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 Retired
Discipline Road and Mountain biking
Role Rider
Rider type Rouleur, Breakaway specialist[1]
Professional team(s)
2003–2005 Marco Polo
2006–2007 Skil–Shimano
2008 Silence–Lotto
2009–2016 Rabobank
Major wins

Stage races

Tour of Belgium (2006)
Tour of Qinghai Lake (2006)

Maarten Pieter Tjallingii (/tʃəˈlɪŋɡi/ chə-LING-ghee; born 5 November 1977 in Leeuwarden) is a former Dutch professional racing cyclist who last rode for UCI ProTeam LottoNL–Jumbo.[2]

Career

His biggest win was the 2006 Tour of Belgium.[3] A frequent participant in breakaways in major races, his other most notable performances include a third place at the 2011 Paris–Roubaix and spending four days in the King of the Mountains jersey in the 2014 Giro d'Italia.[1]

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.[4]

Tjallingii raced at the 2016 Giro d'Italia, which started in the Netherlands, and he made an impact on the early stages, winning the award for most aggressive rider on Stage 2 before taking the lead in the King of the Mountains competition on Stage 3, which finished 250 metres away his home in Arnhem. He had previously announced that he would retire from racing in June, having signed a six-month contract extension with LottoNL–Jumbo for 2016.[5][6]

Career achievements

Major results

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
2016
Giro d'Italia
Held after Stage 3

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia — 98 — — — 131 92 119 124
A yellow jersey Tour de France — — 131 98 DNF — — — —
A red jersey Vuelta a España 58 — — — — — 137 DNF —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

Personal life

Tjallingii is one of the few known vegetarian cyclists.[7][8] He lost one of his kidneys as a child.[9]

References

  1. 1 2 McQuillan, Tom (7 May 2016). "Giro d'Italia squad of the day: Team LottoNL-Jumbo". theroar.com. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Former Rabobank (RAB) – NED". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Ronde van België" (in Dutch). Ronde van België.
  4. ↑ "Tjallingii, Rojas out after crash-filled Tour de France stage". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "Marcel Kittel Dominates First Sprint of Giro d'Italia". Giro d'Italia. 7 May 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  6. ↑ Fotheringham, Alasdair (8 May 2016). "Glorious homecoming for Tjallingii as Dutchman takes Giro d'Italia mountains jersey". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
  7. ↑ "Tour de France sportzomer" (in Dutch). NOS. 11 July 2008. Archived from the original on 16 July 2008.
  8. ↑ Atkins, Ben (23 July 2010). "Tour de France: Maarten Tjallingii's meat-free journey through France". VeloNation. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  9. ↑ "Poels optimistic about return to racing in 2013". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 29 November 2012.

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