Kevin De Weert
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| Kevin De Weert at the Four Days of Dunkirk 2011 | |
| To person | |
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| Date of birth | May 27, 1982 |
| nation |
 Belgium
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| discipline | Street |
| Team (s) | |
| 2002 2003–2004 2005–2006 2007–2008 2009–2014 2015 |
Rabobank TT3 Rabobank Quick Step-Innergetic Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone Omega Pharma-Quick Step Team Lotto NL-Jumbo |
Kevin De Weert (born May 27, 1982 in Duffel ) is a former Belgian cyclist .
De Weert finished sixth in the junior race of the 1999 road world championships . In 2002 he got a contract with Rabobank TT3 , the farm team of the Dutch cycling team Rabobank . He won the overall ranking as well as a stage of the Liège Tour , after which he switched to the professional team in 2003. In 2005 De Weert moved to ProTeam Quick Step-Innergetic , where he spent most of his career. Although he did not win any elite races on the international calendar, he developed into a tour specialist . De Weert finished the Tour de France in 2010 as 18th and 2011 as 13th. In May 2015 De Weert announced his resignation. After a serious fall at the Vuelta a España 2013 , he was unable to find his way back to his old level of performance.
Placements in the Grand Tours
| Grand Tour | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
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 Giro d'Italia
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- | - | - | - | DNF | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 Tour de France
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- | - | - | - | - | - | 18th | 13 | 70 | - | - |
 Vuelta a España
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71 | 94 | 74 | - | 59 | 20th | 64 | - | 41 | DNF | - |
Web links
- Kevin De Weert in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Kevin De Weert in the Tour de France database(French / English )
Individual evidence
- ↑ radsport-news.com - De Weert ended his career on his 33rd birthday. In: radsport-news.com. April 23, 2015, accessed May 28, 2015 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | De Weert, Kevin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 27, 1982 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | duffel |