Jens Keukeleire

Jens Keukeleire

Keukeleire at the 2015 E3 Harelbeke.
Personal information
Full name	Jens Keukeleire
Born	(1988-11-23) 23 November 1988 (age 36) Bruges, Flanders, Belgium
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Classics specialist
Amateur team
2007–2009	WC 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.

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 Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen

1st Points classification

1st 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 Overall Tour of Belgium

2nd Gent–Wevelgem

4th Road race, National Road Championships

5th Bruges Cycling Classic

Combativity award Stage 19 Tour de France

2018 (1)

1st 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 Tour	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Giro d'Italia	127	73	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	78
Tour de France	—	—	67	—	—	59	DNF	98	89	—
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	93	64	—	—	—	—	50

References

1. Aubrey, Jane (9 September 2011). "GreenEdge's classics ambitions boosted with Keukeleire". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
2. "Keukeleire leaves Orica-Scott for Lotto Soudal". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
3. "Lotto-Soudal". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
4. "EF Education First strengthens Classics squad with Keukeleire". EF Pro Cycling. Slipstream Sports. 23 September 2019. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
5. "EF Education - Nippo". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
6. "Jens Keukeleire".

External links

Media related to Jens Keukeleire at Wikimedia Commons

• Jens Keukeleire at UCI
• Jens Keukeleire at Cycling Archives (archived)
• Jens Keukeleire at ProCyclingStats
• Jens Keukeleire at Cycling Quotient
• Jens Keukeleire at CycleBase
• Wielernieuws.be