Belgian cyclist
Simon Dehairs (born 2 June 2001) is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Alpecin–Deceuninck.[4] A sprinter, Dehairs is the 2023 Belgian Under-23 Road Race Champion, and has won stages of several Continental level races, including the Tour du Loir-et-Cher and Olympia's Tour.
Biography
In his youth, Dehairs played football for a club in Zoutleeuw. He eventually turned to cycling from 2016 in the beginners category (under 17 years old), following in the footsteps of his father Koen, who was an amateur cyclist.[5]
In 2019, he finished second in the Belgian National Road Race Championships for juniors (under 19). In the same year, he was selected for the national team for the European Junior Road Championships, where he finished 38th in the road race. He then joined the Flemish club GM Recycling in 2020, while studying sports science at the KU Leuven. A strong sprinter, he quickly distinguished himself by taking third place in the Belgian National Road Race Championships for under-23s.[6]
In 2021, he was recruited mid-season by the development team of the professional team Alpecin-Fenix, with whom he signed a two-and-a-half-year contract.[7] In 2022, he won a stage of the Course de Solidarność et des Champions Olympiques. He also won a stage of the Ronde van Vlaams-Brabant.[8]
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