Ramon Sinkeldam

Ramon Sinkeldam

Sinkeldam in 2014
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 Giant-Alpecin
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Sprinter/Classics rider
Amateur team(s)
2007–2011
Professional team(s)
2012–
Infobox last updated on
2 March 2015

Ramon Sinkeldam (born 9 February 1989) is a Dutch cyclist, currently riding for the Giant-Alpecin team.[2]

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 became national under-23 road race champion 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.

Palmarès

2009
2nd National Under-23 Road Race Championships
2010
2nd National Under-23 Road Race Championships
9th Münsterland Giro
2011
1st National Under-23 Road Race Championships
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 Young rider classification
1st Stage 2
2nd Overall Tour de Picardie
2nd Ronde van Zeeland Seaports
6th GP Impanis-Van Petegem

References

  1. ↑ "Ramon Sinkeldam". ProCycling Stats. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "Team Giant-Shimano (GIA) – NED". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 18 May 2014.

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