Olivier Kaisen

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Olivier Kaisen Road cycling
Olivier Kaisen at Gent-Wevelgem 2011
Olivier Kaisen at Gent-Wevelgem 2011
To person
Date of birth April 30, 1983
nation BelgiumBelgium Belgium
discipline Street
To the team
Current team End of career
function driver
Team (s)
2005
2006–2011
2012 − February 2014 		RAGT Semences
Omega Pharma-Lotto
Lotto Belisol Team
Most important successes

Grote Prijs Gerrie Knetemann 2007

Last updated: December 1st, 2016

Olivier Kaisen (born April 30, 1983 in Namur ) is a former Belgian cyclist .

Athletic career

Olivier Kaisen was part of the Quick Step-Davitamon farm team in 2003 , where he was the Belgian time trial champion in the U23 class. In 2004 he won the Chrono des Herbiers in the U23 class, in which he was second in the juniors in 2001. For the 2005 season he received a contract with the French professional Continental Team R.AGT Semences . From 2006 Kaisen drove for the Belgian UCI ProTeam Davitamon-Lotto or one of the successor teams.

At the Vuelta a España 2006 Kaisen took part in his first "Grand Tour" and finished the race in 110th place. He contested the Vuelta five more times. In 2012 he couldn't finish the race. He started four times at the Giro d'Italia , each time reaching the finish. His greatest success was winning the one-day race Grote Prijs Gerrie Knetemann in 2007.

On February 11, 2014, Kaisen announced that he would end his career because of heart problems. As early as November 2013, he was diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat during routine examinations. After he fell ill on the Tour Down Under , he had to undergo further examinations, which revealed that he had to give up professional cycling.

successes

2003
  • Belgian Champion - Individual Time Trial (U23)
2004
2007
2009

Grand Tour overall ranking

Grand Tour 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Maglia Rosa Giro d'Italia - - - 159 122 141 142
Yellow jersey Tour de France - - - - - - -
Red jersey Vuelta a España 110 - 92 86 125 62 DNF
Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

Personal

Kaisen completed an apprenticeship as an accountant. His first cycling club was VC de l`Orne Blanmont.

Web links

Commons : Olivier Kaisen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ radsport-news.com from February 11, 2014: Olivier Kaisen has to end his career because of heart problems
  2. ^ Agence Windward (Ed.): Dossier du Presse RAGT Semences . Saint-Malo 2005, p. 10 .
personal data
SURNAME Kaisen, Olivier
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Namur