Lieuwe Westra

Lieuwe Westra

Westra at the 2011 Criterium du Dauphine
Personal information
Full name Lieuwe Westra
Born 11 September 1982
Mûnein, the Netherlands
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Team information
Current team Astana
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Time trialist
Professional team(s)
2006–2008 Krolstone Continental Team
2009–2013 Vacansoleil
2014– Astana
Major wins

Stage races

Tour de Picardie (2009)
Danmark Rundt (2012)

Single-day races and Classics

National Time Trial Championships (2012, 2013)
Infobox last updated on
2 March 2015

Lieuwe Westra (born 11 September 1982 in Mûnein)[1] is a Dutch professional racing cyclist, who is riding for the UCI ProTeam Astana.[2]

Professional career

In 2012, he finished second of the World Tour race Paris-Nice, taking the queen stage to Mende. This particular stage finished atop the Côte de la Croix-Neuve–Montée Laurent Jalabert – a 3 km (1.9 mi) climb at an average gradient of 10.1%.[3] He attacked inside the final kilometer and the lead group piloted by race leader Bradley Wiggins could not reel him in. He freewheeled over the finishing line, sparking speculation that he could have put on the leader's jersey had he pursued his effort, since the win put him 6 seconds in arrears of Wiggins.[4] He would finish Paris-Nice 8 seconds down on the Briton in the general classification.[5] In August, Westra won the overall classification of the 2012 Danmark Rundt, a six stage race held in Denmark. He won the event's individual time trial, helping him seal the victory as it netted him the leader's jersey, which he would not relinquish. Ramunas Navardauskas of the Garmin-Barracuda squad finished second with a deficit of 10 seconds.[6] Westra earned his first victory of the 2013 season at the Tour of California, where he foiled the sprinters' plans by breaking away with 5 km (3.1 mi) and managed to resist to the lead group. Francisco Mancebo joined him in his bid for victory, the pair cooperated and Westra won the two-man sprint.[7]

After five years with the Vacansoleil-DCM team,[8] Westra joined Astana on a two-year contract, for the 2014 and 2015 seasons.[2]

Palmares

2007
1st Stage 2 OZ Wielerweekend
2008
1st Stage 2 Tour Alsace
2nd Overall Olympia's Tour
3rd Duo Normand (with Jos Pronk)
3rd Schaal Sels-Merksem
2009
1st Overall Arno Wallaard Memorial
1st Overall Tour de Picardie
1st Stage 1
2010
3rd National Time Trial Championships
3rd Chrono des Nations
2011
1st Classic Loire Atlantique
1st Prologue Tour of Belgium
2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne
1st Mountains classsification
3rd Overall Volta ao Algarve
8th World Road Race Championships
2012
1st National Time Trial Championships
1st Overall Danmark Rundt
1st Stage 5 (ITT)
2nd Overall Paris–Nice
1st Stage 5
2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne
2nd Overall Tour of Belgium
2013
1st National Time Trial Championships
1st Stage 1 Tour of California
3rd Overall Volta ao Algarve
5th Overall Three Days of De Panne
8th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
8th Overall Paris–Nice
2014
1st Stage 7 Volta a Catalunya
1st Stage 7 Critérium du Dauphiné
Combativity award Stage 5 Tour de France

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Pink jersey Giro
Yellow jersey Tour 128 WD WD 79
red jersey Vuelta 87 WD

WD = Withdrew; IP = In Progress

See also

References

  1. Lieuwe Westra at Cycling Archives
  2. 2.0 2.1 "New riders at Astana Pro Team". Astana (Abacanto SA). 1 August 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  3. "Drama to the last for Paris-Nice". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 2 February 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
  4. Daniel Benson (8 March 2012). "Westra prevails on Mende mountain finish". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  5. "2012 Paris-Nice results". Velo News (2012 Competitor Group, Inc.). 10 March 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  6. "Cavendish wins final stage at Tour of Denmark". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 26 August 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  7. Kyle Moore (12 May 2013). "Tour of California: Westra foils the bunch sprint with stage one attack". VeloNation (VeloNation LLC). Retrieved 12 May 2013.
  8. "Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team (VCD) – NED". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 16 January 2013.

External links

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Stef Clement
Dutch National Time Trial
Champion

20122013
Succeeded by
Incumbent