Fabio Van den Bossche (born 21 September 2000) is a Belgian road and track cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam . He represented Belgium at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France finishing 7th in the men's team pursuit and winning the bronze medal in the men's omnium.
Career Van den Bossche enjoyed his start in track cycling at the Flemish Cycling Center Eddy Merckx in Ghent, Belgium and attended the Topsportschool in Ghent.
Known at the time as the Remco Evenepoel of track cycling, he is the only rider to have beaten Belgian great Remco Evenepoel in his jersey of junior world champion.
He is a multiple European track cycling junior champion, having won the men's madison (with Nicolas Wernimont) at the 2017 UEC European Track Championships (under-23 & junior) in Sangalhos, Portugal and the men's omnium and madison (with Nicolas Wernimont) at the 2018 UEC European Track Championships (under-23 & junior) in Aigle, Switzerland.
Having come close at the 2022 UCI Track Cycling World Championships (bronze) and 2024 UCI Track Cycling World Championships (silver), he finally won the gold medal in the men's madison together with teammate Lindsay De Vylder at the 2025 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Santiago, Chile.
In August 2025, Van den Bossche signed with UCI WorldTeam ahead of the 2026 season.
Personal life Van den Bossche was born in to a cycling family on the very day that Belgian cyclists Etienne De Wilde and Matthew Gilmore won a silver medal in the men's madison at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He is the grandson of former professional cyclist Willy De Geest, a teammate of five years of the cycling great Roger De Vlaeminck. His father, Gunther, was a professional cyclist himself and later "soigneur" with UCI ProSeries team .
He is married to Kate Wiggins, daughter of former track cycling coach Jonathan Wiggins.
Major results Road
2017 1st Overall 1st Vlaams-Brabant Classic 2018 1st Overall 2019 3rd GP Dr. Eugeen Roggeman 2026 3rd Road race, National Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline Grand Tour 2024 2025 Giro d'Italia 107 100 Tour de France — — Vuelta a España — —
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Track
2017 UEC European Junior Championships 1st Madison (with Nicolas Wernimont) 2nd Points race National Junior Championships 1st Madison (with Nicolas Wernimont) 1st Points race 2018 UEC European Junior Championships 1st Madison (with Nicolas Wernimont) 1st Omnium National Track Championships 1st Derny 1st Points race 2nd Madison 2nd Scratch 2nd Omnium 2019 2nd Team pursuit, UEC European Under-23 Championships 2021 2nd Omnium, UEC European Championships 2022 UCI World Championships 3rd Madison (with Lindsay De Vylder) 3rd Points race 3rd Madison, UEC European Championships (with Robbe Ghys) 2023 3rd Points race, UCI World Championships 3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Jules Hesters) 2024 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Benjamin Thomas) 2nd Madison, UCI World Championships (with Lindsay De Vylder) 3rd Omnium, Olympic Games 2025 1st Madison, UCI World Championships (with Lindsay De Vylder) 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Lindsay De Vylder)
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