Christian Vande Velde

Christian Vande Velde stories

Previous Team: Team CSC

DOB: 05/22/1976

Birth Place: Lemont, Illinois

Nationality: American

Height: 5′ 11″ / 180 cm

Weight: 150 lbs / 68 kg

Strengths: Climber, All Around

Pro Since: 1998

Pets: Jake

Career Highlights:

• 2008 Paris-Nice – Stage #4 , 1st
• 2008 Giro d’Italia, 1st stage 1 team time trial, wore maglia rosa; 5th stage 21 ITT
• 2008 Tour de France, 5th overall, 4th stage 20 ITT, 6th stage 4 ITT
• 2008 Tour of Missouri, 1st overall, 1st stage 3 individual time trial
• 2008 Tour of California, 3rd overall, 1st team overall
• 2008 Tour de Georgia, 1st stage 4 team time trial
• 2006 Tour de Luxembourg, 1st Overall
• 2005 Eneco Tour of Benelux, 1st Mountains Classification
• 1999 Redlands Classic, 1st Overall
• 1999 Quatre Jours de Dunkerque, 1st, Young Rider Classification
• 1999 Tour de France, held Young Rider’s Jersey
• 1999 UCI World Cup, Individual Pursuit, 1st
• Twice rode on Tour de France teams that brought Lance Armstrong to victory, Place

2009 Results:

• TTT Tour de France – 2nd Stage #4
• TTT Giro d’Italia – 2nd Stage #1
• Vuelta al País Vasco – 3rd stage #4
• Vuelta al País Vasco – 7th Stage #6
• Tour de France – 8th Overall
• Paris-Nice – Stage #4 , 1st
• Vuelta al País Vasco – Stage #4 , 3rd
• Vuelta al País Vasco – Stage #6 , 7th
• Amgen Tour of California – Stage #7 , 9th
• Vuelta a Castilla y León – Stage #2 , 10th
• Paris-Nice – Stage #8 , 13th

2008 Results:

• Tour of Bahamas, 2nd overall, 3rd road race
• Vuelta Castilla y Leon, 10th overall, 6th prologue
• Circuit Cycliste Sarthe, 2nd overall, 1st ITT
• Tour de Georgia, 7th overall
• Tour de France, 8th stage 4 ITT
• US Pro National Time Trial Championships, 3rd

2007 Results:

• Tour de Georgia, 2nd Overall
• Tour of California, 6th Overall


2006 Results:

• Tour of California, 9th Overall


2005 Results:

• Tour de Georgia, 12th Overal

2002 Results:

• Volta a Catalunya, 1st, Stage 1, TTT


2001 Results:

• Three Days of De Panne, 4th Overall