Kenny De Ketele Explained

Kenny De Ketele
Birth Date:5 June 1985[1]
Birth Place:Oudenaarde, Belgium
Height:1.78 m
Weight:66 kg
Amateuryears1:2003
Amateurteam1:Victaulic Europe
Amateuryears2:2004
Amateurteam2:Jong Vlaanderen 2016
Amateuryears3:2005–2007
Proyears1:2007–2021
Manageyears1:2022–
Majorwins:National Track Championships

Madison (2005, 2007, 2008, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)

Points (2019)

Derny (2007, 2008, 2009)

1 km time trial (2004, 2006, 2008)

Omnium (2007)European Track Championships

Madison (2011), (2015), (2018)World Track Championships

Madison (2012)

Kenny De Ketele (born 5 June 1985) is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist,[2] who rode professionally between 2007 and 2021, entirely for UCI ProTeam . He won eight medals at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships, including a gold medal in the Madison at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, partnering Gijs Van Hoecke. Following his retirement, De Ketele became a directeur sportif with .[3]

Major results

Track

2002
  • 2nd Individual pursuit, National Junior Championships
    2003
  • National Junior Championships
  • 1st Individual pursuit
  • 1st Points race
  • 2nd Scratch
  • 3rd Kilo
  • 2nd Points race, UEC European Junior Championships
    2004
  • 1st Madison, UEC European Under-23 Championships (with Iljo Keisse)
  • National Championships
  • 1st Individual pursuit
  • 1st Kilo
  • UIV Cup U23
  • 1st Ghent (with Steve Schets)
  • 2nd Amsterdam (with Steve Schets)
  • 2nd Munich (with Steve Schets)
    2005
  • National Championships
  • 1st Madison (with Steve Schets)
  • 2nd Omnium
  • 2nd Madison, 2004–05 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Manchester (with Wouter Van Mechelen)
  • 2nd Madison, UEC European Under-23 Championships (with Steve Schets)
  • 2nd Overall UIV Cup U23 (with Steve Schets)
  • 1st Munich
  • 2nd Bremen
  • 2nd Berlin
  • 3rd Copenhagen
  • 3rd Madison, 2005–06 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Moscow (with Steve Schets)
    2006
  • 1st Madison, UEC European Under-23 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
    2007
  • UEC European Under-23 Championships
  • 1st Points race
  • 3rd Team pursuit
  • National Championships
  • 1st Points race
  • 1st Derny
  • 2nd Scratch
  • 3rd Individual pursuit
  • 2nd Madison, 2006–07 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Los Angeles (with Steve Schets)
    2008
  • 1st Madison, 2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Los Angeles (with Tim Mertens)
  • 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
  • 2nd Madison, 2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Manchester (with Iljo Keisse)
  • 2nd Six Days of Fiorenzuola (with Iljo Keisse)
  • 2nd Six Days of Hasselt (with Iljo Keisse)
  • 3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Andreas Beikirch)
    2009
  • 1st Madison, 2009–10 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Manchester (with Tim Mertens)
  • 1st Derny, UEC European Track Championships
  • 1st Six Days of Hasselt (with Bruno Risi)
  • 3rd Six Days of Berlin (with Roger Kluge)
    2010
  • 2nd Madison, UEC European Championships (with Tim Mertens)
  • 2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Leif Lampater)
    2011
  • 1st Madison, UEC European Championships (with Iljo Keisse)
  • 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Robert Bartko)
    2012
  • UCI World Championships
  • 1st Madison (with Gijs Van Hoecke)
  • 3rd Points race
  • 1st Six Days of Zürich (with Peter Schep)
  • 2nd Madison, 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Beijing (with Tim Mertens)
  • 2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Gijs Van Hoecke)
  • 3rd Six Days of Berlin (with Iljo Keisse)
    2013
  • 1st Six Days of Amsterdam (with Gijs Van Hoecke)
  • International Belgian Open
  • 1st Madison (with Jasper De Buyst)
  • 1st Points race
  • 2nd Madison, 2013–14 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Aguascalientes (with Jasper De Buyst)
  • 2nd Six Days of Berlin (with Luke Roberts)
  • 2nd Six Days of Zürich (with Jasper De Buyst)
  • 3rd Madison, UEC European Championships (with Gijs Van Hoecke)
  • 3rd Team pursuit, 2012–13 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Glasgow
  • 3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Gijs Van Hoecke)
    2014
  • 1st Six Days of Berlin (with Andreas Müller)
  • 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Jasper De Buyst)
  • International Belgian Open
  • 1st Madison (with Roy Pieters)
  • 2nd Points race
  • 2nd Madison, 2013–14 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Guadalajara (with Jasper De Buyst)
  • 2nd Points race, 2014–15 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, London
  • 2nd Madison, UEC European Championships (with Otto Vergaerde)
  • 2nd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Jasper De Buyst)
  • 3rd Six Days of Zürich (with Jasper De Buyst)
    2015
  • 1st Derny, UEC European Track Championships
  • 1st Six Days of London (with Moreno De Pauw)
  • 2nd Six Days of Berlin (with David Muntaner)
  • 2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Gijs Van Hoecke)
  • 3rd Madison, International Belgian Open (with Jules Hesters)
    2016
  • 2016–17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
  • 1st Madison, Apeldoorn (with Robbe Ghys)
  • 2nd Team pursuit, Apeldoorn
  • 3rd Madison, Glasgow (with Moreno De Pauw)
  • 1st Madison, National Championships (with Moreno De Pauw)[4]
  • 1st Six Days of Amsterdam (with Moreno De Pauw)
  • 1st Six Days of Berlin (with Moreno De Pauw)
  • 1st Six Days of Bremen (with Christian Grasmann)
  • 1st Six Days of London (with Moreno De Pauw)
  • UEC European Championships
  • 2nd Points race
  • 3rd Madison (with Moreno De Pauw)
  • 2nd Six Days of Copenhagen (with Moreno De Pauw)
  • 2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Moreno De Pauw)
  • 3rd Points race, UCI World Championships
    2017
  • 2017–18 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
  • 1st Madison, Milton (with Lindsay De Vylder)
  • 2nd Madison, Pruszków (with Moreno De Pauw)
  • 3rd Points race, Milton
  • 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 Six Days of Berlin (with Moreno De Pauw)
  • 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 Six Days of Bremen (with Theo Reinhardt)
  • 1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Michael Mørkøv)
  • 1st Six Days of Rotterdam (with Moreno De Pauw)
  • 2nd Team pursuit, 2018–19 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, London
  • 2nd Six Days of Berlin (with Moreno De Pauw)
  • 2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Robbe Ghys)
    2019
  • 1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Moreno De Pauw)
  • 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Robbe Ghys)
  • 1st Hong Kong, 2018–19 Six Day Series (with Yoeri Havik)
  • 3rd Madison, UCI World Championships (with Robbe Ghys)
    2020
  • 1st Six Days of Bremen (with Nils Politt)
    2021
  • 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Robbe Ghys)
  • UCI World Championships
  • 2nd Points race
  • 3rd Madison (with Robbe Ghys)
  • 2nd Madison, UEC European Championships (with Lindsay De Vylder)

    Road

    2003
  • 2nd Junior Tour of Flanders
  • 2nd Junior Trofee der Vlaamse Ardennen
    2005
  • 2nd Overall Ronde van Vlaams-Brabant
  • 3rd Kaarst-Büttgen
    2006
  • 9th Overall Triptyque des Barrages
    2007
  • 3rd GP Frans Melckenbeeck
  • 7th Overall Giro del Capo
    2011
  • 1st Sprints classification Vuelta a Burgos
    2015
  • 7th Grand Prix Criquielion
    2018
  • 9th Overall Rás Tailteann

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Kenny De Ketele. . Wielerclub Eddy Merckxvrienden vzw. 8 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140203081226/http://www.topsport-vlaanderen.be/team/renner/team-2014-kenny-de-ketele. 3 February 2014. dead.
    2. Web site: Kenny De Ketele kondigt afscheid aan: laatste wegrit al gereden, Rotterdam wordt allerlaatste zesdaagse. 24 September 2021 . . nl-be. Kenny De Ketele announces farewell: last road race already ridden, Rotterdam will be the very last six-day race. 7 November 2021.
    3. News: Freddy. De Geest. Sportdirecteur Kenny De Ketele: "Ik heb hier al grote ogen getrokken". Dutch. Sports director Kenny De Ketele: "I've already got big eyes here". Het Nieuwsblad. Mediahuis. 2 February 2022. 19 February 2022.
    4. Web site: Six Day Series » Six Day heavyweights de Ketele and de Pauw end 2016 on a high . 12 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170213002511/http://sixday.com/news/six-day-heavyweights-de-ketele-and-de-pauw-end-2016-on-a-high/ . 13 February 2017 . dead .

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