Bram Tankink
 Tankink at the 2012 Tour of California | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Bram Tankink |
| Nickname | The Tank, The Beast from the East |
| Born |
3 December 1978 Haaksbergen, the Netherlands |
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb; 11.2 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team LottoNL - Jumbo |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2001–2002 | Domo-Farm Frites |
| 2003–2007 | Quick-Step–Davitamon |
| 2008– | Rabobank |
| Major wins | |
| 1st stage Tour of Germany (2005) | |
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Infobox last updated on 8 January 2015 | |
Bram Tankink (born 3 December 1978) is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer with UCI ProTeam Team LottoNL - Jumbo. Born in Haaksbergen, Tankink started his career as a mountainbiker, but in 1999 he became a road rider. In 2000 he became Dutch champion of the espoirs which resulted in a professional contract for 2001 at Domo-Farm Frites. He stayed with this team for two years until he and a few others from this team went over to Quick Step. Tankink usually acted as a helper in this team, hardly ever racing for his own success. But he was so much appreciated that the team allowed him to participate in the 2005 Tour de France which he finished in good form. After the Tour he played an important part in the victory of Filippo Pozzato at the HEW Cyclassics 2005 in Hamburg and during the 2005 Deutschland Tour he won the first stage from Attenburg to Plauen. Tankink also won several criteria after the Tour.
Tankink joined Rabobank in 2008.
Palmares
- 1999 (U23)
- 3rd Turul Romaniei
- 2000 (U23)
- 1st National Road Race Championships
- 2nd Mainfranken Tour
- 2nd Ster der Beloften
- 2005
- 3rd Profronde van Stiphout
- 1st Profronde van Maastricht
- 3rd Profronde van Oostvoorne
- 1st Stage 1 Deutschland Tour
- 1st Profronde van Almelo
- 2006
- 3rd GP Buchholz
- 3rd Profronde van Stiphout
- 1st Mijl van Mares
- 2nd Profronde van Almelo
- 2007
- 3rd Acht van Chaam
- 1st Profronde van Maastricht
- 1st Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 2008
- 1st Profronde van Wierden
- 3rd Profronde van Heerlen
- 2nd Profronde van Zwolle
- 2009
- 3rd Profronde van Zwolle
- 2010
- 3rd Tour of Belgium
- 2011
- 5th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen – Harelbeke
- 5th Brabantse Pijl
- 2013
- 9th Ruddervoorde Koerse
- 2014
- 6th Dutch National Road Race Championships
Grand Tour General Classification Results Timeline
| Grand Tour | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 35 | — | — | — | — |
 Tour |
— | — | — | 111 | 93 | 40 | 59 | — | WD | — | 144 | 64 | 40 | 55 |
 Vuelta |
WD | 94 | 64 | — | — | — | — | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
WD = Withdrew; IP = In Progress
External links
Media related to Bram Tankink at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website (Dutch)
- Bram Tankink profile on procyclingstats