Björn Leukemans
Leukemans at the 2009 Tour of Flanders. | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Björn Leukemans |
Born |
Deurne, Belgium | 1 July 1977
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Wanty–Groupe Gobert |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Classics specialist |
Professional team(s) | |
2000–2001 | Vlaanderen |
2002–2004 | Palmans |
2005–2007 | Davitamon–Lotto |
2009–2013 | Vacansoleil |
2014– | Wanty–Groupe Gobert |
Infobox last updated on 1 March 2015 |
Björn Leukemans (born 1 July 1977 in Deurne) is a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. During 2008 Leukemans was suspended for doping with artificial testosterone.<ref name=""B" samples positive for Iban Mayo and Björn Leukemans">""B" samples positive for Iban Mayo and Björn Leukemans". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 26 April 2010.</ref> In 2009 he joined the Vacansoleil team.
Leukemans joined Wanty–Groupe Gobert for the 2014 season, after his previous team – Vacansoleil–DCM – folded at the end of the 2013 season.[1]
Palmares
- 1999
- 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Navarra
- 2nd National Under-23 Road Race Championships
- 3rd Zesbergenprijs Harelbeke
- 5th Hasselt–Spa–Hasselt
- 7th Zellik–Galmaarden
- 9th Flèche Namuroise
- 2000
- 1st Stage 2 Dekra Open Stuttgart
- 2nd Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 6th Druivenkoers Overijse
- 2001
- 2nd Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 3rd GP Stad Vilvoorde
- 5th Zellik–Galmaarden
- 7th Schaal Sels-Merksem
- 8th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 9th Scheldeprijs
- 9th Cras Avernas
- 2002
- 1st Grote Prijs Beeckman-De Caluwé
- 4th Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 5th Overall Course de la Solidarité Olympique
- 1st Stage 3
- 5th Cholet-Pays de Loire
- 5th Veenendaal–Veenendaal
- 6th Druivenkoers Overijse
- 2003
- 4th Ronde van Drenthe
- 5th Brussels–Ingooigem
- 10th Classic Haribo
- 2004
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of Belgium
- 3rd Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
- 4th Rund um Köln
- 4th Polynormande
- 5th Clásica de Almería
- 6th Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 9th Route Adélie
- 2005
- 2nd Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 2nd Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 7th Amstel Gold Race
- 2006
- 5th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
- 5th Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 6th Giro del Piemonte
- 2007
- 1st Stage 4 Tour of Austria
- 4th Paris–Roubaix
- 4th Druivenkoers Overijse
- 7th Brabantse Pijl
- 9th Halle–Ingooigem
- 10th Rund um die Hainleite
- 10th Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 2009
- 3rd Le Samyn
- 4th Brabantse Pijl
- 6th Halle–Ingooigem
- 7th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 1st Stage 4
- 8th Tour of Flanders
- 10th Overall Tour du Limousin
- 2010
- 1st Druivenkoers Overijse
- 2nd Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 4th Tour of Flanders
- 4th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 6th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 6th Paris–Roubaix
- 6th Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 7th Overall Ster Elektrotoer
- 7th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
- 7th Brabantse Pijl
- 2011
- 1st Overall Tour du Limousin
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Druivenkoers Overijse
- 2nd Brabantse Pijl
- 3rd Overall Tour of Belgium
- 3rd Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 6th Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec
- 7th Tour of Flanders
- 7th Amstel Gold Race
- 9th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 9th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 2012
- 1st Druivenkoers Overijse
- 1st Stadsprijs Geraardsbergen
- 3rd Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 4th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 6th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
- 7th Paris–Bourges
- 7th Paris–Tours
- 8th Overall Circuit de Lorraine
- 2013
- 1st Druivenkoers Overijse
- 2nd Binche–Chimay–Binche
- 3rd Brabantse Pijl
- 5th Heistse Pijl
- 6th GP Impanis-Van Petegem
- 7th Amstel Gold Race
- 9th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
- 10th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton
- 2014
- 2nd Overall Tour du Limousin
- 1st Stage 1
- 4th Druivenkoers Overijse
- 5th Brabantse Pijl
- 6th Overall Tour de Picardie
- 9th Tour of Flanders
- 9th Brussels Cycling Classic
- 9th GP Impanis-Van Petegem
- 10th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 2015
- 1st Ronde van Limburg
- 1st Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 1st Stadsprijs Geraardsbergen
References
- ↑ Been, José (1 October 2013). "Leukemans among Vacansoleil-DCM riders moving to Accent Jobs-Wanty". Cyclingnews.com (Future plc). Retrieved 12 December 2013.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Björn Leukemans. |
- Official website
- Björn Leukemans profile at Cycling Archives
- Björn Leukemans profile at Cycling Quotient
- Björn Leukemans profile at ProCyclingStats
- Björn Leukemans at Trap-Friis.dk. Archive copy at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 May 2011)
- Profile at Predictor-Lotto official website
- Palmares at CyclingBase
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