Maarten Pieter Tjallingii ( ; born 5 November 1977) is a Dutch former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2003 and 2016.

Career

Born in Leeuwarden, Tjallingii's biggest win was the 2006 Tour of Belgium. A frequent participant in breakaways in major races, his other most notable performances include a third place at the

2011 Paris–Roubaix The 2011 Paris–Roubaix was the 109th running of the Paris–Roubaix single-day cycling race, often known as the ''Hell of the North''. It was held on 10 April 2011 over a distance of and was the ninth race of the 2011 UCI World Tour season. 's ...

and spending four days in the King of the Mountains jersey in the

2014 Giro d'Italia The 2014 Giro d'Italia was the 97th running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. The race started off in Belfast, on 9 May, with a team time trial and concluded in Trieste, on 1 June, with a flat stage. A total of 198 r ...

. Tjallingii was selected to ride the

2012 Tour de France The 2012 Tour de France was the 99th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It started in the Belgian city of Liège on 30 June and finished on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on 22 July. The Tour consisted of 21 stages, inc ...

, but crashed on

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, he continued for another and finished it over ten minutes behind the winner Peter Sagan. However he did not start stage 4, reportedly with a fractured left hip, becoming the third retirement of the 2012 Tour. Tjallingii raced at the

2016 Giro d'Italia The 2016 Giro d'Italia was the 99th edition of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tour races. The Giro started in Apeldoorn on 6 May with a individual time trial, followed by two other stages in the Netherlands, both between Nijmegen and ...

, which started in the Netherlands, and he made an impact on the early stages, winning the award for most aggressive rider on Stage 2 before taking the lead in the King of the Mountains competition on Stage 3, which finished 250 metres away from his home in Arnhem. He had previously announced that he would retire from racing in June, having signed a six-month contract extension with for 2016.

Major results

;2001 : 3rd Overall Tour du Faso ::1st Stage 2 ;2003 : 1st Overall Tour du Faso ::1st Stage 1 : 1st

Rund um Rhede Rund is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Cathleen Rund (born 1977), German swimmer * Hanno Rund (1925–1993), German mathematician * Thorsten Rund Thorsten Rund (born 25 February 1976 in Lübben) is a German former profe ...

;2004 : 2nd Cross-country, National Mountain Bike Championships ;2005 : 5th Overall Tour of Qatar ;2006 : 1st Overall Tour of Belgium ::1st Stage 1 : 1st Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake ::1st Stage 7 : 7th Overall Tour de Picardie : 10th Overall Tour of Britain ;2007 : 2nd Overall Tour of Belgium : 4th Overall Danmark Rundt : 6th

Grote Prijs Gerrie Knetemann Grote Prijs Gerrie Knetemann was a single-day road bicycle race held annually in June–July in Gelderland, Netherlands from 2006-2008. Since, 2007 the race was organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a se ...

: 7th Overall

Four Days of Dunkirk The Four Days of Dunkirk (french: Quatre Jours de Dunkerque) is road bicycle race around the Nord-Pas de Calais region of northern France. Despite the name of the race, since the addition of an individual time trial in 1963, the race has been h ...

: 7th Overall Tour of Britain : 7th

Rund um den Henninger Turm Rund is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Cathleen Rund (born 1977), German swimmer * Hanno Rund (1925–1993), German mathematician * Thorsten Rund (born 1976), German road and track cyclist See also * Rand (surname) * Ruud R ...

: 9th Omloop van het Houtland : 10th

Nokere Koerse Nokere Koerse is a European semi classic single day cycle race held in the Belgian region of Flanders. Since 2005, the race has been organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Starting in 2016 it was a 1.HC event. The Nokere Koerse was c ...

: 10th Ronde van het Groene Hart ;2008 : 5th Profronde van Fryslan : 6th Overall Tour of Belgium : 7th Overall Tour of Qatar ;2009 : 4th Grand Prix d'Isbergues : 5th Overall

Sachsen Tour The Sachsen Tour is a multi-stage road bicycle race held in the region of Saxony, Germany. It was first held in 1985 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicyc ...

: 8th Overall Eneco Tour ;2010 : 7th Overall Eneco Tour ;2011 : 3rd Paris–Roubaix ;2013 : 1st Stage 2

World Ports Classic The World Ports Classic was a European two-day cycle race held between the port cities of Rotterdam and Antwerp, organized by ASO as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race was held between 2012 and 2015. In all years except for 2013, the r ...

;2014 : Giro d'Italia ::Held Jersey blue

after Stages 2–5 ;2015 : 1st Grote Prijs Beeckman-De Caluwé ;2016 : Giro d'Italia ::Held Jersey blue

after Stage 3

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Personal life

During his career, Tjallingii was one of the few known vegetarian cyclists. He lost one of his kidneys as a child.

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tjallingii, Maarten Living people 1977 births Dutch male cyclists Sportspeople from Arnhem UCI Road World Championships cyclists for the Netherlands Cyclists from Gelderland 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people