Willie Smit

Willie Smit
Smit in 2019
Personal information
Full nameWillem Jakobus Smit
Nickname
  • Willie
  • Smurfy
Born (1992-12-29) 29 December 1992 (age 32)
Lydenburg, South Africa
Height1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Team information
Current teamChina Glory–Mentech Continental Cycling Team
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeRouleur
Amateur teams
2012–2013Cyclelab–M Power Fm
2015Team Europcar SA
2016Team UC Nantes Atlantique
2017Rías Baixas
2017RoadCover
Professional teams
2014Vini Fantini–Nippo
2018–2019Team Katusha–Alpecin[1][2]
2020–2021Burgos BH[3]
2022–China Glory Continental Cycling Team

Willem Jakobus Smit (born 29 December 1992 in Lydenburg) is a South African cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team China Glory–Mentech Continental Cycling Team.[4] In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Vuelta a España.[5]

Major results

2013
1st Time trial, African Under–23 Road Championships
2nd Time trial, African Road Championships
2015
5th Time trial, African Road Championships
2017
African Road Championships
1st Road race
4th Time trial
1st Overall Tour Meles Zenawi
1st Points classification
1st Stage 5
1st Overall Vuelta Ciclista a León
National Road Championships
3rd Road race
3rd Time trial
2018
8th Vuelta a Murcia
2020
Combativity award Stage 3 Vuelta a España
2021
National Road Championships
2nd Road race
4th Time trial
10th Trofeo Calvia
2022
National Road Championships
2nd Road race
4th Time trial
2023
1st Alanya Cup
5th Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake
2024
1st Stage 1 Tour of Sakarya

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2019 2020
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España 118 73
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ^ "Willie Smit signs for Katusha-Alpecin". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Katusha-Alpecin announce reduced 24-rider roster for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Cubero y Gibson completan la plantilla de 20 ciclistas del Burgos BH" [Cubero and Gibson complete the roster of 20 cyclists from Burgos BH]. Burgos BH (in Spanish). Burgos Pro Team. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Burgos-BH". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 4 January 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  5. ^ "2019: 74th La Vuelta ciclista a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 23 August 2019.