Guiillaume van keirsbulck — Wikipedia

Guillaume Van Keirsbulck , born the February 14, 1991 In Roulers, is a Belgian cyclist.

Youth and amateur career [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Guillaume Van Keirsbulck comes from a family of cyclists. Indeed, his father Kurt was a professional from 1988 to 1991 and won the Tour of Flanders Junior in 1984 ^{[ first ]} , and his grandfather Benoni Beheyt was notably world champion in 1963 and stage winner of the 1964 Tour de France.

In 2006 and 2007, he was champion of Belgium Cadet of the time trial (15-16 years).

In 2008, he went to the junior category. During his two years in this category, he is a member of the Belgian team Avia, linked to the amateur team Beveren 2000 and to the professional team Step ^{[ 2 ]} . He won with this team a stage of the Sparkassen Münsterland Tour, race on the international junior calendar ^{[ 3 ]} . He is selected in a Junior Belgian team and participates with her in Nations Cup heats whose final ranking she wins. It is thus eighth in the junior peace race ^{[ 4 ]} , tenth of the general GP Patton ^{[ 5 ]} . In July, he ranked eighth in the European junior time trial championship ^{[ 6 ]} then take part in the junior world championships in South Africa, where it is sixty four ^{It is} online race ^{[ 7 ]} And 26 ^{It is} of the time trial ^{[ 8 ]} .

In 2009, the Belgian team again won the Nations Cup. Guillaume Van Keirsbulck wins the first round, Paris-Roubaix Juniors, ahead of Arnaud Démare. He ranked ninth in the junior peace race, fourth in the GP General Patton. At the European Championships, he is sixth in the time trial ^{[ 9 ]} and at the junior world championships, he finishes 36 ^{It is} of the time trial ^{[ ten ]} And 22 ^{It is} From the online race that another Belgian wins, Jasper Stuyven ^{[ 11 ]} . During this season, he was also a stage winner of the Junior Basse-Saxi Tour and second in the general classification of the Sparkassen Münsterland Tour.

In 2010, Guillaume Van Keirsbulck went to the Espoirs category (under 23) and was a member of the Beveren 2000 team. He is third in the Belgian Country Championship ^{[ twelfth ]} . He takes it 34 ^{It is} Place of the trial of the under 23 at the world on road championships in Mendrisio ^{[ 13 ]} .

Professional career [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

In 2011, Guillaume Van Keirsbulck became a professional in the Quick Step team. He is then the youngest Belgian professional runner, and the youngest runner playing in a Proteam team ^{[ 14 ]} . Due to the package of his teammate Niki Terpstra, injured, he participated in April in the Tour des Flandres and Paris-Roubaix ^{[ 15 ]} . The June 28 , his girlfriend died in a road accident in Pittem a few hours after the Belgian on the road championship ^{[ 16 ]} . In September, he won the Houtland circuit and ranked third from the Jef Scherens Grand Prix.

In 2012, the Quick Step team became Omega Pharma-Quick Step, the Omega Pharma company becoming the main sponsor ^{[ 17 ]} .

In 2013, he competed in the Tour of Spain, his first big round. At the end of the season, he extended the contract to his team by two years ^{[ 18 ]} .

Seventh in the Tour of Qatar at the start of the 2014 season, Van Keirsbulck is illustrated during the Flemish races of March and April. Seventh from Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne, he was then second in the three days of Flanders-Western, whose last stage he wins, and won the three days of the breakdown. In August, he won during the last stage of the Eneco Tour after having attacked alone at 35 km arrival. This is his first victory on the UCI World Tour calendar.

In 2015, Guillaume Van Keirsbulck had a difficult season. Suffering from the back, it is operated on from a herniated disc of lumbar vertebrae L4 and L5 in June ^{[ 19 ]} . At the end of the year, their contract with the Etixx-Quick Step team is extended by one year ^{[ 20 ]} .

In September 2016, he signed a contract in favor of the Belgian professional continental team Wanty-Groupe Gobert ^{[ 21 ]} .

The July 4, 2017 During the Tour de France stage connecting Mondorf-les-Bains to Vittel, he left alone for an escape of almost 190 km. He is logically elected the most combative of the day.

In March 2018 he finished sixth in the Belgian race through Flanders-Western-Johan Museeuw Classic won by Rémi Cavagna ^{[ 22 ]} .

Between 2019 and 2020, he is a member of the CCC team. After the dissolution of it in December 2020, he found himself without a contract.

In 2021 he found a contract with Alpecin-Fenix ​​and begins his season at Tro Bro Léon ^{[ 23 ]} .

Palmarior amateur [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Professional prize list [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Results on the big laps [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

Tour de France [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

3 participations

Tour of Spain [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

1 participation

World rankings [ modifier | Modifier and code ]