Weening at the 2007 Tour de France |
|||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Pieter Weening | ||
| Born | April 5, 1981 Netherlands |
||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st) | ||
| Team information | |||
| Current team | GreenEDGE | ||
| Discipline | Road | ||
| Role | Rider | ||
| Amateur team(s) | |||
| 2003 | Rabobank | ||
| Professional team(s) | |||
| 2004–2011 2012– |
Rabobank GreenEDGE |
||
| Major wins | |||
|
|||
| Infobox last updated on 1 January 2012 |
|||
Pieter Weening (born April 5, 1981) is a road bicycle racer from Harkema, Friesland, the Netherlands, currently riding for GreenEDGE.[1]
Contents |
In 2005 Weening won a stage in the Tour de France. As of today, Weening is the last Dutch stage winner in the Tour de France. After one of the closest finishes in the Tour ever, Weening won the eight stage just ahead of Andreas Klöden. In the same year he also won a stage in the Tour de Pologne and finished second overall. Just five seconds of winner Kim Kirchen. After this successful year he was chosen Dutch cyclist of the year.[2][3]
With only a stage win in the Tour of Austria, Weening had to wait six years before a next big victory. In the 2011 Giro d'Italia, just one day after the neutralised stage due to the death of Wouter Weylandt, Weening won stage 5. Analyst described this stage as a 'Mini Tour of Lombardy'.[4] The stage had an uphill finish and several unpaved stretches (Strade Bianchi). Weening was the strongest on the uphill finish of a small break away and stayed just in front of the peloton. After the stage win, he was awarded the Pink leaders jersey. He gave the physical jersey awarded to him on the podium to Wouter Weylandt's family.[5]
On 10 August 2011, and after eight seasons with Rabobank, Weening left the team to join the new GreenEDGE squad for its inaugural season in 2012.[1]
| Grand Tour | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giro | - | - | - | - | - | - | 24 | 45 |
| Tour | - | 72 | 93 | 128 | 63 | - | - | - |
| Vuelta | 59 | - | 61 | - | - | 44 | - | - |