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Rutger Beke (pronounced "bay-kuh") (Halle, 8 August 1977) is a retired Belgian triathlete living in Leuven. Beke competed for the Uplace Pro Triathlon Team until he announced his retirement from professional triathlon on 31 May 2011.
Rutger Beke started competing in the sport of triathlon when he was 17. He performed well in several Ironman races, including five top five placings in the Ironman Hawaii.
Beke became well known because of his alleged EPO use. In 2004, he was tested positive in both his A- and B-sample for EPO. He was suspended from competition for 18 months. In August 2005, the Commission reversed its decision and exonerated him based on scientific and medical information presented by Beke. He asserted that his sample had become degraded as a result of bacterial contamination and that the substance identified by the laboratory as pharmaceutical EPO was, in fact, an unrelated protein indistinguishable from pharmaceutical EPO in the test method. He claimed, therefore, that the test had produced a false positive result in his case.
In 2007, he was the 5th Belgian who won an Ironman, together with Luc Van Lierde, Dirk van Gossum, Marino Vanhoenacker and Gerrit Schellens.




Results


2000: 1st in Belgian Olympic distance triathlon
2001: 1st in Belgian Olympic distance triathlon
2002: 1st in Belgian long-distance triathlon
2002: 3rd in ITU World Championships – Nice
2003: 1st in Belgian Olympic distance triathlon
2003: 1st in Belgian long-distance triathlon
2003: 3rd in Ironman Florida
2003: 2nd in Ironman Hawaii
2003: 2nd in ITU World Championships – Ibiza
2003: 2nd in Ironman Hawaii
2004: 1st in Belgian Olympic distance triathlon
2004: 5th in Ironman Hawaii
2005: 1st in Ironman 70.3 Monaco
2005: 4th in Ironman Hawaii
2006: 4th in Ironman Hawaii
2007: 1st in Ironman Arizona
2007: 898th in Ironman Hawaii
2008: 3rd in Ironman Hawaii
2009: 1st in Ironman Cozumel




References






External links


Uplace Pro Triathlon Team web site
Rutger Beke's personal web site (in English)

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