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Pieter Jacobs
Key Stats
Team: Silence-Lotto
Nationality: Belgian
Born: June 6, 1986
Hometown: Brasschaat, Belgium
Height: 5-foot-11
Strengths: All arounder
Turned Pro: 2007
Palmares
Career Highlights:
1st, Stage 2, Tour de Namur 2005
1st, Classique des Alpes (Junior) 2004
1st, Belgium Junior Road Race Championship 2002
2008
7th, stage 3, Tour Down Under
Editor's Notes: 159 pounds
Biography
Jacobs comes to Silence-Lotto after a year with the ill-fated Unibet.com team. A strong time trialist, Jacobs has also shown promise as a talented climber, winning the junior edition of the Classique des Alpes in 2004.