Axandre Van Petegem (22) joins our Wagner-Bazin WB group from the 2025 season. The son of Peter van Petegem, after several years in the world of football at the Oudenaarde club, decided to embark on a cycling career in 2017 under the colours of the Onder Ons Parike club. He won the Critérium de la Jeunesse in Luxembourg in 2018. He then moved to the ranks of Home Solution-Soenens in 2021 before signing with Jumbo-Visma Development Team in 2022-2023 and with Lidl Trek Future Racing in 2024. Axandre finished 9th in the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad U23 in 2022, he signed several top 3s in 2023 and 2024, including an East Flanders champion title. In 2024, he competed, among others, in the Tour Poitou-Charentes in Nouvelle Aquitaine as an intern in our structure. (Photo M. Lainé – Bingoal WB)
Axandre Van Petegem. “I am very happy to sign my first professional contract with the Wagner-Bazin WB group. This is a new chapter for me. My main goal in 2025 is to gain experience in professional races and gain power. I consider myself a classics rider and I want to improve in this area: I am also looking forward to the spring races. I started cycling in the cadets. Unfortunately, I injured my hip while I was a hopeful at Jumbo-Visma and I was unable to race for a year. I was only able to get back on the bike in the middle of my third year as an U23. I then felt better and better, able to progress well. Last year, I signed with Lidl Trek where I learned a lot. I became East Flanders champion, among other things.”
Christopher Brandt. "We have been following Axandre for a long time, especially because of the attachment we have with his father, Peter. Axandre has had the chance to evolve in two World Tour Development teams over the last two years, he did an internship in our pro group at the end of the 2024 season. He will strengthen our team, among other things, in the Flemish races and in events with hilly courses. Axandre has had physical problems in recent years: all that is behind him and we hope that he will take a good step within the pro group by spending a studious winter in training. He has talent and, with work, he can become a very good pro."