Belgian cyclist

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 compe*ion 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. 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, having only joined the Vacansoleil–DCM team in January of that year.

Major results

19991st Time trial, National Under–19 Road Championships20003rd Time trial, National Under–23 Road Championships20021st GP Zele20031st Stage 1 Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt20048th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge9th Overall Tour of Britain9th Brussel–Ingooigem20051st Omloop van het Houtland2nd Road race, National Road Championships2nd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne6th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen20061st Overall Circuit Franco-Belge1st Young rider cl*ification1st Stage 19th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne9th Halle–Ingooigem20079th Paris–Roubaix20091st Dwars door Vlaanderen

References

External links

• Official website (in Dutch)