Patrick Jonker
 2004 Tour Down Under winner Jonker celebrates | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Patrick Jonker |
| Born |
May 25, 1969 Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1992 1993-1994 1995-1996 1997–1999 2000 2001-2002 2003 2004 |
Elk Haus Novemail-Histor ONCE Rabobank US Postal BigMat-Auber 93 Van Hemert Groep Cycling UniSA |
| Major wins | |
|
Tour Down Under (2004) Route du Sud (1997) | |
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Infobox last updated on 12 December 2012 | |
Patrick Jonker (born May 25, 1969 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands) is a retired Australian road bicycle racer from Dutch and German ancestry. He was a professional rider from 1993 to 2004. Jonker represented Australia twice at the Summer Olympics, in 1992 and 1996. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.[1] The highlights of his career include wins in the 1997 Route du Sud, the 1999 Grand Prix de Wallonie and ending his career with a high profile victory in the 2004 Tour Down Under.[2] In 2012, he denied any involvement in doping practices at US Postal during his stint in the team in the 2000 season following the Lance Armstrong doping affair. He stated that the seven titles in the Tour de France that Armstrong won should be voided since the doping tests were unreliable at that time in his opinion.[3]
Palmares
- 1993
- 1st Stage 5 Milk Race
- 3rd Overall Teleflex Tour
- 1994
- 8th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 4th Overall Route Du Sud. France
- 6th Overall Midi Libre France
- 4th National Dutch Road Championships
- 1995
- 2nd Overall Circuit de la Sarthe
- 3rd Dutch Food Valley Classic
- 1996
- 2nd Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Stage 4 Super Bagneres
- 8th Olympics time trial
- 1997
- 1st Overall Route du Sud
- 2nd Overall Regio-Tour
- 1998
- 1st
Dutch National Road Race Championships - 9th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
- 1999
- 1st Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 2nd Overall Route du Sud
- 2001
- 2nd Overall Tour du Limousin
- 3rd GP Ouest-France
- 4th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
- 5th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 7th Overall Tour Down Under
- 2002
- 3rd Overall Tour Down Under
- 2003
- 7th Overall Tour Down Under
- 2004
- 1st Overall Tour Down Under
Tour de France
References
- ↑ AIS Athletes at the Olympics
- ↑ "Tour Down Under". Les Sports Info. Retrieved 13 December 2012.
- ↑ Kumi Taguch (14 October 2012). "Lance Armstrong's team mate 'never saw any doping'". ABC News Australia (2012 ABC). Retrieved 12 December 2012.
External links
- Patrick Jonker profile at Cycling Archives
- Patrick Jonker's profile on Cycling Base