Iljo Keisse

“The King of the Kuipke”, Iljo raced for the Wolfpack for more than a decade, putting an end to his inspiring career at the end of 2022. The man who pulled off won of the most improbable, spectacular and emotional victories in the history of cycling – stage 7 of the 2012 Tour of Turkey – was a world class domestique, a superb road captain and a rider on whom you could rely on every single time regardless of the race and weather conditions, bringing his contribution to many important victories of the team, and he is hoping to do the same as a sports director.

 

“It’s completely different being in the car than on the bike, but the way you feel the race is a bit the same. The bar is always set high here. It doesn’t matter which race or when, we always want to win. This is our mentality and it will never change. At the same time, that feeling when the team gets a victory is still the same, even if I’m not anymore on the bike, and I love every single second of this new experience”, a delighted Iljo explained.