Lars van den Berg

Lars van den Berg
van den Berg in 2023
Personal information
Born (1998-07-07) 7 July 1998 (age 28)
De Meern, Netherlands
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Cycling career
SportCycling
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
2017–2019Metec–TKH
2020Équipe Continentale Groupama–FDJ
2020Groupama–FDJ (development)
2021–2025Groupama–FDJ

Lars van den Berg (born 7 July 1998 in De Meern) is a retired Dutch cyclist, who previously rode for UCI WorldTeam Groupama–FDJ United. His brother Marijn van den Berg is also a cyclist. He was forced to retire at the age of 26, due to health issues.

Major results

2015
3rd Road race, National Junior Road Championships
2016
6th Trofeo Buffoni
7th Grand Prix Bati-Metallo
2017
1st Young rider classification, Ronde de l'Oise
6th Overall Carpathian Couriers Race
10th Overall Bałtyk–Karkonosze Tour
2018
10th Paris–Tours Espoirs
2019
1st Young rider classification, Flèche du Sud
3rd Overall Olympia's Tour
10th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
10th Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites
10th Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
2020
8th Ster van Zwolle
2021
4th Paris–Camembert

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2021 2022 2023
Giro d'Italia 64 — DNF
Tour de France — — 70
Vuelta a España — — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

Notes

  1. ↑ Riding for Groupama–FDJ, van den Berg competed at the Tour de Wallonie, following the introduction of a UCI rule allowing riders registered with a development team to participate in UCI ProSeries or Class 1 events.

References

  1. ↑ "Groupama - FDJ". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 April 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  2. ↑ "Part 2 Road Races" (PDF). UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 2 March 2020. p. 6. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  3. ↑ "Groupama - FDJ". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 1 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  4. ↑ "'I'm left with ambitions I no longer get to chase' - 26-year-old pro cyclist forced to retire over heart issues". cyclingweekly.com. 2025-03-13. Retrieved 2025-03-14.