# Kenny De Ketele

Kenny De Ketele (born 5 June 1985) is a Belgian former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2007 and 2021, entirely for UCI ProTeam Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise. He won eight medals at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships, including a gold medal in the Madison at the 2012 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, partnering Gijs Van Hoecke. Following his retirement, De Ketele became a directeur sportif with Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise.

## Major results
### Track
#### 2002

    2nd Individual pursuit, National Junior Championships

#### 2003

    National Junior Championships
       1st Individual pursuit
       1st Points race
       2nd Scratch
       3rd Kilo
    2nd Points race, UEC European Junior Championships

#### 2004

    1st Madison, UEC European Under-23 Championships (with Iljo Keisse)
    National Championships
       1st Individual pursuit
       1st Kilo
    UIV Cup U23
       1st Ghent (with Steve Schets)
       2nd Amsterdam (with Steve Schets)
       2nd Munich (with Steve Schets)

#### 2005

    National Championships
       1st Madison (with Steve Schets)
       2nd Omnium
    2nd Madison, 2004–05 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Manchester (with Wouter Van Mechelen)
    2nd Madison, UEC European Under-23 Championships (with Steve Schets)
    2nd Overall UIV Cup U23 (with Steve Schets)
       1st Munich
       2nd Bremen
       2nd Berlin
       3rd Copenhagen
    3rd Madison, 2005–06 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Moscow (with Steve Schets)

#### 2006

    1st Madison, UEC European Under-23 Championships (with Steve Schets)
    National Championships
       1st Kilo
       1st Team pursuit (with Steve Schets, Ingmar De Poortere and Tim Mertens)
       2nd Individual pursuit
       3rd Omnium

#### 2007

    UEC European Under-23 Championships
       1st Points race
       3rd Team pursuit
    National Championships
       1st Points race
       1st Derny
       2nd Scratch
       3rd Individual pursuit
    2nd Madison, 2006–07 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Los Angeles (with Steve Schets)

#### 2008

    1st Madison, 2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Los Angeles (with Tim Mertens)
    National Championships
       1st Derny
       1st Team pursuit (with Ingmar De Poortere, Tim Mertens and Dominique Cornu)
       1st Madison (with Iljo Keisse)
       1st Kilo
       1st Omnium
       2nd Points race
       2nd Individual pursuit
       3rd Scratch
    2nd Madison, 2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Manchester (with Iljo Keisse)
    2nd Six Days of Fiorenzuola (with Iljo Keisse)
    2nd Six Days of Hasselt (with Iljo Keisse)
    3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Andreas Beikirch)

#### 2009

    1st Madison, 2009–10 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Manchester (with Tim Mertens)
    1st Derny, UEC European Track Championships
    1st Six Days of Hasselt (with Bruno Risi)
    3rd Six Days of Berlin (with Roger Kluge)

#### 2010

    2nd Madison, UEC European Championships (with Tim Mertens)
    2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Leif Lampater)

#### 2011

    1st Madison, UEC European Championships (with Iljo Keisse)
    1st Six Days of Ghent (with Robert Bartko)

#### 2012

    UCI World Championships
       1st Madison (with Gijs Van Hoecke)
       3rd Points race
    1st Six Days of Zürich (with Peter Schep)
    2nd Madison, 2011–12 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Beijing (with Tim Mertens)
    2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Gijs Van Hoecke)
    3rd Six Days of Berlin (with Iljo Keisse)

#### 2013

    1st Six Days of Amsterdam (with Gijs Van Hoecke)
    International Belgian Open
       1st Madison (with Jasper De Buyst)
       1st Points race
    2nd Madison, 2013–14 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Aguascalientes (with Jasper De Buyst)
    2nd Six Days of Berlin (with Luke Roberts)
    2nd Six Days of Zürich (with Jasper De Buyst)
    3rd Madison, UEC European Championships (with Gijs Van Hoecke)
    3rd Team pursuit, 2012–13 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Glasgow
    3rd Six Days of Ghent (with Gijs Van Hoecke)

#### 2014

    1st Six Days of Berlin (with Andreas Müller)
    1st Six Days of Ghent (with Jasper De Buyst)
    International Belgian Open
       1st Madison (with Roy Pieters)
       2nd Points race
    2nd Madison, 2013–14 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Guadalajara (with Jasper De Buyst)
    2nd Points race, 2014–15 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, London
    2nd Madison, UEC European Championships (with Otto Vergaerde)
    2nd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Jasper De Buyst)
    3rd Six Days of Zürich (with Jasper De Buyst)

#### 2015

    1st Derny, UEC European Track Championships
    1st Six Days of London (with Moreno De Pauw)
    2nd Six Days of Berlin (with David Muntaner)
    2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Gijs Van Hoecke)
    3rd Madison, International Belgian Open (with Jules Hesters)

#### 2016

    2016–17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
       1st Madison, Apeldoorn (with Robbe Ghys)
       2nd Team pursuit, Apeldoorn
       3rd Madison, Glasgow (with Moreno De Pauw)
    1st Madison, National Championships (with Moreno De Pauw)
    1st Six Days of Amsterdam (with Moreno De Pauw)
    1st Six Days of Berlin (with Moreno De Pauw)
    1st Six Days of Bremen (with Christian Grasmann)
    1st Six Days of London (with Moreno De Pauw)
    UEC European Championships
       2nd Points race
       3rd Madison (with Moreno De Pauw)
    2nd Six Days of Copenhagen (with Moreno De Pauw)
    2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Moreno De Pauw)
    3rd Points race, UCI World Championships

#### 2017

    2017–18 UCI Track Cycling World Cup
       1st Madison, Milton (with Lindsay De Vylder)
       2nd Madison, Pruszków (with Moreno De Pauw)
       3rd Points race, Milton
    1st Six Days Final – Mallorca (with Moreno De Pauw)
    1st Six Days of Ghent (with Moreno De Pauw)
    UCI World Championships
       2nd Points race
       3rd Madison with Moreno De Pauw)
    2nd Six Days of Berlin (with Moreno De Pauw)
    2nd Six Days of Copenhagen (with Moreno De Pauw)
    3rd Six Days of London (with Moreno De Pauw)

#### 2018

    UEC European Championships
       1st Madison (with Robbe Ghys)
       2nd Points race
    1st Six Days of Bremen (with Theo Reinhardt)
    1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Michael Mørkøv)
    1st Six Days of Rotterdam (with Moreno De Pauw)
    2nd Team pursuit, 2018–19 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, London
    2nd Six Days of Berlin (with Moreno De Pauw)
    2nd Six Days of Ghent (with Robbe Ghys)

#### 2019

    1st Six Days of Copenhagen (with Moreno De Pauw)
    1st Six Days of Ghent (with Robbe Ghys)
    1st Hong Kong, 2018–19 Six Day Series (with Yoeri Havik)
    3rd Madison, UCI World Championships (with Robbe Ghys)

#### 2020

    1st Six Days of Bremen (with Nils Politt)

#### 2021

    1st Six Days of Ghent (with Robbe Ghys)
    UCI World Championships
       2nd Points race
       3rd Madison (with Robbe Ghys)
    2nd Madison, UEC European Championships (with Lindsay De Vylder)

### Road
#### 2003

    2nd Junior Tour of Flanders
    2nd Junior Trofee der Vlaamse Ardennen

#### 2005

    2nd Overall Ronde van Vlaams-Brabant
    3rd Kaarst-Büttgen

#### 2006

    9th Overall Triptyque des Barrages

#### 2007

    3rd GP Frans Melckenbeeck
    7th Overall Giro del Capo

#### 2011

    1st Sprints classification Vuelta a Burgos

#### 2015

    7th Grand Prix Criquielion

#### 2018

    9th Overall Rás Tailteann