Ronan van Zandbeek

Ronan van Zandbeek

Van Zandbeek at the 2011 Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen.
Personal information
Full name Ronan van Zandbeek
Born 27 September 1988
's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands
Team information
Current team Cyclingteam de Rijke
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Amateur team(s)
2007–2010 Van Vliet-EBH Advocaten
2010 Skil-Shimano (stagiaire)
Professional team(s)
2011–2012 Skil-Shimano
2013– Cycling Team De Rijke-Shanks
Major wins
National Under-23 Road Race Championships (2008)
Tour de Normandie (2010)
Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen (2012)
Infobox last updated on
3 February 2015

Ronan van Zandbeek (born 27 September 1988) is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer who rides for UCI Continental Team Cyclingteam de Rijke.[1]

Born in 's-Hertogenbosch, van Zandbeek has competed as a professional since the start of the 2011 season, joining the Skil-Shimano team full-time after a stagiaire contract with the team in the second half of 2010. Having previously won the Tour de Normandie as an amateur in 2010,[2] van Zandbeek won his first professional race in September 2012 as he won the Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen event.[3] Van Zandbeek had accelerated away from five other riders in the closing stages of the race.[4]

Palmarès

2006
1st Stage 5 Tour de Lorraine
3rd European Junior Road Race Championships
3rd National Junior Time Trial Championships
3rd Overall Driedaagse van Axel
1st Stage 2
2007
3rd National Under-23 Time Trial Championships
3rd Dorpenomloop door Drenthe
2008
1st National Under-23 Road Race Championships
2nd Beek Ubbergen
5th Overall Tour du Haut-Anjou
2009
1st Ronde van Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude
2nd Ronde van Zuid-Holland
5th Duo Normand
8th Overall Tour du Haut-Anjou
9th Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften
9th Paris–Roubaix Espoirs
2010
1st Overall Tour de Normandie
4th Paris–Roubaix Espoirs
10th Ronde van Friesland
2011
4th Overall Tour de Wallonie-Picarde
2012
1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
2013
7th Arno Wallaard Memorial
7th Memorial Van Coningsloo
2014
8th Arno Wallaard Memorial
10th Overall Flèche du Sud
1st Mountains classification

References

  1. "Van Zandbeek tekent bij De Rijke-Shanks" [Van Zandbeek Signs With De Rijke-Shanks]. De Telegraaf (in Dutch) (Telegraaf Media Groep). 30 October 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  2. "Jodts fastest from the breakaway". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 29 March 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  3. "Van Zandbeek wins Flanders championship". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 14 September 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  4. "Van Zandbeek wins in Flanders". Yahoo! Eurosport (TF1 Group). 14 September 2012. Retrieved 19 September 2012.

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