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Arnaud De Lie

De Lie in 2023
Personal information
Nickname	Le Taureau Wallon (The Walloon Bull)
Born	(2002-03-16) 16 March 2002 (age 22) Libramont-Chevigny, Belgium
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Team information
Current team	Lotto–Dstny
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter, Classics specialist
Amateur team
2021	Lotto–Soudal U23
Professional team
2022–	Lotto–Soudal
Major wins
Stage races Danmark Rundt (2024) One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (2024) GP de Québec (2023) Circuit Franco-Belge (2023) GP du Morbihan (2023) Tro-Bro Léon (2024)
Medal record Road cycling Representing  Belgium European Road Championships 2020 Plouay Junior road race

Arnaud De Lie (born 16 March 2002) is a Belgian professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Lotto–Dstny, having been promoted from the Lotto–Soudal U23 team at the end of the 2021 season.

Career

De Lie opened his first professional season with the Vuelta a Mallorca races. He finished 71st and 117th in the first two races and won the fourth race Trofeo Playa de Palma in a bunch sprint against Juan Sebastián Molano, his first professional victory.

After his win in Mallorca, he won eight more races in the season, finishing in 13th position in the end of year rankings as the best rider for Lotto–Soudal. He scored many points in the battle to avoid relegation but his team was relegated to the second division.

In 2023, De Lie again started the season in Spain, winning his season opener: the Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana 1969. He then competed at the Étoile de Bessèges, winning two stages, followed by winning the sprtint for second place at the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in late February. In early May, he took his first UCI ProSeries win at the Grand Prix du Morbihan, before having to abandon the Four Days of Dunkirk on 16 May after falling heavily during the sprint of the first stage in Abbeville. He was found to have suffered a pneumothorax, fractures of the left clavicle, a rib and the upper part of the sternum. He returned to competition on 25 June in the Belgian National Road Race Championships, and returned to winning form a month later, taking stage two of the Tour de Wallonie. He won two more races in August: La Polynormande on the 13th and the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens two days later. On September 8, he took his biggest win yet, as well as his first at the UCI WorldTour level, outsprinting Corbin Strong and Michael Matthews at the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec.

On September 28, he won the Circuit Franco-Belge on an uphill finish on the Mont-de-l'Enclus ahead of Rasmus Tiller. Three days later, he won the Famenne Ardenne Classic in his native province of Luxembourg. A few dozen meters before the finish, he broke the cleat of his right pedal but managed, by pedaling with one foot, to still hold off the chasers behind him and take the win. In total, Die Lie won 10 races in 2023.

In February 2024, De Lie sustained some injuries in a crash at Le Samyn. However, after recovering from this, he continued to see a lack of results, and after a blood test, was diagnosed with having Lyme disease. After receiving treatment with antibiotics, he took his first win of the season in late April, defending his title at the Famenne Ardenne Classic. A week later, he won the Tro-Bro Léon in an eight-man sprint.

Major results

Source:

2019

1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships

1st Vlaams-Brabantse Pijl

5th Trofeo Comune di Vertova

7th Paris–Roubaix Juniors

7th La Route des Géants

8th E3 BinckBank Classic Junioren

2020

1st Overall La Philippe Gilbert Juniors

1st Mountains classification

1st Stage 1

3rd Road race, UEC European Junior Road Championships

7th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne Juniors

2021

1st Overall Okolo Jižních Čech

1st Points classification

1st Young rider classification

1st Stage 2

1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Beloften

Tour Alsace

1st Points classification

1st Stages 2 & 5

1st Stage 2 Circuit des Ardennes International

9th Paris–Tours Espoirs

2022 (9 pro wins)

1st Trofeo Playa de Palma

1st Grote Prijs Jean-Pierre Monseré

1st Volta Limburg Classic

1st Grote Prijs Marcel Kint

1st Heistse Pijl

1st Ronde van Limburg

1st Schaal Sels

1st Egmont Cycling Race

1st Stage 3 Tour de Wallonie

2nd Omloop van het Houtland

3rd Nokere Koerse

3rd Veenendaal–Veenendaal Classic

4th Bretagne Classic

4th Tro-Bro Léon

5th Paris–Chauny

6th Dwars door het Hageland

6th Circuit Franco-Belge

6th Polynormande

6th Gooikse Pijl

7th Eschborn–Frankfurt

8th Classic Brugge–De Panne

8th Paris–Bourges

9th Bredene Koksijde Classic

10th Le Samyn

2023 (10)

1st Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec

1st Circuit Franco-Belge

1st Grand Prix du Morbihan

1st Clàssica Comunitat Valenciana 1969

1st Famenne Ardenne Classic

1st Polynormande

1st Tour of Leuven

1st Stage 2 Tour de Wallonie

Renewi Tour

1st Points classification

1st Young rider classification

2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

2nd Clásica de Almería

2nd Tro-Bro Léon

2nd Paris–Bourges

4th Road race, UEC European Road Championships

6th Dwars door Vlaanderen

6th Binche–Chimay–Binche

7th Overall Étoile de Bessèges

1st Points classification

1st Stages 1 & 3

7th Hamburg Cyclassics

7th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

7th Brabantse Pijl

2024 (7)

1st Road race, National Road Championships

1st Overall Danmark Rundt

1st Young rider classification

1st Tro-Bro Léon

1st Circuit de Wallonie

1st Famenne Ardenne Classic

1st Binche–Chimay–Binche

1st Stage 5 Renewi Tour

3rd Grand Prix du Morbihan

3rd Ronde van Limburg

4th Bretagne Classic

4th Clásica de Almería

4th Grand Prix de Denain

4th Antwerp Port Epic

6th Bredene Koksijde Classic

7th Paris–Tours

10th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

Classics results timeline

Major championships timeline

Event		2022	2023	2024
World Championships	Road race	—	—	—
European Championships	Road race	—	4	—
National Championships	Road race	6	57	1

References

1. "Development Team". lottosoudal.be. Lotto–Soudal. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
2. "Arnaud De Lie". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
3. "Arnaud De Lie reinforces Lotto Soudal". lottosoudal.be. Lotto–Soudal. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
4. "Mallorca Challenge: Arnaud de Lie wins Trofeo Palma bunch sprint". VeloNews.com. 30 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
5. "Arnaud De Lie takes maiden pro victory at Trofeo Palma! | Lotto Soudal". www.lottosoudal.be. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
6. "Arnaud de Lie, el relevo de Gilbert en el nuevo Lotto-Dstny". high-cycling.com. 9 November 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
7. Cotton, Jim (15 October 2022). "Incoming Lotto-Soudal sponsor remains true but expects more from all-but relegated team". VeloNews.com. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
8. Jâd El Nakadi (16 May 2023). "Pneumothorax, fractures de la clavicule gauche, d'une côte et de la partie supérieure du sternum : terrible bilan pour Arnaud De Lie après sa chute". rtbf.be.
9. Ryan, Barry (8 September 2023). "Arnaud De Lie lives up to billing with exhibition in GP de Québec finale". Cycling News. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
10. "Circuit Franco-Belge: Arnaud De Lie rushes up Mont-de-l'Enclus for victory". CyclingNews. 28 September 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
11. Barry, Ryan (1 October 2023). "Arnaud De Lie wins Famenne Ardenne Classic with one leg". Cycling News. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
12. Alice Devilez (17 February 2024). "Arnaud De Lie, très énervé après une chute, abandonne sur le Samyn". rtbf.be.
13. Jérôme Jordens (28 March 2024). "Arnaud De Lie touché par la maladie de Lyme : "Cela pourrait expliquer ses prestations"". rtbf.be.
14. "Arnaud De Lie wins the Famenne Ardenne Classic". Cycling News. 28 April 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
15. "Arnaud De Lie sprints to victory at Tro-Bro Léon". CyclingNews. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
16. "Arnaud De Lie career achievements". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 1 June 2023.

External links

• Arnaud De Lie at UCI
• Arnaud De Lie at Cycling Archives (archived)
• Arnaud De Lie at ProCyclingStats
• Arnaud De Lie at Cycling Quotient
• Arnaud De Lie at CycleBase

• 2002 births
• Living people
• Belgian male cyclists
• Cyclists from Luxembourg (Belgium)
• 21st-century Belgian sportsmen
• People from Libramont-Chevigny