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Iljo Keisse
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 cycling, track and on the road bicycle racing, road, specializing himself until recently in riding Six-day racing, six-day races. He notably has won the Six Days of Ghent seven times and reached the podium a total of 12 times. Biography Keisse was born in Ghent. Together with his teammate Matthew Gilmore, he won three Six-day racing, 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 on 11 January 2009. He joined the John Saey-Deschacht-Hyundai team in May 2009. 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 fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Deutschland Tour
The 2018 Deutschland Tour was a road bicycle racing, road cycling stage race that took place between 23 and 26 August 2018. After a 10 year break, the Deutschland Tour held its 33rd edition and was rated as a 2.1 event as part of the 2018 UCI Europe Tour. Teams The 22 teams invited to the race were: Route The route of the 2018 Deutschland Tour ran through southwestern Germany, crossing the States of Germany, states of Rhineland-Palatinate, North Rhine-Westphalia, Baden-Württemberg, Saarland and Hesse, and covered more than 737 kilometers. Due to the hilly terrain, the course was mainly suited for Sprinter (cycling), sprinters and aggressive Puncheur, classics riders. Stages Stage 1 ;23 August 2018 — Koblenz to Bonn, Stage 2 ;24 August 2018 — Bonn to Trier, Stage 3 ;25 August 2018 — Trier to Merzig, Stage 4 ;26 August 2018 — Lorsch to Stuttgart, Classification leadership In the 2018 Deutschland Tour, four jerseys were awarded. The g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
