Ramon Sinkeldam
 Sinkeldam in 2016 | |
| 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 | Groupama–FDJ |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter/Classics rider |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 2007–2011 | Rabobank Continental Team |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2012–2017 | Project 1t4i[2] |
| 2018– | FDJ |
| Major wins | |
Ramon Sinkeldam (born 9 February 1989) is a Dutch cyclist, currently riding for Groupama–FDJ.[3]
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 the national under-23 road race championships 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.[4] He earned no wins in 2013, but did place 3rd overall at 2.HC race Four Days of Dunkirk. In 2014, Sinkeldam won the second stage of the World Ports Classic and finished in 2nd overall. 2015 was his most successful season yet, as he won one day events Velothon Berlin and Binche–Chimay–Binche. Sinkeldam was also 2nd of the National Road Race Championships to Niki Terpstra.
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.[5]
Career achievements
Major results
- 2009
- 2nd Road race, National Under–23 Road Championships
- 2010
- 2nd Road race, National Under–23 Road Championships
- 9th Münsterland Giro
- 2011
- 1st
- 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
- 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 Road race, National Road Championships
- 8th Vattenfall Cyclassics
- 2017
- 1st
- 9th Scheldeprijs
- 2018
- 1st Paris–Chauny
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
— | — | — | — | — | — |
 |
— | — | DNF | 143 | 148 | 134 |
 |
DNF | 136 | — | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
- ↑ "Ramon Sinkeldam". ProCycling Stats. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
- ↑ "Team Giant-Shimano (GIA) – NED". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
- ↑ "FDJ sign Sinkeldam to bolster Demare's sprint train". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
- ↑ "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 at Cycling Archives
- Ramon Sinkeldam at ProCyclingStats