Personal information | |
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Full name | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck |
Nickname | Julio |
Born | Roeselare, Belgium | 14 February 1991
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 85 kg (187 lb; 13 st 5 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Classics specialist |
Amateur teams | |
2010 | Beveren 2000 |
2010 | Quick-Step (stagiaire) |
Professional teams | |
2011–2016 | Quick-Step [1] |
2017–2018 | Wanty–Groupe Gobert |
2019–2020 | CCC Team [2] |
2021 | Alpecin–Fenix Development Team [3] |
2022 | Alpecin–Fenix [4] |
2023 | Bingoal WB [5] |
Major wins | |
Stage races |
Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (born 14 February 1991) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional from 2011 to 2023.
Born in Roeselare, Van Keirsbulck is the grandson of Benoni Beheyt and got his first major win in 2011 when winning the Omloop van het Houtland. [6] In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the 2017 Tour de France. [7]
Grand Tour | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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Giro d'Italia | Has not contested during his career | |||||||||
Tour de France | — | — | — | — | 147 | 123 | — | — | — | 123 |
Vuelta a España | 125 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
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