage 3 (ITT) Vuelta a Andalucía
 * 2nd Time trial, National Championships
 * 4th Overall Tour of Britain
 * 5th Chrono des Nations
 * 9th Brabantse Pijl
 * 10th Rund um Köln


 * 2018 (2)
 * 1st European champion jersey 2016.svg Time trial, UEC European Championships
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.PNG Time trial, National Championships
 * 3rd Bronze medal uci.svg Time trial, UCI World Championships


 * 2019 (2)
 * 1st Stage 7 (ITT) Tirreno–Adriatico
 * 2nd Overall Tour of Belgium
 * 1st Stage 4
 * 4th Time trial, National Championships


 * 2020
 * 2nd Time trial, National Championships
 * 3rd Bronze medal europe.svg Time trial, UEC European Championships
 * 8th Time trial, UCI World Championships


 * 2021 (1)
 * 1st Stage 15 Giro d'Italia
 * 3rd Time trial, National Championships
 * 3rd Overall Benelux Tour
 * 10th Road race, UEC European Championships


 * 2022 (1)
 * 1st Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
 * 1st Jersey white.svg Mountains classification, Tour de Wallonie
 * 3rd Time trial, National Championships
 * 3rd Circuit Franco-Belge
 * 4th Dwars door Vlaanderen
 * 5th Overall Tour of Belgium
 * 5th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
 * 6th Le Samyn


 * 2023 (2)
 * 1st Druivenkoers Overijse
 * 1st Stage 4 (ITT) Tour de Luxembourg
 * 6th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
 * Tour de France
 * Jersey beige number.svg Combativity award Stages 18, 19 & Overall


 * 2024 (1)
 * 1st Stage 18 Tour de France

Track

 * 2015
 * 3rd Individual pursuit, National Championships


 * 2016
 * 1st MaillotBélgica.svg Individual pursuit, National Championships


 * 2019
 * Hour record: Sport records icon WR.svg 55.089 km