Bert-Jan Lindeman (born 16 June 1989) is a Dutch professional

road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...

, who currently rides for UCI Continental team . His older brother Adrie is also a cyclist, who last rode for the Koga team in the Netherlands.

Career

Born in Emmen, Lindeman has competed as a professional since 2009, and competed for the

KrolStonE Continental Team KrolStonE Continental Team was a Dutch UCI Continental team that existed from 2006 until 2009. It nurtured future professionals such as Lieuwe Westra, Pim Ligthart, and Bert-Jan Lindeman. Final roster Major wins Source: ;2007 : ...

and , before joining in the second half of 2011 as a

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. Lindeman remained with after his stint as a stagiaire, having signed a two-year deal from 2012. In March 2012, Lindeman achieved his first victory with the team, by winning the

Ronde van Drenthe Ronde van Drenthe ( en, Tour of Drenthe) is an elite men's and women's professional road bicycle racing event held annually in the Drenthe, Netherlands and sanctioned by the Royal Dutch Cycling Union. Since 1998 there is also a women's event, kn ...

; after initiating a breakaway with

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(), Lindeman out-sprinted Boivin for the victory. Lindeman joined the for the 2014 season, after his previous team – – folded at the end of the 2013 season. He then moved to the senior team, for the 2015 season. Lindeman took his first win for the team in the

2015 Vuelta a España The 2015 Vuelta a España was a three-week Grand Tour cycling race. The race was the 70th edition of the Vuelta a España and took place principally in Spain, although two stages took place partly or wholly in Andorra, and was the 22nd race in ...

, winning

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from the breakaway. He was named in the start list for the

2016 Tour de France The 2016 Tour de France was the 103rd edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The -long race consisted of 21 stages, starting on 2 July in Mont Saint-Michel, Normandy, and concluding on 24 July with the Champs-Élysées sta ...

. In December 2020, Lindeman signed a one-year contract with , for the 2021 season. With that team encountering financial issues, Lindeman moved to the for the 2022 season.

Major results

;2008 : 1st Ronde van Groningen : 1st Prix des Flandres Françaises : 2nd

PWZ Zuidenveld Tour The PWZ Zuidenveld Tour, formerly the Zuid Oost Drenthe Classic, is a road bicycle race held annually in the Netherlands. It has been organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racin ...

: 8th Scandinavian Open Road Race ;2009 : 2nd Ronde van Midden-Brabant : 2nd Ronde van Limburg : 4th Dorpenomloop door Drenthe : 6th Tour de Seoul ;2010 : 1st

Ster van Zwolle The Ster van Zwolle is a single-day bicycle road race held annually in Zwolle, in the Dutch region of Overijssel. Since 2011, it is organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle raci ...

: 1st Stage 3

Tour de Gironde The Tour de Gironde is a road bicycle race held annually in France. It was organised as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cy ...

: 2nd Overall Festningsrittet : 3rd Ronde van Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude : 4th

Eschborn–Frankfurt Under–23 Eschborn–Frankfurt, previously Rund um den Henninger Turm Frankfurt, is an annual semi classic cycling race in Germany, starting in Eschborn and finishing in Frankfurt. The event, sometimes referred to as the Frankfurt Grand Prix, is held annua ...

: 10th

Ronde van Noord-Holland Ronde van Noord-Holland is a road bicycle race held annually in the province of North Holland (Noord-Holland) in the Netherlands. In 2005 the race was organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of ro ...

;2011 : 1st Hel van Voerendaal : 4th

: 4th

Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs Liège–Bastogne–Liège, also known as ''La Doyenne'' ("The Old Lady"), is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium.Cycling Weekly, UK, 13 March 1993 First run in 1892, it is the oldest of the five ''Monuments'' of the European professional r ...

: 10th Overall

;2012 : 1st

: 1st

Mountains classification

Étoile de Bessèges The Étoile de Bessèges () is an early-season five-day road bicycle racing stage race held annually around Bessèges, in the Gard department of the Languedoc-Roussillon region of France. First organized in 1971 as a one-day race, it became a sta ...

: 3rd Road race, National Road Championships ;2014 : 1st Jersey white

Overall

Tour de Bretagne Tour de Bretagne Cycliste, also known as the Tour de Bretagne trophée des granitiers and formerly known as Ruban Granitier Breton, is an annual early season professional cycling stage race held in late April and early May in Brittany, France. T ...

::1st

Sprints classification : 1st Jersey yellow

Overall

Tour de l'Ain Tour de l'Ain, also known as the Prix de l'Amitié, is an annual professional cycling stage race held in eastern France. G.P. de l'Amitié The first edition of the race was in 1970, as the G.P. de l'Amitié (Friendship G.P.). It was held over fo ...

::1st Stage 3 : 1st

: 2nd

Dwars door Drenthe Dwars door Drenthe ( en, Across Drenthe) was an elite men's road bicycle racing event held annually in the Drenthe, Netherlands, and sanctioned by the Royal Dutch Cycling Union. It took place between 2010 and 2015. From 2010, the men's event was ...

: 3rd

: 4th

Grand Prix de la ville de Pérenchies The Grand Prix de la ville de Pérenchies is a road bicycle race held annually in France. It is organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Winners References

UCI Europe Tour races Cycle races in France 1977 establishments in France ...

: 5th

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad U23 The Omloop Het Nieuwsblad U23 is a cycling race held annually in Flanders, Belgium. It is part of the UCI Europe Tour in category 1.2. Winners References External links

*{{Official website, http://www.omloophetnieuwsblad.be/nl/under-23 C ...

: 6th

Tro-Bro Léon Tro-Bro Léon ( en, Tour of Léon, french: Tour du Léon) is a professional cycle road race held in Finistère, Brittany. The event was first run in 1984 as an amateur race before becoming a professional race since 2000. The race was established ...

: 7th Overall

Tour Alsace The Tour Alsace (or Tour d'Alsace) is a 6-day road bicycle race held annually in Alsace, France. It was first held in 2004 and it is a 2.2 rated event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing compe ...

;2015 : 1st Stage 7

Vuelta a España The Vuelta a España (; en, Tour of Spain) is an annual multi-stage bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, the r ...

: 2nd

: Giro d'Italia ::Held Jersey blue

after Stage 2 ;2017 : 5th

Brabantse Pijl The Brabantse Pijl ( en, Brabant Arrow, french: italic=yes, Flèche Brabançonne or ''Flèche Branconne'') is a Flanders Classics road bicycle race held annually in Flemish Brabant and in Walloon Brabant, Belgium. Since 2005, the race has been or ...

;2020 : 8th

Dwars door het Hageland Dwars door het Hageland is a cycling race held annually in Belgium. Up until 2019, it was a part of the UCI Europe Tour as a category 1.1 event, though between 2010 and 2012, it was a category 1.2 event. In 2020, the race was promoted to the newly ...

;2022 : 2nd Overall

Olympia's Tour The Olympia's Tour is a cycling stage race held in the Netherlands. History A.S.C. Olympia was founded in Amsterdam on 27 November 1898. It ran one-day races but wanted a race through all the Netherlands. The first Olympia's Tour was in 1909, wi ...

: 10th Visit Friesland Elfsteden Race

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lindeman, Bert-Jan 1989 births Living people Dutch male cyclists Dutch Vuelta a España stage winners Sportspeople from Emmen, Netherlands UCI Road World Championships cyclists for the Netherlands 21st-century Dutch people Cyclists from Drenthe