Corné van Kessel (born 7 August 1991) is a Dutch professional cyclo-cross and road

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, who currently rides for UCI Cyclo-cross team Team Deschacht–Group Hens–Containers Maes.

Career

Van Kessel was born in

Veldhoven Veldhoven () is a municipality and town on the Gender in the southern Netherlands, just southwest of Eindhoven. Topography Dutch topographic map of Veldhoven (town), Dec. 2013 Population centres The modern town of Veldhoven is an agglomerat ...

. After spending his first years with the Belgian Lotto Olympia Tienen team, he switched to from September 2009 on, first in the development team and since 2013 as an elite rider. In October 2013, he extended his contract with the Telenet–Fidea team until the end of 2016.

Major results

Cyclo-cross

;2008–2009 : 2nd Silver medal blank

UCI World Junior Championships ;2009–2010 : 1st Jersey dutchflag

National Under-23 Championships ;2011–2012 : Under-23 Gazet van Antwerpen ::3rd

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;2012–2013 : Under-23 Bpost Bank Trofee ::1st

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::1st Loenhout ::3rd

::3rd Oostmalle : 2nd Silver medal europe

UEC European Under-23 Championships : 2nd National Under-23 Championships : UCI Under-23 World Cup ::2nd

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Heusden-Zolder Heusden-Zolder (; li, Heuze-Zolder ) is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Limburg near Hasselt. On 1 January 2006 Heusden-Zolder had a total population of 30,769. The total area is 53.23 km² which gives a population density ...

: Under-23 Superprestige ::3rd

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;2013–2014 : 2nd

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;2014–2015 : 2nd Surhuisterveen : 2nd Brabant : UCI World Cup ::3rd

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: 3rd Woerden ;2015–2016 : 1st Surhuisterveen ;2016–2017 : 1st Surhuisterveen : 1st Pfaffnau : 2nd

: 2nd Brabant : UCI World Cup ::3rd Hoogerheide : Soudal Classics ::3rd

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: Brico Cross ::3rd Kruibeke : EKZ CrossTour ::3rd Hittnau : 3rd Mol ;2017–2018 : Soudal Classics ::1st

::1st

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::3rd Niel : UCI World Cup ::2nd Waterloo : 2nd

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: 2nd Mol : 2nd Contern : DVV Trophy ::3rd

: EKZ CrossTour ::3rd Bern : 3rd Brabant : 3rd Woerden ;2018–2019 : 1st Mol : 1st Contern : 2nd Woerden : 3rd

Superprestige The Cyclo-cross Superprestige is a season-long cyclo-cross competition, consisting of around 8 rounds throughout the season in Belgium and the Netherlands. It is one of three season-long competitions, alongside the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup and t ...

::3rd

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: EKZ CrossTour ::3rd Aigle : 3rd

: 3rd Waterloo ;2019–2020 : UCI World Cup ::3rd

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: DVV Trophy ::3rd Loenhout ::3rd

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: 3rd Gullegem ;2020–2021 : X²O Badkamers Trophy ::3rd

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;2021–2022 : 2nd

: X²O Badkamers Trophy ::3rd

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Road

;2017 : 3rd

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: 4th

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;2022 : 5th

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References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kessel, Corne van 1991 births Living people Dutch male cyclists Cyclo-cross cyclists People from Veldhoven Cyclists from North Brabant