Jens Keukeleire

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Jens Keukeleire
Harelbeke - E3 Harelbeke, 27 maart 2015 (B051).JPG
Keukeleire at the 2015 E3 Harelbeke.
Personal information
Full nameJens Keukeleire
Born (1988-11-23) 23 November 1988 (age 35)
Bruges, Flanders, Belgium
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider type Classics specialist
Amateur team
2007–2009WC Soenens
Professional teams
2010–2011 Cofidis
2012–2017 GreenEDGE [1]
2018–2019 Lotto–Soudal [2] [3]
2020–2023 EF Pro Cycling [4] [5]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Vuelta a España
1 individual stage (2016)

Stage races

Tour of Belgium (2017, 2018)

Jens Keukeleire (born 23 November 1988) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2010 to 2023.

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Major results

2009
3rd Circuit de Wallonie
4th Road race, UEC European Road Championships
6th Kattekoers
7th Memorial Van Coningsloo
2010 (4 pro wins)
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
1st Stage 1
1st Le Samyn
1st Nokere Koerse
5th Trofeo Magalluf–Palmanova
5th Paris–Brussels
6th Trofeo Cala Millor
2011 (1)
1st Stage 3 Tour of Austria
4th Nokere Koerse
9th Overall Tour of Belgium
2012
1st Stage 2 (TTT) Eneco Tour
9th Paris–Tours
10th Dwars door Vlaanderen
10th Binche–Tournai–Binche
2013 (2)
Vuelta a Burgos
1st Stages 2 & 3
7th Dwars door Vlaanderen
2014
6th Overall Tour de l'Eurométropole
7th Gran Premio Città di Camaiore
8th Overall Eneco Tour
9th Dwars door Vlaanderen
2015
6th Paris–Roubaix
9th E3 Harelbeke
2016 (2)
1st Stage 12 Vuelta a España
1st Stage 1 Tour of Slovenia
2nd Halle–Ingooigem
3rd Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
5th Dwars door Vlaanderen
7th Tre Valli Varesine
2017 (1)
1st Jersey red.svg Overall Tour of Belgium
2nd Gent–Wevelgem
4th Road race, National Road Championships
5th Bruges Cycling Classic
Jersey red number.svg Combativity award Stage 19 Tour de France
2018 (1)
1st Jersey blue.svg Overall Tour of Belgium
4th Omloop van het Houtland
10th Famenne Ardenne Classic
2019
3rd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
5th Binche–Chimay–Binche
5th Omloop van het Houtland
7th Overall Deutschland Tour
7th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
2020
4th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race

Grand Tour results timeline

Grand Tour general classification results timeline [6]
Grand Tour2012201320142015201620172018201920202021
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia 127 73 78
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France 67 59 DNF 98 89
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España 93 64 50

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