Willie Smit

Willem Jakobus Smit (born 29 December 1992 in Lydenburg) is a South African cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Burgos BH.[4] In August 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Vuelta a España.[5]

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

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
National Road Championships
3rd Road race
3rd Time trial
2018
8th Vuelta a Murcia
2020
Combativity award Stage 3 Vuelta a España

Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2019 2020
Giro d'Italia — —
Tour de France — —
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.
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