Désiré "Dis" Keteleer (13 June 1920 – 17 September 1970) was a Belgian professional

road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...

. Keteleer was born in

Anderlecht Anderlecht (, ) is one of the 19 municipalities of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. Located in the south-western part of the region, it is bordered by the City of Brussels, Forest, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, and Saint-Gilles, as well as the ...

and was professional from 1942 until 1961, winning the inaugural

Tour of Romandie The Tour de Romandie is a stage race which is part of the UCI World Tour. It runs through the Romandie region, or French-speaking part of Switzerland. The competition began in 1947, to coincide with the 50-year anniversary of Swiss Cycling. It wa ...

in 1947 and La Flèche Wallonne in 1946. He rode in the

1949 Tour de France The 1949 Tour de France was the 36th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 30 June to 24 July. It consisted of 21 stages over . The Italian team had internal problems, because Gino Bartali and Fausto Coppi could both be the team leade ...

, winning stage 15. Keteleer died in Rebecq-Rognon.

Major results

;1943 : 3rd La Flèche Wallonne ;1945 : 3rd Overall Tour of Belgium ::1st Stages 3 & 5 : 3rd

Nokere Koerse Nokere Koerse is a European semi classic single day cycle race held in the Belgian region of Flanders. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Starting in 2016 it was a 1.HC event. The Nokere Koerse was c ...

: 10th

Omloop Het Volk Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, previously Omloop Het Volk, is a one-day Road bicycle racing, road cycling race in Belgium, held annually in late February. It is the opening event of the Belgian cycling season, as well as the first race of the year in Nort ...

; 1946 : 1st Brussels–Spa : 1st La Flèche Wallonne : 7th Overall Tour of Belgium ::1st Stage 5 : 8th Overall

Tour de Luxembourg The Tour de Luxembourg is an annual stage race in professional road bicycle racing held in Luxembourg. The Tour de Luxembourg is classified as a 2.Pro race, the highest rating below the World Tour, by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the ...

; 1947 : 1st

Elfstedenronde The Elfstedenronde is a one-day road cycling race held annually in Belgium. It was held originally from 1943 until 1989, and returned in 2017 as the Bruges Cycling Classic. The race has also been called the Tour des Onze Villes and the Circuit des ...

: 1st Kampenhout–Charleroi–Kampenhout : 1st Scheldt–Dender–Lys : 1st Overall Tour de Romandie ::1st Stages 1B & 2 : 1st Stages 6 & 7

Tour de Suisse The Tour de Suisse ( en, Tour of Switzerland) is an annual road cycling stage race. Raced over eight days, the event covers two weekends in June, and along with the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is considered a proving ground for the Tour de France ...

; 1948 : 1st

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: 1st

Roubaix–Huy Roubaix–Huy was a road bicycle race held annually in Belgium and France, between Roubaix and Huy Huy ( or ; nl, Hoei, ; wa, Hu) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. Huy lies along the river Meuse ...

: 1st Stage 11 Giro d'Italia ; 1949 : 1st Stage 15

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...

: 2nd Overall

Tour of the Netherlands The Tour of the Netherlands ''(Dutch: Ronde van Nederland)'' was a road bicycle racing stage-race in the Netherlands, founded in 1948. It's an annual race since 1975. Because of the start of the UCI ProTour in 2005, it was replaced by the Eneco To ...

: 8th

; 1950 : 1st Stages 5, 8, 13 & 17 Deutschland Tour : 1st Stage 2 Tour de Romandie : 1st Stage 3

Volta a Catalunya The Volta a Catalunya (; en, Tour of Catalonia, es, Vuelta a Cataluña, link=no) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of th ...

: 3rd Züri-Metzgete ; 1952 : 1st Stage 4 Giro d'Italia : 1st Stage 1

: 5th Overall

Paris–Nice Paris–Nice is a professional cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the Col d'Èze overlookin ...

: 6th 1952 Paris–Roubaix : 7th Tour of Flanders : 9th La Flèche Wallonne ;1953 : 2nd Tour of Flanders : 5th Gent–Wevelgem : 8th

1953 Paris–Roubaix The 1953 Paris–Roubaix was the 51st edition of the Paris–Roubaix, a classic one-day cycle race in France. The single day event was held on 12 April 1953 and stretched from Paris to the finish at Roubaix Velodrome. The winner was Germa ...

; 1955 : 2nd Gent–Wevelgem : 3rd Ronde van Limburg ; 1956 : 3rd Gent–Wevelgem : 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège ;1957 : 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 1 : 8th Paris–Bruxelles : 10th Tour of Flanders ;1958 : 2nd Overall Giro di Sardegna : 3rd Grand Prix d'Antibes : 5th Overall

::1st Stage 5 : 10th

Milan–San Remo Milan–San Remo (in Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance of 298 km (~185.2 miles) it is t ...

References

External links

* 1920 births 1970 deaths Belgian male cyclists Belgian Tour de France stage winners People from Anderlecht Tour de Suisse stage winners Cyclists from Brussels {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1920s-stub