# Johan Vansummeren

Johan Vansummeren (born 4 February 1981) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2016 for the Relax–Bodysol, Silence–Lotto, Garmin–Sharp and AG2R La Mondiale teams.

## Biography

Vansummeren was born, raised, and resides in Lommel, Flanders, Belgium. After two seasons in the amateur ranks, Vansummeren turned professional with Relax–Bodysol in 2004.
Although Vansummeren's role was primarily that of a domestique, he competed as a team leader during the classic season. In 2011, Vansummeren won the biggest race of his career, Paris–Roubaix. Vansummeren won the race after escaping from three other riders with 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) remaining, winning by nineteen seconds at the velodrome in Roubaix. He was victorious, despite riding the final 5 kilometres (3.1 miles) with a flat tire. Vansummeren also won the 2007 Tour de Pologne and rode the Tour de France nine times.
Vansummeren signed with AG2R La Mondiale for the 2015 and 2016 seasons. In June 2016, he announced his retirement from the sport after being diagnosed with a heart problem that had been detected in February at the Tour of Oman and resulted in him missing the classics season.

## Major results
### 1999

    1st Overall Junior Tour of Wales

### 2001

    4th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
    4th Circuit de Wallonie
    5th Overall Ronde de l'Isard
       1st Stage 5
    8th Grand Prix de Waregem

### 2002

    1st Circuit de Wallonie
    1st Zellik–Galmaarden
    3rd Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
    5th Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften

### 2003

    1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
    2nd Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
    3rd Beverbeek Classic
    4th Ronde van Vlaanderen Beloften
    7th Overall Tour of Slovenia
    9th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
    10th Overall Tour de Normandie
    10th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux

### 2004

    8th Grand Prix Rudy Dhaenens
    10th Grand Prix Eddy Merckx (with Bert Roesems)

### 2005

    4th Overall Tour Down Under

### 2006

    1st Points classification, Tour of Britain
    5th Road race, National Road Championships
    9th Grand Prix d'Isbergues

### 2007 (2 pro wins)

    1st Overall Tour de Pologne
       1st Stage 7
    1st Stage 1 (TTT) Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali

### 2008

    8th Paris–Roubaix

### 2009

    5th Paris–Roubaix
    10th Clásica de San Sebastián

### 2011 (1)

    1st Paris–Roubaix
    1st Duo Normand (with Thomas Dekker)

### 2012

    1st Stage 2 (TTT) Tour of Qatar
    9th Paris–Roubaix
    10th Strade Bianche

### 2014

    10th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Giro d'Italia | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career |
| Tour de France | — | 136 | 109 | 62 | 86 | 90 | 29 | — | 147 | — | 74 | DNF |
| Vuelta a España | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 70 | 79 | 88 | 118 | 121 |

### Monuments results timeline

| Monument | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Milan–San Remo | — | 85 | 101 | 87 | 133 | 60 | 98 | 123 | 81 | 74 | 98 | 156 |
| Tour of Flanders | 120 | DNF | — | 51 | DNF | DNF | 54 | — | 49 | 20 | DNF | 105 |
| Paris–Roubaix | — | — | — | 92 | 8 | 5 | DNF | 1 | 9 | 50 | 38 | 75 |
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | 29 | 61 | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Giro di Lombardia | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |