Kevin Seeldraeyers

Kevin Seeldraeyers (born 12 September 1986 in Boom Antwerp) is a Belgian retired professional road bicycle racer.

Kevin Seeldraeyers
Personal information
Full nameKevin Seeldraeyers
Born (1986-09-12) 12 September 1986
Boom, Antwerp, Belgium
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
2006Beveren 2000
Professional teams
2007–2011Quick-Step–Innergetic
2012–2013Astana[1]
2014Wanty–Groupe Gobert[2]
2015Torku Şekerspor
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
Young rider classification (2009)

Career

In 2009, he won the young riders jersey in the Giro d'Italia with a 14th-place finish.

For the 2014 season, Seeldraeyers moved to the Wanty–Groupe Gobert team.[2]

Seeldrayers ended his career at the end of 2015 after failing to find a new team.[3]

Major results

2005
2nd Overall Ronde de l'Isard
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 2
2006
1st Overall Tour de la Province de Liège
2nd Overall Tour des Pyrénées
8th Overall Giro della Valle d'Aosta
1st Stage 2
2007
5th Overall Tour de Georgia
2009
4th Overall Tour of Austria
7th Overall Paris–Nice
1st Young rider classification
10th Overall Giro d'Italia
1st Young rider classification
2011
9th Overall Volta a Catalunya
2013
3rd Overall Tour of Austria
1st Points classification
1st Mountains classification
1st Stages 1 & 2
2014
10th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
2015
10th Overall Tour du Maroc

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 73 10 50 33
A yellow jersey Tour de France 134
A red jersey Vuelta a España 23 39
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. "Astana signs Borut Božič and Kevin Seeldraeyers". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. 19 September 2011.
  2. Farrand, Stephen (17 November 2013). "Wanty-Groupe Gobert confirm Seeldraeyers for 2014". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc.
  3. "Kevin Seeldraeyers renonce à trouver une nouvelle équipe". rtbf.be. Retrieved 3 June 2016.

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