Kenny De Ketele
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Born | [1] Oudenaarde, Belgium | 5 June 1985|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2003 | Victaulic Europe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004 | Jong Vlaanderen 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005–2007 | Bodysol–Win for Life–Jong Vlaanderen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2007–2021 | Chocolade Jacques–Topsport Vlaanderen[2][3] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kenny De Ketele (born 5 June 1985) is a Belgian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise.[4] He was the men's Madison World Champion in 2012, with Gijs Van Hoecke. In September 2021 he announced his retirement from the sport, after competing in his final road race at the Omloop van het Houtland, with his last track competition being the Six Days of Rotterdam in December of that year.[5]
Major results[]
Track[]
- 2001–2002
- 2nd National Junior Individual Pursuit Championship
- 2002–2003
- National Junior Championships
- 1st
Individual pursuit
- 1st
Points race
- 2nd Scratch
- 3rd Kilo
- 1st
- 2nd European Junior Points Race Championships
- 2003–2004
- 1st European Under-23 Madison Championships (with Iljo Keisse)
- National Championships
- 1st
Individual pursuit
- 1st
Kilo
- 1st
- UIV Cup U23
- 1st Ghent (with Steve Schets)
- 2nd Amsterdam (with Steve Schets)
- 2nd Munich (with Steve Schets)
- 2004–2005
- National Championships
- 1st
Madison (with Steve Schets)
- 2nd Omnium
- 1st
- 2nd European Under-23 Madison Championships (with Steve Schets)
- World Cup
- 2nd Madison, Manchester (with Wouter Van Mechelen)
- 3rd Madison, Moscow (with Steve Schets)
- 2nd Overall UIV Cup U23 (with Steve Schets)
- 1st Munich
- 2nd Bremen
- 2nd Berlin
- 3rd Copenhagen
- 2005–2006
- 1st European Under-23 Madison Championships (with Steve Schets)
- National Championships
- 1st
Kilo
- 1st
Team pursuit (with Steve Schets, Ingmar De Poortere and Tim Mertens)
- 2nd Individual pursuit
- 3rd Omnium
- 1st
- 2006–2007
- European Under-23 Championships
- 1st Points race
- 3rd Team pursuit
- National Championships
- 1st
Points race
- 1st
Derny
- 2nd Scratch
- 3rd Individual pursuit
- 1st
- 2nd World Cup Madison, Los Angeles (with Steve Schets)
- 2007–2008
- National Championships
- 1st
Derny
- 1st
Team pursuit (with Ingmar De Poortere, Tim Mertens and Dominique Cornu)
- 1st
Madison (with Iljo Keisse)
- 1st
Kilo
- 1st
Omnium
- 2nd Points race
- 2nd Individual pursuit
- 3rd Scratch
- 1st
- 1st World Cup Madison, Los Angeles (with Tim Mertens)
- 2013
- 1st Six Days of Amsterdam (with Gijs Van Hoecke)
- 3rd
Madison (with Gijs Van Hoecke), UEC European Championships
- 2014
- 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Jasper De Buyst)
- 2nd
Points race – London, UCI World Cup
- 3rd
Madison (with Otto Vergaerde), UEC European Championships
- 3rd Six Days of Zurich (with Jasper De Buyst)
- 2015
- 1st Six Days of London (with Moreno De Pauw)
- 2016
- UCI World Cup
- 1st
Madison, Apeldoorn (with Robbe Ghys)
- 3rd
Madison, Glasgow (with Moreno De Pauw)
- 1st
- 1st
Madison, National Championships (with Moreno De Pauw)[6]
- 1st Six Days of London (with Moreno De Pauw)
- 1st Six Days of Amsterdam (with Moreno De Pauw)
- UEC European Championships
- 2nd
Points race
- 3rd
Madison (with Moreno De Pauw)
- 2nd
- 2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Moreno De Pauw)
- 3rd
Points race, UCI World Championships
- 2017
- 1st Six Days of Berlin (with Moreno De Pauw)
- 1st Six Days Final – Mallorca (with Moreno De Pauw)
- 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Moreno De Pauw)
- UCI World Championships
- 2nd
Points race
- 3rd
Madison with Moreno De Pauw)
- 2nd
- UCI World Cup
- 1st
Madison, Milton (with Lindsay De Vylder)
- 2nd
Madison, Pruszków (with Moreno De Pauw)
- 3rd
Points race, Milton
- 1st
- 2nd Six Days of Copenhagen (with Moreno De Pauw)
- 3rd Six Days of London (with Moreno De Pauw)
- 2018
- UEC European Championships
- 1st
Madison (with Robbe Ghys)
- 2nd
Points race
- 1st
- 1st Six Day Bremen (with Theo Reinhardt)
- 2nd Six Day Berlin (with Moreno De Pauw)
- 1st Six Day Copenhagen (with Michael Morkov)
- 2019
- UCI World Championships
- 3rd
Madison (with Robbe Ghys)
- 3rd
- 2021
- 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Robbe Ghys)
- UCI World Championships
- 2nd
Points race
- 3rd
Madison (with Robbe Ghys)
- 2nd
Road[]
- 2003
- 2nd Junior Tour of Flanders
- 2nd Junior
- 2005
- 2nd Overall
- 3rd
- 2006
- 9th Overall Triptyque des Barrages
- 2007
- 3rd GP Frans Melckenbeeck
- 7th Overall Giro del Capo
- 2015
- 7th Grand Prix Criquielion
- 2018
- 9th Overall Rás Tailteann
References[]
- ^ a b c "Kenny De Ketele". Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise. Wielerclub Eddy Merckxvrienden vzw. Archived from the original on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
- ^ "Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise 2019 met 22 renners" [Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 2019 with 22 riders]. Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise (in Dutch). Wielerclub Eddy Merckxvrienden vzw. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ^ "Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 9 January 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ "Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 6 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
- ^ "Kenny De Ketele kondigt afscheid aan: laatste wegrit al gereden, Rotterdam wordt allerlaatste zesdaagse" [Kenny De Ketele announces farewell: last road race already ridden, Rotterdam will be the very last six-day race]. Het Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 24 September 2021. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 February 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links[]
- Kenny De Ketele at Cycling Archives
- Kenny De Ketele at ProCyclingStats
- Kenny De Ketele at Olympedia
Categories:
- 1985 births
- Living people
- People from Oudenaarde
- Belgian male cyclists
- Olympic cyclists of Belgium
- Cyclists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men)
- Sportspeople from East Flanders
- Belgian track cyclists