Kévin Van Melsen Explained

Kévin Van Melsen
Fullname:Kevin Van Melsen
Birth Date:1 April 1987
Birth Place:Verviers, Belgium
Height:1.85 m
Weight:78 kg
Discipline:Road
Amateuryears1:2007–2008
Proyears1:2009–2020
Proteam1:[1] [2]
Proyears2:2021–2022
Proteam2:[3]
Manageyears1:2023–

Kévin Van Melsen (born 1 April 1987) is a Belgian former racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2009 to 2022. He now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team .[4] He rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships. In July 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Tour de France.[5]

Major results

2005
  • 1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships
    6th Overall GP Général Patton 7th Ronde van Vlaanderen Juniores 8th Circuit de la Région Wallonne 9th Chrono des Nations juniors 2009
  • 5th Grand Prix Criquielion
    2010
  • 3rd Memorial Van Coningsloo
    2014
  • 1st Mountains classification Tour de Wallonie
  • 1st Mountains classification Tour du Poitou-Charentes
    2018
  • 7th Polynormande
  • 8th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers

    Grand Tour general classification results timeline

    Grand Tour201920202021
    Giro d'Italia———
    Tour de France138——
    Vuelta a España——126
    Legend
    —Did not compete
    DNFDid not finish

    Notes and References

    1. News: Wanty-Groupe Gobert, il rinnovo di Backaert completa il roster 2019. Giampaolo. Almeida. Italian. Wanty-Groupe Gobert, the renewal of Backaert completes the 2019 roster. SpazioCiclismo – Cyclingpro.net. Gravatar. 6 January 2019. 1 February 2019.
    2. Web site: Circus - Wanty Gobert. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 6 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200105234804/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/14012/1001393/266. 5 January 2020.
    3. Web site: Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 3 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210103151928/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15230/1001372/279. 3 January 2021.
    4. Web site: Circus - Re Uz - Technord . . UCI.org . 13 January 2023.
    5. Web site: 2019: 106th Tour de France: Start List . 1 July 2019. ProCyclingStats.

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