William Junior Lecerf

[Andre]

Junior Lecerf

Full name William Junior Lecerf
Born 15 October 2002 (age 22)
Halle, Belgium
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 54 kg (119 lb)
Team information
Current team Soudal–Quick-Step
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Amateur teams
2019 Zannata Galloo Cycling Team[1]
2020 Acrog–Balen BC Junior
2021 CC Étupes
2022 Lotto–Soudal U23
Professional teams
2023 Soudal–Quick-Step Devo Team[2]
2024– Soudal–Quick-Step


Road

2022
4th Overall Giro d'Italia Giovani Under 23
7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
2023
1st Piccolo Giro di Lombardia
3rd Overall Tour du Rwanda
3rd Flèche Ardennaise
4th Overall Tour Alsace
5th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
8th Overall Giro Next Gen
9th Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
2024 (1 pro win)
1st Stage 4 Tour du Rwanda
2nd Overall AlUla Tour

1st Young rider classification

2025
8th Overall Tour de Romandie
8th Overall UAE Tour

 

[RedheadDane]

And he's not actually a Junior.
Really should change his name to William WorldTourRider Lecerf.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

He comes from cyclocross by the way, at least i think he started as a crosser many years ago. I don't think he did CX races since the juniors anymore.

 

[Red Rick]

Why did my brain think he was 19.

And it cannot be his looks or his size, cause then I'd think he was 13.

 

[RedheadDane]

Why did my brain think he was 19.

And it cannot be his looks or his size, cause then I'd think he was 13.

You know he's a WT rider, and was also a WT rider last year, so he obviously can't be 13.

So... maybe your brain just went EIAAAAH, 19!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Is his father called William Senior, or do they not follow the same traditions as the August household?

 

[AmRacer]

Is his father called William Senior, or do they not follow the same traditions as the August household?

June, July, August?

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Is his father called William Senior, or do they not follow the same traditions as the August household?

No, because when his father was born, they didn't know about junior yet.

 

[Bolder]

He's actually Lenny Martinez Junior.

The Junior in his name really perplexes me.

 

[Andre]

Way to go Junior. He really did a great ride today. Came back from nowhere. It looked like he was about 20 seconds behind with only 300 meters

 

[Andre]

Lecerf is up to 13th place in La Vuelta. I believe he can crack the top ten. He is riding strong. I wonder if Landa will help him or what

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Lecerf is up to 13th place in La Vuelta. I believe he can crack the top ten. He is riding strong. I wonder if Landa will help him or what

I think it will be quite difficult for him to crack top 10. A lot will be decided on Angliru. I imagine he will overtake Armirail again, but on the other hand Kuss and Tejada are right behind him, and it's not hard to imagine they will overtake him.

 

[Samamba]

I don't really like that he's going for GC, BUT I have to say his development the last 2 years has been better than I expected. Props to him.

 

[Andre]

I think it will be quite difficult for him to crack top 10. A lot will be decided on Angliru. I imagine he will overtake Armirail again, but on the other hand Kuss and Tejada are right behind him, and it's not hard to imagine they will overtake him.

Yes, I counted Amirail as on that he could pass. I also figured Kuss and Jorgensen will lose some time after pulling Vingo up all the coming mountains. Tejada is a mystery to me (I haven't been following him)...hopefully he cracks

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Yes, I counted Amirail as on that he could pass. I also figured Kuss and Jorgensen will lose some time after pulling Vingo up all the coming mountains. Tejada is a mystery to me (I haven't been following him)...hopefully he cracks

Traeen could also crack. But so could Lecerf. His weight might really be an advantage of he doesn't overplay his hand.

 

[YavorD]

Traeen could also crack. But so could Lecerf. His weight might really be an advantage of he doesn't overplay his hand.

You never know with Ciccone and Pidcock as well. They may not crack THAT hard, but I won't be surprised if they are out of top 10 at the end of the Vuelta as well.

 

[SafeBet]

Ciccone could easily crack or even DNF if his health issues continue.
And re Tejada he's not really a guy for long climbs or multimountain stages.

 

[QueenStagiaire]

I think it will be quite difficult for him to crack top 10. A lot will be decided on Angliru. I imagine he will overtake Armirail again, but on the other hand Kuss and Tejada are right behind him, and it's not hard to imagine they will overtake him.

Tejada hasn‘t looked better than Lecerf at any point in this Vuelta, he just got into breakaways and didn‘t look great in them. I guess at Stage 10 and 11 he was fine but yesterday he was terrible.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Tejada hasn‘t looked better than Lecerf at any point in this Vuelta, he just got into breakaways and didn‘t look great in them. I guess at Stage 10 and 11 he was fine but yesterday he was terrible.

Tejada definitely has the talent to do a top 10 GC here. He is very unpredictable though. Sometimes you can see him climbing like a boss, and other days he gets dropped by Froome. But it is a rider i would take into account. I also don't know if he really cares about GC's that much.

 

[Squire]

I think it will be quite difficult for him to crack top 10. A lot will be decided on Angliru. I imagine he will overtake Armirail again, but on the other hand Kuss and Tejada are right behind him, and it's not hard to imagine they will overtake him.

Assuming Lecerf doesn't go down (which might well happen), I think he will definitely overtake Armirail and possibly Ciccone and Bernal if their downward trend continues. Træen is not that likely to completely crack I think. He's a bit of a diesel. I only see Kuss as a possible threat from behind, but you never know with him.

Then there's always likely to be some random DNF from some guys who are going better. Gall seems to have some kind of problem now according to PCS.

So let's say he gets Armirail and one of Ciccone/Bernal, but not Træen. And then there's one random DNF. And Kuss/Tejada stay behind. That's a 10th overall. But yeah, I agree it will be difficult, because I'm not convinced of his three week durability.

 

[Andre]

he gained time on Traaen, Bernal and Jorgensen today, and was even with Tejada. Still holding at 13th. He did have a small crash today from what I hear

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

lol... lost 10 minutes but is still 13th in GC. Ciccone and Bernal did even worse. Top 10 seems to be out of reach though.