 Sinkeldam in 2016 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ramon Sinkeldam | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1989-02-09)9 February 1989 (age 36)[1] Wormer, theNetherlands | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb; 11 st 11 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||
| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Rider type |
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| Amateur team | |||||||||||||||
| 2007–2011 | Rabobank Continental Team | ||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
| 2012–2017 | Project 1t4i[2] | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2022 | FDJ[3][4][5] | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Alpecin–Deceuninck[6] | ||||||||||||||
| Major wins | |||||||||||||||
| One-day races and Classics | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ramon Sinkeldam (born 9 February 1989) is a Dutch former cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2012 to 2024.
Born inWormer, Sinkeldam rode for theRabobank Continental Team for his entire amateur career, between 2007 and 2011. During this time, he won theParis–Roubaix Espoirs race in 2011, as well as winning the 2011Ronde van Limburg and thenational under-23 road race championships in 2011, having finished second in the two previous years. In his youth Sinkeldam was also active in mountain biking and incyclocross.
Sinkeldam turned professional for the 2012 season, joining theProject 1t4i team. He achieved his first professional victories with the team in October 2012, winning two stages at theTour of Hainan in China. He finished the race sixth overall. He was named in the start list for the2015 Tour de France.[7] He earned no wins in 2013, but did place 3rd overall at 2.HC raceFour Days of Dunkirk. In 2014, Sinkeldam won the second stage of theWorld Ports Classic and finished in 2nd overall. 2015 was his most successful season yet, as he won one day eventsVelothon Berlin andBinche–Chimay–Binche. Sinkeldam was also 2nd in theDutch National Road Race Championships, behindNiki Terpstra.
On 23 January 2016, he was one of the six members of theTeam Giant–Alpecin who were hit by a motorist who drove into on-coming traffic while they were training in Spain. All riders were in stable condition.[8]
In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the2019 Giro d'Italia.[9]
Source:[10]
Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
Young rider classificationRoad race, National Road Championships
Team relay,UEC European Road Championships| Grand Tour | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — | — | 133 | DNF | — | 132 | DNF |
 Tour de France | — | — | DNF | 143 | 148 | 134 | — | — | — | — | DNF |
 Vuelta a España | DNF | 136 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 127 | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
| IP | In progress |
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by | Dutch National Road Race Champion 2017 | Succeeded by |
