Steve Schets (born 20 April 1984) is a Belgian former professional

road A road is a linear way for the conveyance of traffic that mostly has an improved surface for use by vehicles (motorized and non-motorized) and pedestrians. Unlike streets, the main function of roads is transportation. There are many types of ...

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track cyclist Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially built banked tracks or velodromes using purpose-designed track bicycles. History Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its infancy, it ...

. On April 27, 2013, he crashed and broke his elbow. This caused him to decide to retire from professional cycling.

Major results

Road

;2004 : 1st

GP Stad Vilvoorde The GP Stad Vilvoorde is a single-day cycle race held each year in and around the Belgian city of Vilvoorde. The race was first organized in 1931. The race was Eddy Merckx Édouard Louis Joseph, Baron Merckx (, ; born 17 June 1945), better ...

: 3rd Brussels–Zepperen ;2005 : 1st Stage 4

Tour de Berlin The Tour de Berlin was a road bicycle race held annually between 1953 and 2016 in Germany. From 2007 to its demise, the race was organised as a 2.2U event on the UCI Europe Tour, meaning it was reserved for under-23 riders. Winners Reference ...

: 1st Stage 4 Ronde van Antwerpen : 2nd Brussels–Zepperen : 3rd

Beverbeek Classic Beverbeek Classic is a single-day bicycle road race held annually in Hamont-Achel, in the Belgian region of Limburg. From 1998 to 2003, it was reserved to amateurs. Since 2005, it is organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Con ...

;2006 : 1st Stage 1

;2009 : 10th

Omloop van het Houtland Omloop van het Houtland ("Circuit of Houtland") is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Lichtervelde in the region of West Flanders, Belgium. Since 2007, the race is organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe T ...

;2010 : 5th

;2011 : 1st

Handzame Classic The Bredene Koksijde Classic, previously Handzame Classic, is a European single day cycle race held in the Belgian region of Flanders, starting in Bredene and finishing in Koksijde. Having been a part of the Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen f ...

: 3rd

Dorpenomloop Rucphen Dorpenomloop Rucphen is a men's one-day cycle race which takes place in the Netherlands and was rated by the UCI as 1.2 and forms part of the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which we ...

: 6th

Nationale Sluitingprijs Nationale Sluitingprijs is a semi classic European bicycle race held annually in Putte (Kapellen), Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing ...

: 10th

GP Impanis-Van Petegem The GP Impanis-Van Petegem (also known as the Primus Classic) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually since 1982 in the region of Flemish Brabant, Belgium. The race was originally organized as a tribute to Raymond Impanis in and around ...

;2012 : 3rd

Grand Prix de la ville de Nogent-sur-Oise The Grand Prix de la ville de Nogent-sur-Oise is a road bicycle race held annually in France. It was organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour from 2005 to 2013, and again in 2015. The race was reserved for amateurs in 2014 and 2016. Wi ...

: 6th

: 8th

Arno Wallaard Memorial Arno Wallaard Memorial is a single-day bicycle road race held annually in the Dutch region of Alblasserwaard: prior to 2007, the race was called "Omloop Alblasserwaard". Since 2009, it is organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI ...

Track

;2003 : UIV Cup U23 ::1st

Ghent Ghent ( nl, Gent ; french: Gand ; traditional English: Gaunt) is a city and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the East Flanders province, and the third largest i ...

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Kenny De Ketele Kenny De Ketele (born 5 June 1985) is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2007 and 2021, entirely for UCI ProTeam . He won eight medals at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships, including a gold me ...

) ::2nd

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...

(with Kenny De Ketele) ::2nd

Munich Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

(with Kenny De Ketele) ;2004 : 1st MaillotBélgica

Points race, National Track Championships : 2nd Overall UIV Cup U23 (with Kenny De Ketele) ::1st

::2nd

Bremen Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the Germany, German States of Germany, state Bremen (state), Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie H ...

::2nd

Berlin Berlin is Capital of Germany, the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and List of cities in Germany by population, by population. Its more than 3.85 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European U ...

::3rd

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

;2005 : 1st MaillotBélgica

Madison, National Track Championships (with Kenny De Ketele) : 2nd Silver medal europe

Madison, UEC European Under-23 Championships (with Kenny De Ketele) : 2005–06 UCI World Cup ::3rd Bronze medal blank

Madison, Moscow (with Kenny De Ketele) ;2006 : 1st European_champion_jersey_2016

Madison, UEC European Under-23 Championships (with Kenny De Ketele) : National Track Championships ::1st MaillotBélgica

Scratch ::1st MaillotBélgica

Team pursuit (with Kenny De Ketele,

Ingmar De Poortere Ingmar De Poortere (born 27 May 1984 in Ghent) is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist. Major results ;2000 :3rd, National U17 Omnium Championship ;2001 :3rd, National U19 Points race Championship, Ghent ;2002 :1st, Omloop der Vlaa ...

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Tim Mertens Tim Mertens (born 7 February 1986 in Mechelen) is a former Belgian professional racing cyclist. He got most of his successes on the track. Mertens retired at the end of the 2013 season, at the age of 27. Career highlights Track ;2002 :1st, Na ...

) ;2007 : 2005–06 UCI World Cup ::2nd Silver medal blank

Madison, Los Angeles (with Kenny De Ketele) ;2010 : 3rd Bronze medal blank

Madison Madison may refer to: People * Madison (name), a given name and a surname * James Madison (1751–1836), fourth president of the United States Place names * Madison, Wisconsin, the state capital of Wisconsin and the largest city known by this ...

UCI World Championships The UCI world championships are annual competitions promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to determine world champion cyclists. They are held in several different styles of racing, in a different country each year. Championship winne ...

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References

External links

* 1984 births Living people Belgian male cyclists Belgian track cyclists People from Ninove Cyclists from East Flanders {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1980s-stub