Albert Timmer

Albert Timmer
Timmer at the 2007 3-Länder-Tour.
Personal information
Full name Albert Timmer
Nickname Albi
Born (1985-06-13) 13 June 1985
Gramsbergen, the Netherlands
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st)
Team information
Current team Retired
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type All-rounder
Amateur team(s)
2004–2006 Team Löwik Meubelen
Professional team(s)
2007–2017 Skil–Shimano

Albert Timmer (born 13 June 1985) is a Dutch former road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2007 and 2017, exclusively for Team Sunweb and its previous squad iterations.[1]

Career

Born in Gramsbergen, Timmer competed in the 2012 Tour de France where he finished in 148th position. He later competed in the 2014 Tour de France where he finished in 146th position.[2]

Career achievements

Major results

2007
6th Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake
2010
8th Hel van het Mergelland
2012
1st Mountains classification Tour de Luxembourg
2013
6th Münsterland Giro
2014
4th GP Impanis-Van Petegem
7th Overall Ster ZLM Toer

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — — — — 129 87 — 121 —
A yellow jersey Tour de France 130 — — 148 164 146 139 153 157
A red jersey Vuelta a España — — 164 — — — — — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. ↑ "Timmer retires from professional racing". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 10 December 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2018. Timmer has been with the Sunweb set-up – it was Skil-Shimano when he joined – since he turned professional in 2007.
  2. ↑ "Kittel leads Argos-Shimano at Tour de France". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 19 June 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2012.

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