Kévin Van Melsen

Kévin Van Melsen
Van Melsen in 2018
Personal information
Full nameKevin Van Melsen
Born (1987-04-01) 1 April 1987
Verviers, Belgium
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Team information
Current teamWanty–Nippo–ReUz
DisciplineRoad
Role
Amateur team
2007–2008Pôle Continental Wallon–Bodysol–Euromillions
Professional teams
2009–2020Verandas Willems[1][2]
2021–2022Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux[3]
Managerial team
2023–Circus–ReUz–Technord

Kévin Van Melsen (born 1 April 1987) is a Belgian former racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2009 to 2022. He now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team Wanty–Nippo–ReUz.[4] He rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships. In July 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Tour de France.[5]

Major results

2005
1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships
6th Overall GP Général Patton
7th Ronde van Vlaanderen Juniores
8th Circuit de la Région Wallonne
9th Chrono des Nations juniors
2009
5th Grand Prix Criquielion
2010
3rd Memorial Van Coningsloo
2014
1st Mountains classification Tour de Wallonie
1st Mountains classification Tour du Poitou-Charentes
2018
7th Polynormande
8th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2019 2020 2021
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — —
A yellow jersey Tour de France 138 — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España — — 126
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ^ Almeida, Giampaolo (6 January 2019). "Wanty-Groupe Gobert, il rinnovo di Backaert completa il roster 2019" [Wanty-Groupe Gobert, the renewal of Backaert completes the 2019 roster]. SpazioCiclismo – Cyclingpro.net (in Italian). Gravatar. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Circus - Wanty Gobert". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 5 January 2020. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 3 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Circus - Re Uz - Technord". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  5. ^ "2019: 106th Tour de France: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
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