{{short description|Dutch road racing cyclist}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Wesley Kreder | image = Wesley Kreder (2023).jpg | caption = Kreder in 2023 | fullname = Wesley Kreder | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|11|4}} | birth_place = Leiden, Netherlands | height = {{convert|1.83|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|70|kg|lb stlb|0|abbr=on}} | currentteam = Retired | disciplines = {{ubl|Road|Track}} | role = Rider | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = 2008 | amateurteam1 = DGR Cycling Team | amateuryears2 = 2009 | amateurteam2 = {{UCI team code|RIJ|2009}} | amateuryears3 = 2010–2012 | amateurteam3 = {{UCI team code|RB3|2010}} | amateuryears4 = 2012 | amateurteam4 = {{UCI team code|VCD|2012}} ''(stagiaire)'' | proyears1 = 2013 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|VCD|2013}} | proyears2 = 2014 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|AJW|2014}} | proyears3 = 2015–2016 | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|ROO|2015}} | proyears4 = 2017–2020 | proteam4 = {{UCI team code|WGG|2017}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://cyclingpro.net/spaziociclismo/ciclomercato/wanty-groupe-gobert-il-rinnovo-di-backaert-completa-il-roster-2019/|title=Wanty-Groupe Gobert, il rinnovo di Backaert completa il roster 2019|first=Giampaolo|last=Almeida|language=it|trans-title=Wanty-Groupe Gobert, the renewal of Backaert completes the 2019 roster|work=SpazioCiclismo – Cyclingpro.net|publisher=Gravatar|date=6 January 2019|access-date=31 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14012/1001393/266|title=Circus - Wanty Gobert|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=6 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200105234804/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14012/1001393/266|archive-date=5 January 2020}}</ref> | proyears5 = 2021 | proteam5 = {{UCI team code|IWG|2021}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15230/1001372/279|title=Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=3 January 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210103151928/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15230/1001372/279|archive-date=3 January 2021}}</ref> | proyears6 = 2022–2023 | proteam6 = {{UCI team code|COF|2022}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/17175|title=Cofidis|publisher=UCI|access-date=29 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128092005/https://www.uci.org/team-details/17175|archive-date=28 January 2022}}</ref> | majorwins = Tour de Vendée (2012) }} '''Wesley Kreder''' (born 4 November 1990) is a Dutch former road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2013 to 2023.
==Career== Born in Leiden, Kreder has competed as a professional since the middle of the 2012 season,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.vacansoleildcm.nl/nieuws/drie-stagiaires-aan-de-slag-bij-vacansoleil-dcm.html|title=Drie stagiaires aan de slag bij Vacansoleil-DCM|date=1 August 2012|access-date=14 October 2012|work={{UCI team code|VCD|2012}}|publisher=Vacansoleil Eindhoven|language=nl|trans-title=Three interns to work with Vacansoleil-DCM|archive-date=12 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212081947/http://www.vacansoleildcm.nl/nieuws/drie-stagiaires-aan-de-slag-bij-vacansoleil-dcm.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> joining the {{UCI team code|VCD|2012|nolink=yes}} team as a stagiaire, having been a member of the {{UCI team code|RB3|2010}} from 2010 onwards. Kreder achieved his first professional victory in October 2012, making a late-race attack at the Tour de Vendée, and held off the field by two seconds.<ref>{{cite news|title=Wesley Kreder earns pro contract with Vendée win|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-vende-2012/results|first=Jean-François|last=Quénet|work=Cycling News|publisher=Future Publishing Limited|date=14 October 2012|access-date=14 October 2012}}</ref> Kreder remained with the team full-time into the 2013 season.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/vacansoleil-dcm-confirms-2013-roster|title=Vacansoleil-DCM confirms 2013 roster|first=Stephen|last=Farrand|work=Cycling News|publisher=Future Publishing Limited|date=22 September 2012|access-date=14 October 2012}}</ref>
Kreder joined {{UCI team code|AJW|2014}} for the 2014 season, after his previous team – {{UCI team code|VCD|2013|nolink=yes}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.uciworldtour.com/Modules/SUCI/TEAMS/TeamDetails.asp?id=MjgxOA&RefDate=18.01.2013&MenuId=MTY2Njk&LangId=1&BackLink=%2Ftemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI2%2Flayout%2Easp%3FMenuId%3DMTY2Njk%26LangId%3D1|title=Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team (VCD) – NED|work=UCI World Tour|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=18 January 2013}}</ref> – folded at the end of the 2013 season.<ref name="Wanty">{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/michel-kreder-leaves-garmin-sharp-for-team-wanty-groupe-gobert|title=Michel Kreder leaves Garmin Sharp for Team Wanty-Groupe Gobert|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=17 October 2013|access-date=24 October 2013}}</ref> In September 2014 it was announced that Wesley, Michel and Raymond Kreder would sign with the new {{UCI team code|ROO|2015}} squad for 2015.<ref name=roompot/>
==Personal life== Wesley's brother Dennis, and cousins Michel and Raymond are all professional cyclists; Dennis was a team-mate of Wesley's at {{UCI team code|RIJ|2009}} in 2009, while Michel and Raymond were team-mates at {{UCI team code|ROO|2016}} in 2015 and 2016.<ref name=roompot>{{cite web |url=http://www.nu.nl/sport/3870291/vier-kreders-wielerploeg-roompot-orange-cycling.html |title=Vier Kreders naar wielerploeg Roompot Orange Cycling|date=5 September 2014|website=NU.nl|language=nl |trans-title=Four Kreders to Roompot Orange Cycling cycling team |access-date=12 September 2014}}</ref>
==Major results== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} ;2007 : 3rd Points race, National Track Championships ;2008 : 1st Overall Acht van Bladel : 1st stage 3 Le Trophee Centre Morbihan : 3rd Overall Ronde des Vallées ::1st Stage 1b : 7th Ledegem-Kemmel-Ledegem ;2009 : 10th Arno Wallaard Memorial ;2010 : 1st Ronde van Midden-Nederland : 2nd Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop U23 : 3rd Kernen Omloop Echt-Susteren : 4th ZLM Tour : 5th Izegem Koers : 9th Memorial Fred De Bruyne : 10th Arno Wallaard Memorial ;2011 : 1st Stage 2b (TTT) Vuelta Ciclista a León : 3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 3rd Overall Tour de Normandie : 3rd Omloop der Kempen : 4th Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop U23 : 5th Grand Prix des Marbriers : 6th Paris–Tours Espoirs : 7th Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites : 9th Ster van Zwolle : 10th Ronde van Noord-Holland ;2012 : 1st Tour de Vendée : 2nd Zellik–Galmaarden : 3rd Ster van Zwolle : 4th Dorpenomloop Rucphen : 7th Ronde van Noord-Holland : 8th Overall Ronde van Overijssel ;2013 : 4th Ronde van Drenthe : 5th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen : 10th Nationale Sluitingsprijs ;2014 : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd Classic Loire Atlantique : 8th Overall World Ports Classic ;2015 : 9th Dwars door Drenthe ;2016 : 1st Stage 2 Ster ZLM Toer ;2017 : 5th Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde ;2018 : 4th Antwerp Port Epic : 5th Ronde van Drenthe : 8th Dwars door het Hageland {{div col end}}
===Grand Tour general classification results timeline=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | Grand Tour ! scope="col" | 2021 ! scope="col" | 2022 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey Giro d'Italia |128 |139 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey Tour de France |— |— |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A red jersey Vuelta a España | 110 |— |}
{| class="wikitable" |+ Legend |- ! scope="row" | — | Did not compete |- ! scope="row" | IP | In progress |- ! scope="row" | DNF | Did not finish |}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kreder, Wesley}} Category:Dutch male cyclists Category:1990 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Leiden Category:Cyclists from South Holland Category:21st-century Dutch sportsmen