Iljo Keisse
.jpg) Keisse at the 2018 Deutschland Tour | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Iljo Keisse | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Jolly Jumper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 December 1982 Ghent, Belgium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Endurance (track) Classics rider (road) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2004 | Jong Vlaanderen 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2005–2008 | Chocolade Jacques–T Interim | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | John Saey–Deschacht–Huyandai | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2010–2022 | Quick-Step[1][2][3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Iljo Keisse (born 21 December 1982) is a Belgian former racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2005 to 2022. Keisse races on the track and on the road, specializing himself until recently in riding six-day races. He notably has won the Six Days of Ghent seven times and reached the podium a total of 12 times.[4]
Biography
[edit]Keisse was born in Ghent. Together with his teammate Matthew Gilmore, he won three Six-day races in 2005–2006: Grenoble, Ghent and Hasselt. After his victory in the 2008 Six Days of Ghent, both his A and B samples tested positive for cathine and a diuretic which has been used to mask the presence of doping agents. He was fired by his team Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator on 11 January 2009.[5] He joined the John Saey-Deschacht-Hyundai team in May 2009.[6]
On 2 November 2009, Keisse was cleared of any wrongdoing, with investigators finding that the positives were not the result of intentional doping and likely resulted from a contaminated dietary supplement.[7] On 7 July 2010, the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld an appeal by the World Anti-Doping Agency and reinstated Keisse's ban. He is credited for the 11 months he already sat out, meaning he was eligible to return to competition in August 2011.[8] In November, the CAS' decision was overturned by the Belgian Court of Appeals, allowing Keisse to ride the 2010 Six Days of Ghent.[9] Keisse remained banned in Belgium until 27 January 2012, but re-signed with Omega Pharma–Quick-Step for the 2012 season.[10]
On 28 April 2012, Keisse won Stage 7 of the Tour of Turkey in dramatic fashion. After leaving the rest of a seven-man breakaway, Keisse crashed on the final corner. He remounted his bike, realized his chain was off, restrung it, and held off the chasing peloton by three bike lengths in a sprint for the line. The first chasers were given the same time as his.[11] This was the first professional win of his career and his last for over two years. His next victory was in the Châteauroux Classic in August 2014.[12] Another win came in 2015, at the Ronde van Zeeland Seaports; he won this race from a group of three Etixx–Quick-Step riders who had escaped earlier.[13] In the Giro d'Italia, Keisse won the last stage in Milan, upsetting the sprinters' plans. He got clear with Orica–GreenEDGE's Luke Durbridge and outsprinted him for the victory.[14]
Keisse announced during the 2022 season that he would retire and that his final race would be the Gent Six. Racing alongside Jasper De Buyst, he finished during his 18th and final appearance 3rd.[15]
Major results
[edit]Road
[edit]- 2004
- 1st Stage 6 Tour du Loir-et-Cher
- 5th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
- 2005
- 9th Bruxelles–Ingooigem
- 2006
- 4th Flèche Hesbignonne
- 6th Overall Tour of Britain
- 9th Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 2007
- 1st Textielprijs Vichte
- 3rd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 7th Halle–Ingooigem
- 8th Omloop van het Waasland
- 2008
- 1st Textielprijs Vichte
- 4th GP Briek Schotte
- 2011
- 10th Dutch Food Valley Classic
- 2012
- 1st Stage 7 Tour of Turkey
- 2013
- 1st Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde
- 3rd Münsterland Giro
- 2014
- 1st Châteauroux Classic
- 2nd GP Briek Schotte
- 2015
- 1st Ronde van Zeeland Seaports
- 1st Profronde Deurne
- 1st Stage 21 Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Czech Cycling Tour
Combativity award Stage 5 Vuelta a España- 2017
- 1st Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde
- 1st Textielprijs Vichte
- 3rd Le Samyn
- 3rd Halle–Ingooigem
- 10th Dwars door West-Vlaanderen
- 2020
- 2nd Road race, National Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
[edit]| Grand Tour | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia | 159 | 139 | 145 | — | 144 | — | — | 122 | 121 |
 Tour de France | — | — | — | 139 | — | — | — | — | — |
 Vuelta a España | — | — | 148 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
| IP | In progress |
Track
[edit]- 2004
- 2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Andreas Beikirch)
- 2nd Six Days of Fiorenzuola (with Franco Marvulli)
- 3rd Six Days of Grenoble (with Wouter Van Mechelen)
- 2005
- 1st
Madison, UEC European Championships (with Matthew Gilmore) - 1st Six Days of Fiorenzuola (with Matthew Gilmore)
- 1st Six Days of Grenoble (with Matthew Gilmore)
- 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Matthew Gilmore)
- 3rd
Madison, UCI World Championships (with Matthew Gilmore) - 3rd Six Days of Amsterdam (with Matthew Gilmore)
- 3rd Six Days of Bremen (with Marco Villa)
- 2006
- 1st Derny, UEC European Championships
- 1st
Points race, National Championships - 1st Six Days of Hasselt (with Matthew Gilmore)
- 2nd Six Days of Stuttgart (with Robert Bartko & Leif Lampater)
- 2nd Six Days of Zürich (with Robert Bartko)
- 2nd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Matthew Gilmore)
- 2nd Six Days of Munich (with Franco Marvulli)
- 2007
- 1st Six Days of Rotterdam (with Robert Bartko)
- 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Robert Bartko)
- 1st Six Days of Amsterdam (with Robert Bartko)
- 2nd
Points race, UCI World Championships - 2nd Six Days of Maastricht (with Marco Villa)
- 2nd Six Days of Zürich (with Robert Bartko)
- 2nd Six Days of Munich (with Franco Marvulli)
- 2nd Six Days of Hasselt (with Marco Villa)
- 3rd Six Days of Bremen (with Robert Bartko)
- 2008
- 1st Madison, UEC European Championships (with Kenny De Ketele)
- National Championships
- 1st Points race
- 1st Madison (with Kenny De Ketele)
- 1st
- 1st Six Days of Stuttgart (with Robert Bartko & Leif Lampater)
- 1st Six Days of Bremen (with Robert Bartko)
- 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Robert Bartko)
- 1st Six Days of Munich (with Robert Bartko)
- 2nd Six Days of Zürich (with Robert Bartko)
- 2nd Six Days of Hasselt (with Kenny De Ketele)
- 2nd Six Days of Fiorenzuola (with Franco Marvulli)
- 3rd Six Days of Amsterdam (with Robert Bartko)
- 3rd Six Days of Copenhagen (with Danny Stam)
- 3rd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Robert Bartko)
- 2009
- National Championships
- 1st Points race
- 1st Madison (with Kenny De Ketele)
- 1st
- 2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Roger Kluge)
- 3rd Six Days of Grenoble (with Gianni Meersman)
- 2010
- 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Peter Schep)
- 1st Six Days of Rotterdam (with Danny Stam)
- 2nd Six Days of Bremen (with Robert Bartko)
- 2nd Six Days of Copenhagen (with Robert Bartko)
- 2011
- 1st Madison, UEC European Championships (with Kenny De Ketele)
- National Championships
- 1st Derny
- 1st Madison (with Gert-Jan Van Immerseel)
- 1st Scratch
- 1st
- 1st Six Days of Amsterdam (with Niki Terpstra)
- 1st Six Days of Grenoble (with Morgan Kneisky)
- 1st Six Days of Zürich (with Franco Marvulli)
- 2012
- 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Glenn O'Shea)
- 1st Six Days of Grenoble (with Kenny De Ketele)
- 1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Marc Hester)
- 2nd Six Days of Amsterdam (with Niki Terpstra)
- 3rd Six Days of Bremen (with Leif Lampater)
- 3rd Six Days of Berlin (with Kenny De Ketele)
- 2013
- 1st Six Days of Rotterdam (with Niki Terpstra)
- 1st Six Days of Zürich (with Silvan Dillier)
- 2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Wim Stroetinga)
- 3rd Six Days of Grenoble (with Jasper De Buyst)
- 2014
- National Championships
- 1st Madison (with Jasper De Buyst)
- 1st Scratch
- 1st
- 1st Six Days of Rotterdam (with Niki Terpstra)
- 1st Six Days of Zürich (with Mark Cavendish)
- 2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Mark Cavendish)
- 2015
- 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Michael Mørkøv)
- 1st Six Days of Rotterdam (with Niki Terpstra)
- 1st Revolution Round 2 (with Andy Tennant)
- 1st Revolution Round 3 (with Wim Stroetinga)
- 1st Points race
- 1st Team elimination
- 3rd Six Days of London (with Gijs Van Hoecke)
- 2016
- 2nd Overall Revolution Champions League
- 3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Elia Viviani)
- 2017
- 1st Six Days of Bremen (with Marcel Kalz)
- 2018
- 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Elia Viviani)
- 2019
- 1st Six Days of Bremen (with Jasper De Buyst)
- 2022
- 3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Jasper De Buyst)
Six Days results timeline
[edit]| Race | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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| Six Days of Amsterdam[16] | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | NH | Race discontinued | |||||||||
| Six Days of Bremen[17] | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | NH | NH | |||||||||
| Six Days of Ghent[18] | 2 | 1 | Can | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | NH | 3 | ||||
| Six Days of Grenoble[19] | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | Race discontinued | ||||||||||||
| Six Days of Rotterdam[20] | NH | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | NH | ||||||||
| Six Days of Zürich[21] | NH | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Race discontinued | ||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ Susan Westemeyer (6 December 2009). "Keisse signs with Quick Step". Cycling News. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
- ^ Ryan, Barry (31 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Deceuninck-QuickStep". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Deceuninck – Quick-Step". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ "Keisse wins Gent Six for fifth time". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 25 November 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
- ^ Track Cyclist Iljo Keisse Fired for Doping Scandal Archived 24 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine SI.com, 11 January 2009
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 August 2007. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Ben Atkins (2 November 2008). "Keisse acquitted and cleared for Gent Six". VeloNation. Retrieved 6 December 2009.
- ^ "Quick Step's Iljo Keisse has two-year ban reinstated by CAS following WADA appeal".
- ^ "Keisse free to race Gent Six Day after doping suspension suspended". 12 November 2010.
- ^ "Keisse to Omega Pharma-Quick Step in 2012". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 27 December 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
- ^ "Keisse wins dramatic stage 7 at Tour of Turkey". cyclingnews.com. 28 April 2012.
- ^ "Châteauroux Classic de l'Indre Trophée Fenioux – Classic". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- ^ "Iljo Keisse leads Etixx-Quick-Step sweep at Ronde van Zeeland Seaports". Velonews. 21 March 2015. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- ^ "Alberto Contador wins Giro d'Italia overall". Cyclingnews.com. 31 May 2015. Archived from the original on 13 March 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
- ^ "De Vylder, Ghys win Gent Six Day overall as Keisse ends track career on podium". Cyclingnews.com. 20 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
- ^ "6 Jours d'Amsterdam". memoire-du-cyclisme.eu. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ "6 Jours de Bremen". memoire-du-cyclisme.eu. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ "6 Jours de Gent". memoire-du-cyclisme.eu. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
- ^ "6 Jours de Grenoble". memoire-du-cyclisme.eu. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ "6 Jours de Rotterdam". memoire-du-cyclisme.eu. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
- ^ "6 Jours de Zurich". memoire-du-cyclisme.eu. Retrieved 3 December 2015.
External links
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- Official website
- Iljo Keisse at UCI
- Iljo Keisse at Cycling Archives
- Iljo Keisse at ProCyclingStats
- Iljo Keisse at Cycling Quotient
- Iljo Keisse at CycleBase
- Official website from Iljo Keisse and Matthew Gilmore
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