Ramon Sinkeldam
.JPG) Sinkeldam in 2014 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Ramon Sinkeldam |
| Born |
9 February 1989[1] Wormer, the Netherlands |
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Giant–Alpecin |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter/Classics rider |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 2007–2011 | Rabobank Continental Team |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2012– | Project 1t4i |
|
Infobox last updated on 2 March 2015 | |
Ramon Sinkeldam (born 9 February 1989) is a Dutch cyclist, currently riding for the Giant–Alpecin team.[2]
Career
Amateur career
Born in Wormer, Sinkeldam rode for the Rabobank Continental Team for his entire amateur career, between 2007 and 2011. During this time, he won the Paris–Roubaix Espoirs race in 2011, as well as winning the 2011 Ronde van Limburg and became national under-23 road race champion in 2011, having finished second in the two previous years. In his youth Sinkeldam was also active in mountain biking and in cyclocross.
Professional career
Sinkeldam turned professional for the 2012 season, joining the Project 1t4i team. He achieved his first professional victories with the team in October 2012, winning two stages at the Tour of Hainan in China. He finished the race sixth overall. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France.[3]
On 23 January 2016, he was one of the six members of the Team Giant–Alpecin who were hit by a car which drove into on-coming traffic while they were training in Spain. All riders were in stable condition.[4]
Palmarès
- 2009
- 2nd National Under-23 Road Race Championships
- 2010
- 2nd National Under-23 Road Race Championships
- 9th Münsterland Giro
- 2011
- 1st
National Under-23 Road Race Championships - 1st Paris–Roubaix Espoirs
- 1st Ronde van Limburg
- 5th Overall Olympia's Tour
- 8th Overall Volta ao Alentejo
- 2012
- 6th Overall Tour of Hainan
- 1st Stages 5 & 8
- 2013
- 2nd Ronde van Zeeland Seaports
- 3rd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 2014
- 2nd Overall World Ports Classic
- 1st
Young rider classification - 1st Stage 2
- 1st
- 2nd Overall Tour de Picardie
- 2nd Ronde van Zeeland Seaports
- 6th GP Impanis-Van Petegem
- 2015
- 1st Velothon Berlin
- 1st Binche–Chimay–Binche
- 2nd National Road Race Championships
- 8th Vattenfall Cyclassics
References
- ↑ "Ramon Sinkeldam". ProCycling Stats. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- ↑ "Team Giant-Shimano (GIA) – NED". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
- ↑ "2015 Tour de France start list". Velo News. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
- ↑ "John Degenkolb and Warren Barguil among six Giant-Alpecin cyclists hospitalised after being hit by a car". Irish Independent. 23 January 2016.
External links
- Ramon Sinkeldam profile at Cycling Archives
- Ramon Sinkeldam profile at ProCyclingStats