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Christian Vande Velde (born 22 May 1976 in Lemont, USA) is an American professional road bicycle racer who currently rides for Team CSC. Son of United States Bicycling Hall of Fame inductee, John Vande Velde, Christian became professional in 1998 for US Postal.

He twice rode on the Tour de France team that brought Lance Armstrong to victory, in the 1999 Tour de France Vande Velde himself wore the young rider's jersey, the maillot blanc, for a time, while he did not complete the 2001 Tour de France. Christian Vande Velde moved to Liberty Seguros in 2004 and switched to Team CSC in 2005. He has always worked as a Domestique, riding in support of varying team captains, even though the 2005 season saw Vande Velde taking chances of his own including a breakaway on 4th stage of the Benelux Tour, which was eventually hampered when the peloton was lead on a false route, meaning the riders of the breakaway had to wait for the peloton to get back on track, at which time the gap between the break and the peloton was reduced from six to four minutes with 43 kilometres to go.

Results

1999
* Best young rider, Quatre Jours de Dunkerque
2005
* Best mountain rider, Benelux Tour

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