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Désiré Keteleer

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Désiré Keteleer, nicknamed Dis, was a Belgian professional road racer, born in Anderlecht on 13 June 1920 and died in Rebecq-Rognon on 17 September 1970. He was a professional from 1942 until 1961. Among his wins were La Flèche Wallonne in 1946 and the inaugural Tour of Romandie in 1947. He rode the 1949 Tour de France, in which he won stage 15. His professional career therefore ran for nearly two decades, and his two best known single-day and stage-race wins came in the first two years after the Second World War.

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1920 1
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Male 1
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was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer
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    Keteleer (13 June 1920
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    He rode in the 1949 Tour de France
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    was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer
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    was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer
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    He rode in the 1949 Tour de France, winning stage 15
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