Simon Dehairs (born 2 June 2001) is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . 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.
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.
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. 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.
Major results
2019 2nd Road race, National Junior Road Championships 9th E3 BinckBank Classic Junioren 2020 3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships 2022 Course de Solidarność et des Champions Olympiques 1st Points classification 1st Stage 1b 1st Stage 2 2023 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships 1st 7th Gullegem Koerse 8th Grand Prix d'Isbergues 2024 1st Grote Prijs Rik Van Looy 1st GP Vermarc Tour du Loir-et-Cher 1st Points classification 1st Stages 2 & 4 1st Stage 3 Olympia's Tour 2nd Veenendaal–Veenendaal 2nd Ster van Zwolle 4th Elfstedenronde 7th Ronde van Limburg 7th Heistse Pijl 8th Elfstedenrace 9th Grand Prix de Denain 2025 (1 pro win) 1st Stage 1 Tour of Turkey 2nd Ronde van Limburg
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