Piet Rooijakkers (born August 16, 1980 in Gerwen,

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) is a

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from the

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. He retired after the 2010 season after his previous team did not offer him a contract extension.

Biography

After Rooijakkers finished his Bachelor's degree in business in 2002, he decided to find a part-time job so he would have enough time for cycling. In 2003, he joined the cycling team "Lowik Meubelen-Tegeltoko". He started the

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 ...

in that same year, but fell in the fifth stage and could not race for the remainder of the season. He returned for the 2004 season and won the Criterium of Lieshout and finished third in the Dutch National Amateur Road Race Championships ('vrije renners'). He delivered a very strong performance in the

Ster Elektrotour The ZLM Tour is a cycling race held over five stage race, stages, held in the southern Netherlands and Belgium as a 2.Pro race on the UCI ProSeries. The race started in 1987 as an amateur race, and became a race for professional cyclists in 1996. ...

, which gained him the interest of the , who, in 2005, signed him as a semi-professional. In that same year Rooijakkers won four races. In October 2005, Piet signed with for 2006, with whom he remained until his retirement in 2010. Rooijakkers started in the

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, where he fell during the 4th stage (a

team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...

). He broke his arm and had to retire from the race.

Major results

;2003 : 2nd

Ronde van Overijssel Ronde van Overijssel ( en, Tour of Overijssel) is an elite men's road bicycle racing event held annually in Overijssel, Netherlands and sanctioned by the Royal Dutch Cycling Union. The event is UCI 1.2 rated, and is part of the UCI Europe Tou ...

;2004 : 2nd

: 6th Overall

: 9th

Hel van het Mergelland Volta Limburg Classic is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in late March or early April in Limburg, Netherlands. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road ...

;2005 : 1st Stage 9

: 4th

: 9th Overall Ster Elektrotoer : 10th

Noord-Nederland Tour Profronde van Fryslan is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in June in Friesland, Netherlands. Since 2007, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Between 2004 and 2006 it was held as Noord-Nederland Tour, and in 2010 ...

;2006 : 5th Road race, National Road Championships : 6th Omloop van het Houtland : 9th Overall

Danmark Rundt Danmark Rundt is a Danish stage race for professional road bicycle racers organized as a part of the UCI Continental Circuits. It is currently sponsored by the Danish national postal agency, PostNord, and the race is therefore also known as PostN ...

;2007 : 5th Overall

Tour of Britain The Tour of Britain is a multi-stage cycling race, conducted on British roads, in which participants race across Great Britain to complete the race in the fastest time. The event dates back to the first British stage races held just after the S ...

: 5th 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 ...

;2008 : 1st Stage 1b ( TTT)

Brixia Tour The Brixia Tour was an Italian cycle road race held annually in the province of Brescia, Lombardy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing ...

: 5th Nationale Sluitingprijs : 7th Overall Ster Elektrotoer ;2009 : 5th Overall Ster Elektrotoer : 10th Overall

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;2010 : 6th

Batavus Prorace Profronde van Fryslan is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in June in Friesland, Netherlands. Since 2007, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Between 2004 and 2006 it was held as Noord-Nederland Tour, and in 201 ...

References

External links

Profile on Skil-Shimano official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rooijakkers, Piet 1980 births Living people Dutch male cyclists People from Nuenen, Gerwen en Nederwetten Cyclists from North Brabant 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people