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

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and

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 wa ...

. 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), known as Ed ...

: 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 The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing com ...

: 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 was organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Cont ...

;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 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2002 it was held ...

;2010 : 5th

;2011 : 1st Handzame Classic : 3rd

Dorpenomloop Rucphen Dorpenomloop Rucphen is a men's one-day cycle racing, cycle race which takes place in the Netherlands and was rated by the Union Cycliste Internationale, UCI as 1.2. It forms part of the UCI Europe Tour. Winners Ref ...

: 6th Nationale Sluitingprijs : 10th GP Impanis-Van Petegem ;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 The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introdu ...

: 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. Winners ...

Track

;2003 : UIV Cup U23 ::1st

Ghent Ghent ( ; ; historically known as ''Gaunt'' in English) is a City status in Belgium, city and a Municipalities of Belgium, municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It is the capital and largest city of the Provinces of Belgium, province ...

(with Kenny De Ketele) ::2nd

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Re ...

(with Kenny De Ketele) ::2nd

Munich Munich is the capital and most populous city of Bavaria, Germany. As of 30 November 2024, its population was 1,604,384, making it the third-largest city in Germany after Berlin and Hamburg. Munich is the largest city in Germany that is no ...

(with Kenny De Ketele) ;2004 : 1st 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 (, ), is the capital of the States of Germany, German state of the Bremen (state), Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (), a two-city-state consisting of the c ...

::2nd

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

::3rd

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...

;2005 : 1st 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 Scratch ::1st 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 Vlaams ...

and

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, ...

) ;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 * Madison (footballer), Brazilian footballer Places in the United States Populated places * Madi ...

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 winn ...

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References

External links

* 1984 births Living people Belgian male cyclists Belgian track cyclists Cyclists from Ninove 21st-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1980s-stub