Steve Schets (born 20 April 1984) is a Belgian former professional road and track cyclist.[1] On April 27, 2013, he crashed and broke his elbow. This caused him to decide to retire from professional cycling.
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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | April 20, 1984 Ninove, Belgium | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||
| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road Track | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
| 2004–2007 | Jong Vlaanderen | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2008 | Chocolade Jacques–Topsport Vlaanderen | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | Jong Vlaanderen–Bauknecht | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Donckers Koffie–Jelly Belly | ||||||||||||||
| 2012 | Jong Vlaanderen | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Doltcini Flanders | ||||||||||||||
| Major wins | |||||||||||||||
| Handzame Classic (2011) | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Major results
editRoad
edit- 2004
- 1st GP Stad Vilvoorde
- 3rd Brussels–Zepperen
- 2005
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de Berlin
- 1st Stage 4 Ronde van Antwerpen
- 2nd Brussels–Zepperen
- 3rd Beverbeek Classic
- 2006
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Berlin
- 2009
- 10th Omloop van het Houtland
- 2010
- 5th Beverbeek Classic
- 2011
- 1st Handzame Classic
- 3rd Dorpenomloop Rucphen
- 6th Nationale Sluitingprijs
- 10th GP Impanis-Van Petegem
- 2012
- 3rd Grand Prix de la ville de Nogent-sur-Oise
- 6th Dorpenomloop Rucphen
- 8th Arno Wallaard Memorial
Track
edit- 2003
- UIV Cup U23
- 1st Ghent (with Kenny De Ketele)
- 2nd Amsterdam (with Kenny De Ketele)
- 2nd Munich (with Kenny De Ketele)
- 2004
- 1st
Points race, National Track Championships - 2nd Overall UIV Cup U23 (with Kenny De Ketele)
- 1st Munich
- 2nd Bremen
- 2nd Berlin
- 3rd Copenhagen
- 2005
- 1st Madison, National Track Championships (with Kenny De Ketele)
- 2nd
Madison, UEC European Under-23 Championships (with Kenny De Ketele) - 2005–06 UCI World Cup
- 3rd
Madison, Moscow (with Kenny De Ketele)
- 3rd
- 2006
- 1st
Madison, UEC European Under-23 Championships (with Kenny De Ketele) - National Track Championships
- 1st Scratch
- 1st Team pursuit (with Kenny De Ketele, Ingmar De Poortere and Tim Mertens)
- 1st
- 2007
- 2005–06 UCI World Cup
- 2nd
Madison, Los Angeles (with Kenny De Ketele)
- 2nd
- 2010
- 3rd Madison, UCI World Championships (with Ingmar De Poortere)
References
edit- ^ "Steve Schets". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 31 July 2015.
External links
edit- Steve Schets at UCI
- Steve Schets at Cycling Archives
- Steve Schets at ProCyclingStats
- Steve Schets at Cycling Quotient
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