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Pieter Jacobs

    Key Stats

    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.