Maarten Tjallingii

Maarten Tjallingii

Tjallingii at the 2009 E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
Personal information
Full name Maarten Pieter Tjallingii
Born (1977-11-05) 5 November 1977
Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
Team information
Current team LottoNL–Jumbo
Discipline Road and Mountain biking
Role Rider
Rider type Rouleur
Professional team(s)
2003–2005 Marco Polo
2006–2007 Skil–Shimano
2008 Silence–Lotto
2009– Rabobank
Major wins

Stage races

Tour of Belgium (2006)
Tour of Qinghai Lake (2006)
Infobox last updated on
23 July 2015

Maarten Pieter Tjallingii (cha-LING-gee; born 5 November 1977 in Leeuwarden) is a Dutch professional racing cyclist for UCI ProTeam LottoNL–Jumbo.[1] His biggest win was the 2006 Tour of Belgium.[2]

Tjallingii was selected to ride the 2012 Tour de France, but crashed on stage 3, he continued for another 40 kilometers and finished it over ten minutes behind the winner Peter Sagan. However he did not start stage 4, reportedly with a fractured left hip, becoming the third retirement of the 2012 Tour.[3]

Palmares

2001
3rd, Overall, Tour du Faso
1st Stage 2
2003
1st, Overall, Tour du Faso
1st Stage 1
1st, Rund um Rhede
2004
2nd, National MTB Championships
2006
1st, Overall, Tour of Belgium
1st Stage 1
1st, Overall, Tour of Qinghai Lake
1st Stage 7
2007
2nd, Overall, Tour of Belgium
2011
3rd Paris–Roubaix
2013
1st Stage 2 World Ports Classic
2014
Giro d'Italia
Held after Stages 2–5
2015
1st Grote Prijs Beeckman-De Caluwé

Grand Tour General Classification Results Timeline

Grand Tour 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Pink jersey Giro 98 131 92 119
Yellow jersey Tour 131 98 WD
red jersey Vuelta 58 137 WD

WD = Withdrew; IP = In Progress

Personal life

Tjallingii is one of the few known vegetarian cyclists.[4][5] He lost one of his kidneys as a child.[6]

References

  1. "Former Rabobank (RAB) – NED". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  2. "Ronde van België" (in Dutch). Ronde van België.
  3. "Tjallingii, Rojas out after crash-filled Tour de France stage". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 3 July 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  4. "Tour de France sportzomer" (in Dutch). NOS. 11 July 2008.
  5. Atkins, Ben (23 July 2010). "Tour de France: Maarten Tjallingii's meat-free journey through France". VeloNation. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  6. "Poels optimistic about return to racing in 2013". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 29 November 2012.

External links

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