Thomas Leezer (born 26 December 1985 in The Hague) is a Dutch former road bicycle racer, who competed between 2004 and 2020, for the Van Vliet–EBH Advocaten, Rabobank Continental Team and Team Jumbo–Visma squads.[3] He participated at the 2013 UCI Road World Championships in the Men's team time trial for Belkin Pro Cycling.[4] In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia.[5]
 Leezer at the 2016 Tour of Britain. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Leezer |
| Born | 26 December 1985 The Hague, the Netherlands |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 2004 | Van Vliet–EBH Advocaten |
| 2005–2007 | Rabobank Continental Team |
| 2008–2020 | Rabobank[1][2] |
Major results
edit- 2003
- 1st
Road race, National Junior Road Championships - 1st Grand Prix Bati-Metallo
- 9th Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships
- 2004
- 1st Stage 2 Cinturón a Mallorca
- 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège U23
- 2005
- 2nd Overall Triptyque des Barrages Under-23
- 1st Stage 1
- 10th Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 2006
- 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 4th Overall Olympia's Tour
- 5th Paris–Tours Espoirs
- 8th Overall Tour de la Somme
- 8th Omloop der Kempen
- 10th Omloop van het Houtland
- 2007
- 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 1st
Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
- 1st Stage 2a (ITT)
- 1st Stage 6 Vuelta a Navarra
- 3rd Overall Tour de Normandie
- 3rd Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers
- 4th Road race, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships
- 5th Overall Olympia's Tour
- 1st Stage 2
- 6th Beverbeek Classic
- 6th Omloop der Kempen
- 2009
- 3rd Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 4th Tour de Rijke
- 5th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 6th Dutch Food Valley Classic
- 7th Trofeo Calvia
- 8th Trofeo Cala
- 8th Gent–Wevelgem
- Vuelta a España
- Held
after Stages 2–3
- Held
- 2010
- 7th Vattenfall Cyclassics
- 9th Dutch Food Valley Classic
- 2011
- 8th Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 9th Trofeo Magaluf-Palmanova
- 2013
- 1st Stage 6 Tour de Langkawi
- 3rd Overall Tour of Hainan
- 10th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 2019
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) UAE Tour
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | 119 |
| Tour de France
|
— | — | — | — | 150 | 133 | 153 | — | 166 | — | — |
 / Vuelta a España
|
129 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 139 | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
edit- ^ "Cheery Christmas for ambitious Team Jumbo-Visma". Team Jumbo–Visma. Team Oranje Road BV. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
- ^ "Team Jumbo-Visma 2020 roster presented in Amsterdam". Bianchi. F.I.V. Edoardo Bianchi S.p.A. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ "Leezer ends career after thirteen years of professional cycling". Team Jumbo–Visma. Team Oranje Road BV. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ "Thomas Leezer". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
- ^ "2019: 102nd Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
External links
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Media related to Tom Leezer at Wikimedia Commons
- Tom Leezer at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Tom Leezer at ProCyclingStats
- Tom Leezer at CQ Ranking
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