Kevin van Impe
{{short description|Belgian cyclist}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Kevin Van Impe
| image = Kevin van Impe.jpg
| caption =
| fullname = Kevin Van Impe
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1981|04|19}}
| birth_place = Aalst, Belgium
| height = {{convert|1.88|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|75 |kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| currentteam = Retired
| discipline = Road
| role = Rider
| ridertype =
| amateuryears1 =
| amateurteam1 =
| proyears1 = 2002–2004
| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|LTB|2002}}
| proyears2 = 2005
| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|TSV|2005}}
| proyears3 = 2006–2011
| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|QST|2006}}
| proyears4 = 2012
| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|VCD|2012}}
| majorwins = One-day races and Classics
:Dwars door Vlaanderen (2009)
}}
Kevin Van Impe (born 19 April 1981 in Aalst, East Flanders) is a retired Belgian professional road bicycle racer. His father is former cyclist Frank Van Impe, and his uncle is Lucien Van Impe, one of the greatest climbers in cycling history and winner of the 1976 Tour de France.
A routine out of competition drugs test performed on Van Impe caused controversy in March 2008. Van Impe was asked to give a sample for testing whilst at a crematorium making funeral arrangements for his deceased son, and was warned that failure to provide a sample would count as a refusal to give a sample, for which sanctions apply.{{cite news| url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2008/mar08/mar16news |title= Drug testers impose on funeral arrangements |date=2008-03-16 |accessdate=2008-03-17 |work=Cyclingnews.com}} Professional cyclists racing in the Paris–Nice and Tirreno–Adriatico performed demonstrations over the lack of respect shown to Van Impe.
Van Impe retired in March 2012,{{cite news|url=http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/11441/Kevin-Van-Impe-retires-with-immediate-effect.aspx|title=Kevin Van Impe retires with immediate effect|work=VeloNation|publisher=VeloNation LLC|date=23 March 2012|accessdate=24 March 2012|first=Shane|last=Stokes}} having only joined the {{UCI team code|VCD|2012}} team in January of that year.{{cite news|url=http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/10790/Vacansoleil-DCM-presented-with-twelve-new-riders-for-2012.aspx|title=Vacansoleil-DCM presented with twelve new riders for 2012|work=VeloNation|publisher=VeloNation LLC|date=3 January 2012|accessdate=24 March 2012|first=Ben|last=Atkins}}
Major results
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;1999
: 1st 20px Time trial, National Under–19 Road Championships
;2000
: 3rd Time trial, National Under–23 Road Championships
;2002
: 1st GP Zele
;2003
: 1st Stage 1 Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt
;2004
: 8th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge
: 9th Overall Tour of Britain
: 9th Brussel–Ingooigem
;2005
: 1st Omloop van het Houtland
: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
: 2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
: 6th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
;2006
: 1st 20px Overall Circuit Franco-Belge
::1st 20px Young rider classification
::1st Stage 1
: 9th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
: 9th Halle–Ingooigem
;2007
: 9th Paris–Roubaix
;2009
: 1st Dwars door Vlaanderen
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References
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090701090336/http://www.kevinvanimpe.be/ Official website] {{in lang|nl}}
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Category:Cyclists from Aalst, Belgium
Category:Belgian male cyclists
Category:21st-century Belgian sportsmen
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