Greg Van Avermaet is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer, currently riding for UCI ProTeam BMC Racing Team. Van Avermaet's breakthrough year as a professional came in 2007 where he had 4 notable victories and a number of good placings on recognized races as it was his first year on major team Predictor-Lotto. In 2012, Avermaet came very close to winning the World Tour race Grand Prix Cycliste de Qu�bec. He placed a strong attack in the steep C�te de la Montagne, with about 4 kilometres to cover and he was followed by Simon Gerrans. The pair built a sizable gap with the peloton and contested the slightly uphill sprint where Gerrans prevailed. In 2013, Van Avermaet won the Flandrian of the Year award thanks to his consistency in high profile races along with Chris Froome. In 2014, Van Avermaet started the season strongly by taking second places in both the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and the Tour of Flanders. He participated in the Tour de France and helped his leader Tejay van Garderen to a fifth place overall. Later in the campaign, Van Avermaet finished for the third year in a row inside the top 5 of the Grand Prix Cycliste de Qu�bec. 

May 17th, 1985 in Lokeren (Age 38)