All Rounder
DOB 24-10-2000
AGE OF DIAGNOSIS 15
YEARS WITH TEAM 4
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PROFILE
24-year-old Belgian all rounder Quinten De Graeve returns for Team Novo Nordisk in 2025 after a positive 2024 season that saw the Flanders native cement his place as one of the team’s most reliable domestiques.
De Graeve joined the TNN professional team after making a mid-season jump from the development team back in 2023 after immediately impressing with his consistent performances in high level races.
De Graeve hails from Knesselare in the region of East Flanders in Belgium and like most young Belgians, De Graeve grew up wanting to be a cyclist and started riding from an early age alongside his stepfather, godfather and Aunt who bought him his first racing bike.
At 15 years of age De Graeve started suffering from leg cramps, excessive need to urinate and severe dehydration. A diagnosis of type 1 diabetes soon followed and despite the initial shock, De Graeve was encouraged by his doctor and family to quickly get back on the bike and start adjusting to life with T1D.
Not long after, De Graeve started to compete locally on the road and then in 2022 traveled to Italy to take part in the Team Novo Nordisk Talent ID camp and was selected to race with the development team in 2023.
The rest is history, the now 24-year-old stood out after a great start to the season in European races and in June 2023 made the step up to the senior pro team and competed successfully at the Tour of Denmark in August followed by the Tour of Hainan and Japan Cup in October.
There isn’t really an ‘off the bike’ for De Graeve as in his spare time he enjoys working on bikes and spending time with his girlfriend Justine.