Guillaume Van Keirsbulck

Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
Van Keirsbulck at the 2017 Tour de France
Personal information
Full name Guillaume Van Keirsbulck
Nickname Julio
Born (1991-02-14) 14 February 1991
Roeselare, Belgium
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)
Team information
Current team Wanty–Groupe Gobert
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Classics specialist
Amateur team(s)
2010 Beveren 2000
2010 Quick-Step (stagiaire)
Professional team(s)
2011–2016 Quick-Step[1]
2017– Wanty–Groupe Gobert
Major wins

Stage races

Three Days of De Panne (2014)

Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (born 14 February 1991) is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team Wanty–Groupe Gobert.[2] Born in Roeselare, Van Keirsbulck is the grandson of Benoni Beheyt and got his first major win in 2011 when winning the Omloop van het Houtland.[3] In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the 2017 Tour de France.[4]

Career achievements

Major results

2009
1st Paris–Roubaix Juniors
1st Stage 2 Internationale Junioren-rundfahrt Niedersachsen
2010
3rd Time trial, National Under–23 Road Championships
2011
1st Omloop van het Houtland
1st GP Briek Schotte
3rd Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
4th Le Samyn
7th Halle-Ingooigem
2012
4th Overall Tour de l'Eurometropole
1st Young rider classification
2013
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno-Adriatico
6th Gullegem Koerse
8th Heistse Pijl
9th Overall Three Days of De Panne
2014
1st Overall Three Days of De Panne
1st Stage 7 Eneco Tour
2nd Overall Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 2
7th Overall Tour of Qatar
1st Young rider classification
7th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
2015
5th Dwars door Vlaanderen
8th Ronde van Zeeland
2017
1st Le Samyn
5th Dwars door West–Vlaanderen
Combativity award Stage 4 Tour de France
2018
1st Antwerp Port Epic
6th Dwars door West–Vlaanderen

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2017 2018
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France 147 123
A red jersey Vuelta a España — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ↑ Andrews, Conal (27 June 2011). "Quick Step signs Devenyns, Vandewalle and Van Keirsbulck until the end of 2013". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team (OPQ) - BEL". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
  3. ↑ (in Dutch) Sporza race report
  4. ↑ "2017: 104th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
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