Jos van Emden
.JPG) Van Emden at the 2015 Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne road race | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Jos van Emden |
| Born |
18 February 1985 Schiedam, the Netherlands |
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | LottoNL–Jumbo |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Time trialist |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2006–2008 | Rabobank Continental Team |
| 2008– | Rabobank |
| Major wins | |
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Jos van Emden (born 18 February 1985) is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer for UCI WorldTeam LottoNL–Jumbo. He is known as a time-trial specialist.
Career
Born in Schiedam, van Emden started racing in 2005. During his second year, he won four stages in three different races, became the overall winner of two other stage races and finished seventh in the Under-23 Road World Championships. The next year, he achieved his first professional victory when he won the Münsterland Giro.[1]
His debut in a Grand Tour came in 2009, when he took part in the Giro d'Italia. One year later, he finished ninth in two different stages of that same race, and achieved two time-trial victories in one week, winning the prologues of the Delta Tour Zeeland and the Ster ZLM Toer. Later that year, he became Dutch Time Trial champion.[2]
Van Emden made international headlines when he proposed to his girlfriend during a time-trial stage of the 2014 Giro d'Italia. After she accepted, he finished the stage as 120th out of 156.[3][4]
In 2015, Van Emden finished second in the ITT of the Tour of California, sitting in the hot seat all day before being beaten by Peter Sagan.[5] Two months later, van Emden participated in his first Tour de France. He became fifth in the opening time-trial that took place in his home country.[6] His biggest victory for the time being came when he won the ITT of the 2015 Eneco Tour, subsequently gaining the right to wear the leader's jersey.[7] He was named in the startlist for the 2016 Vuelta a España.[8]
Career achievements
Major results
- 2006
- 1st
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st
- 1st Stage 2
- Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
- 1st Prologue & Stage 1
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de Normandie
- 1st Stage 1 Tour du Loir-et-Cher
- 3rd Ronde van Overijssel
- 5th Omloop van het Waasland
- 6th Ronde van Noord-Holland
- 2007
- 1st Münsterland Giro
- 1st Prologue (TTT) Tour Alsace
- 2nd Time trial, National Under–23 Road Championships
- 2008
- 1st Stage 1 Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
- 1st Stage 5 Vuelta Ciclista a León
- 5th Overall Olympia's Tour
- 5th Ronde van Drenthe
- 7th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
- 7th Halle–Ingooigem
- 8th Overall Tour de Normandie
- 1st Stage 7
- 9th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
- 2009
- 8th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
- 10th Overall Sachsen Tour
- 2010
- 1st
- 1st Prologue Ster ZLM Toer
- 2nd Overall Delta Tour Zeeland
- 1st
- 1st Prologue
- 1st
- 2nd Hel van het Mergelland
- 2011
- 1st Stadsprijs Geraardsbergen
- 3rd Overall Delta Tour Zeeland
- 1st Prologue
- 5th Overall Eneco Tour
- 2013
- 1st Münsterland Giro
- 4th Overall Tour of Hainan
- 2014
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 3rd Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic
- 9th Overall Ster ZLM Toer
- 10th Paris–Tours
- 2015
- 1st Stage 4 (ITT) Eneco Tour
- 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 6th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- 2016
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 3rd Overall Ster ZLM Toer
- 1st Stage 1 (ITT)
- 5th Overall Eneco Tour
- 8th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 2017
- 1st Dwars door West–Vlaanderen
- 1st Stage 21 (ITT) Giro d'Italia
- 4th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 5th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
- 6th Overall Tour of Britain
- 8th Le Samyn
- 2018
- 1st Stage 5 (TTT) Tour of Britain
- 5th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 10th Paris–Tours
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
166 | 116 | 159 | — | — | 107 | — | 120 | 117 | 99 |
|
— | — | — | — | — | — | 121 | — | DNF | — |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — |
References
- ↑ "Jos Van Emden". De Wielersite (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ↑ "Jos van Emden Nederlands Kampioen tijdrijden". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). De Persgroep Nederland. 24 June 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ↑ "Jos van Emden stops in Giro d'Italia time trial to propose to his girlfriend". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- ↑ "Van Emden haalt internationale pers". NOS (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 30 May 2014. Retrieved 5 June 2014.
- ↑ "Van Emden enorm teleurgesteld na mislopen zege in Californië". NU.nl (in Dutch). Sanoma Media Netherlands Group. 16 May 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ↑ Horssels, Maxim (4 July 2015). "Jos van Emden: 'Ben echt ontzettend blij'". WielerFlits.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ↑ "Tijdritzege en leiderstrui Van Emden in Eneco Tour". NOS (in Dutch). Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 13 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
- ↑ "71st Vuelta a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jos van Emden. |
- Official website (in Dutch)
- Jos Van Emden profile on Procyclingstats.com
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Stef Clement |
Dutch National Time Trial Champion 2010 |
Succeeded by Stef Clement |