{{short description|Belgian road cyclist}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Dimitri Claeys | image = Dimitri Claeys - 2018 UEC European Road Cycling Championships (Men's road race).jpg | image_size = | caption = Claeys at the 2018 European Road Cycling Championships | fullname = Dimitri Claeys | nickname = | birth_date = {{bda|1987|6|18|df=yes}} | birth_place = Sint-Amandsberg, Belgium | height = {{height|m=1.89}} | weight = {{convert|77|kg|lb stlb|0|abbr=on}} | currentteam = {{UCI team code|IWG}} | discipline = Road | role = {{ubl|Rider (retired)|Directeur sportif}} | ridertype = {{ubl|Classics rider|Domestique}} | amateuryears1 = 2006 | amateurteam1 = Unibet–Davo | amateuryears2 = 2012 | amateurteam2 = Geofco–Ville d'Alger | amateuryears3 = 2012 | amateurteam3 = Van Der Vurst–Hiko | amateuryears4 = 2013–2014 | amateurteam4 = VL Technics–Abutriek | proyears1 = 2007–2009 | proteam1 = {{allow wrap|{{UCI team code|JVC|2007}}}} | proyears2 = 2010–2011 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|TNE|2010}} | proyears3 = 2015 | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|VWT|2015}} | proyears4 = 2016 | proteam4 = {{UCI team code|WGG|2016}} | proyears5 = 2017–2020 | proteam5 = {{UCI team code|COF|2017}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/277055/article/2017-12-08/les-premieres-photos-du-stage-de-l-equipe-cofidis-en-espagne|title=Les premières photos du stage de l'équipe Cofidis en Espagne|language=fr|trans-title=The first photos of the Cofidis team in Spain|date=8 December 2017|access-date=9 January 2018|first=Frédéric|last=Retsin|work=La Voix du Nord|publisher=Groupe Rossel}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/2020-team-preview-cofidis/|title=2020 Team Preview: Cofidis|first=Ellis|last=Bacon|date=30 December 2019|access-date=1 January 2020|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc}}</ref> | proyears6 = 2021 | proteam6 = {{UCI team code|TQA|2021a}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15232/1001377/279|title=Team Qhubeka Assos|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=2 January 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210102171533/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15232/1001377/279|archive-date=2 January 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/qhubeka-assos-continue-to-build-2021-squad-with-clarke-claeys-frankiny/|title=Qhubeka Assos continue to build 2021 squad with Clarke, Claeys, Frankiny|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=24 November 2020|access-date=24 November 2020}}</ref> | proyears7 = 2022 | proteam7 = {{allow wrap|{{UCI team code|IWG|2022}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://intermarche-wantygobert.eu/news/claeyspetit/|title=IWG reinforces the team for the classics with Dimitri Claeys and Adrien Petit|work={{UCI team code|IWG|2021}}|publisher=Continuum Sports Belgium|date=7 October 2021|accessdate=20 March 2022}}</ref>}} | manageyears1 = 2023– | manageteam1 = {{UCI team code|IWG|2023}} | majorwins = '''Stage races''' :Four Days of Dunkirk (2018) | medaltemplates = | show-medals = }} '''Dimitri Claeys''' (born 18 June 1987) is a Belgian former cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2007 to 2022 for six different teams. During his professional career, Claeys took five victories – including the general classification at the 2018 Four Days of Dunkirk, as well as the 2016 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens and 2019 Famenne Ardenne Classic one-day races.
Following his retirement as a rider, Claeys now works as a directeur sportif for UCI WorldTeam {{UCI team code|IWG}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/17722|title=Intermarché–Circus–Wanty|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=13 January 2023}}</ref>
==Major results== Source: <ref>{{cite web|url=https://firstcycling.com/rider.php?r=2146|title=Dimitri Claeys|work=FirstCycling.com|publisher=FirstCycling AS|accessdate=10 May 2025}}</ref> {{colbegin}} ;2007 : 1st Stage 5 (TTT) Volta a Lleida : 5th Overall Giro delle Regioni : 8th Liège–Bastogne–Liège U23 ;2008 : 1st 20px Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 7th Grand Prix des Marbriers ;2009 : 1st 20px Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 9th Flèche Ardennaise ;2010 : 3rd Grand Prix des Marbriers : 7th Ronde Pévéloise : 9th Overall Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich : 9th Overall Okolo Slovenska ;2012 : 3rd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad U23 : 6th Circuit de Wallonie : 8th Zellik–Galmaarden ;2013 : 1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad U23 : 3rd Flèche Ardennaise ;2014 : 1st Dwars door de Vlaamse Ardennen : 1st Omloop Het Nieuwsblad U23 : 2nd Circuit de Wallonie ;2015 : 1st 20px Overall Tour de Normandie ::1st 20px Points classification ::1st Stage 2 : 1st Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig : 1st Grand Prix de la ville de Pérenchies : 1st Stage 4 Tour of Croatia : 2nd Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem : 2nd Ster van Zwolle : 2nd Ronde van Limburg : 2nd Dwars door de Vlaamse Ardennen : 2nd Grote Prijs Jef Scherens : 2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad U23 : 2nd Duo Normand (with Olivier Pardini) : 4th Overall Paris–Arras Tour ::1st Stage 1 (TTT) : 4th Kattekoers : 5th Circuit de Wallonie : 7th Overall Circuit des Ardennes : 7th Flèche Ardennaise ;2016 : 1st Grote Prijs Jef Scherens : 1st Stage 3 Tour de Wallonie : 2nd Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig : 4th Grand Prix La Marseillaise : 4th Druivenkoers Overijse : 6th Halle–Ingooigem : 8th Tro-Bro Léon : 9th Tour of Flanders : 9th Polynormande : 10th Grand Prix Pino Cerami ;2017 : 5th Dwars door het Hageland : 5th Tacx Pro Classic : 7th Polynormande ;2018 : 1st 20px Overall Four Days of Dunkirk : 2nd Grand Prix de Wallonie : 5th Tacx Pro Classic : 10th Grand Prix La Marseillaise ;2019 : 1st Famenne Ardenne Classic : 8th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk : 9th Polynormande ;2020 : 6th Tour of Flanders ;2021 : 8th Le Samyn : 10th Grand Prix de Wallonie {{colend}}
===Grand Tour general classification results timeline=== Claeys rode a Grand Tour for the first time, when he was named in the start list for the 2017 Tour de France.<ref name="2017TDF">{{Cite web|url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Tour_de_France_2017_Startlist |title=2017: 104th Tour de France: Start List |access-date=28 June 2017 |work=Pro Cycling Stats}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | Grand Tour ! scope="col" | 2017 ! scope="col" | 2018 ! scope="col" | 2019 ! scope="col" | 2020 ! scope="col" | 2021 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey Giro d'Italia |— |— |— |— |— |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey Tour de France |163 |130 |— |— |— |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A red jersey Vuelta a España |— |— |— |— |105 |}
{| class="wikitable" |+ Legend |- ! scope="row" | — | Did not compete |- ! scope="row" | DNF | Did not finish |}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Claeys, Dimitri}} Category:1987 births Category:Living people Category:Belgian male cyclists Category:Cyclists from Ghent Category:21st-century Belgian sportsmen