Kevin Seeldraeyers

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Kevin Seeldraeyers
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Personal information
Full nameKevin Seeldraeyers
Born (1986-09-12) 12 September 1986 (age 37)
Boom, Antwerp, Belgium
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
Discipline Road
RoleRider
Amateur team
2006Beveren 2000
Professional teams
2007–2011 Quick-Step–Innergetic
2012–2013 Astana [1]
2014 Wanty–Groupe Gobert [2]
2015 Torku Şekerspor
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
Young rider classification (2009)

Kevin Seeldraeyers (born 12 September 1986 in Boom Antwerp) is a Belgian retired professional road bicycle racer.

Contents

Career

In 2009, he won the young riders jersey in the Giro d'Italia with a 14th-place finish.

For the 2014 season, Seeldraeyers moved to the Wanty–Groupe Gobert team. [2]

Seeldrayers ended his career at the end of 2015 after failing to find a new team. [3]

Major results

2005
2nd Overall Ronde de l'Isard
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 2
2006
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de la Province de Liège
2nd Overall Tour des Pyrénées
8th Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta
1st Stage 2
2007
5th Overall Tour de Georgia
2009
4th Overall Tour of Austria
7th Overall Paris–Nice
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
10th Overall Giro d'Italia
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
2011
9th Overall Volta a Catalunya
2013
3rd Overall Tour of Austria
1st Jersey polkadot.svg Points classification
1st Jersey red.svg Mountains classification
1st Stages 1 & 2
2014
10th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
2015
10th Overall Tour du Maroc

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 20082009201020112012
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia 73 10 50 33
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France 134
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España 23 39
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

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References

  1. "Astana signs Borut Božič and Kevin Seeldraeyers". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 19 September 2011.
  2. 1 2 Farrand, Stephen (17 November 2013). "Wanty-Groupe Gobert confirm Seeldraeyers for 2014". Cyclingnews.com . Future plc.
  3. "Kevin Seeldraeyers renonce à trouver une nouvelle équipe". rtbf.be. Retrieved 3 June 2016.

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