Wesley Kreder
.JPG) Kreder at the 2011 Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Wesley Kreder |
| Born |
4 November 1990 Leiden, the Netherlands |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Wanty-Groupe Gobert |
| Discipline | Road and track |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 2008 2012 |
DGR Cycling Team Vacansoleil-DCM (stagiaire) |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2009 2010–2012 2013 2014– |
Van Vliet-EBH Elshof Rabobank Continental Team Vacansoleil-DCM Wanty-Groupe Gobert |
| Major wins | |
| Tour de Vendée (2012) | |
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Infobox last updated on 8 January 2014 | |
Wesley Kreder (born 4 November 1990) is a Dutch road bicycle racer, and track racer, who rides for UCI Professional Continental Team Wanty-Groupe Gobert.[1] Wesley's brother Dennis, and cousins Michel and Raymond are all professional cyclists; Dennis was a team-mate of Wesley's at Van Vliet-EBH Elshof in 2009, Raymond competes for the Garmin-Sharp UCI ProTeam,[2] while Michel competes alongside Wesley at Wanty-Groupe Gobert.[1]
Born in Leiden, Kreder has competed as a professional since the middle of the 2012 season,[3] joining the Vacansoleil-DCM team as a stagiaire, having been a member of the Rabobank Continental Team since 2010. Kreder achieved his first professional victory in October 2012, making a late-race attack at the Tour de Vendée, and held off the field by two seconds.[4] Kreder remained with the team full-time into the 2013 season.[5]
Kreder joined Wanty-Groupe Gobert for the 2014 season, after his previous team – Vacansoleil-DCM[6] – folded at the end of the 2013 season.[1]
Palmarès
- 2007
- 3rd National Points Race Championships
- 2008
- 1st Overall Acht van Bladel
- 3rd Overall Ronde des Vallées
- 1st Stage 2
- 2009
- 10th Arno Wallaard Memorial
- 2010
- 1st Ronde van Midden-Nederland
- 2nd Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop Espoirs
- 3rd Kernen Omloop Echt-Susteren
- 4th ZLM Tour
- 5th Izegem Koers
- 9th Memorial Fred De Bruyne
- 10th Arno Wallaard Memorial
- 2011
- 1st Stage 2b (TTT) Vuelta Ciclista a León
- 3rd National Under-23 Road Race Championships
- 3rd Overall Tour de Normandie
- 3rd Omloop der Kempen
- 4th Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop Espoirs
- 5th GP des Marbriers
- 6th Paris–Tours Espoirs
- 7th Overall Kreiz Breizh Elites
- 9th Ster van Zwolle
- 10th Ronde van Noord-Holland
- 2012
- 1st Tour de Vendée
- 2nd Zellik–Galmaarden
- 3rd Ster van Zwolle
- 4th Dorpenomloop Rucphen
- 7th Ronde van Noord-Holland
- 8th Overall Ronde van Overijssel
- 2013
- 4th Ronde van Drenthe
- 5th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
- 10th Nationale Sluitingsprijs
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Michel Kreder leaves Garmin Sharp for Team Wanty-Groupe Gobert". Cyclingnews.com (Future plc). 17 October 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ↑ Whatley, Sheree (15 February 2012). "Cycling Families: Kreder brothers". VeloVoices (WordPress). Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- ↑ "Drie stagiaires aan de slag bij Vacansoleil-DCM" [Three interns to work with Vacansoleil-DCM]. Vacansoleil-DCM (in Dutch) (Vacansoleil Eindhoven). 1 August 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- ↑ Quénet, Jean-François (14 October 2012). "Wesley Kreder earns pro contract with Vendée win". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- ↑ Farrand, Stephen (22 September 2012). "Vacansoleil-DCM confirms 2013 roster". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- ↑ "Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team (VCD) – NED". UCI World Tour (Union Cycliste Internationale). Retrieved 18 January 2013.
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