Bastiaan "Bas" Giling (born 4 November 1982 in

Alkmaar Alkmaar () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland, about 30 km north of Amsterdam. Alkmaar is well known for its traditional cheese market. For tourists, it is a popular cultural destination. The ...

North Holland North Holland ( nl, Noord-Holland, ) is a province of the Netherlands in the northwestern part of the country. It is located on the North Sea, north of South Holland and Utrecht, and west of Friesland and Flevoland. In November 2019, it had a ...

) is a Dutch former 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 rode professionally between 2005 and 2009. He rode in one Grand Tour, the

2006 Vuelta a España The 2006 Vuelta a España was held from 26 August to 17 September 2006, and was the 61st edition of the race. It consisted of 21 stages covering a total of , and was won by Alexander Vinokourov of the cycling team. The Points classification in th ...

, finishing 125th overall. Giling is the cousin of cyclists

Matthé Pronk Matthé Pronk (born 1 July 1974 in Warmenhuizen) is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer. He grew up in a family of cyclists: Mattheus Pronk was his father, Jos Pronk is his brother and Bas Giling is his cousin. Major results ;1 ...

and Jos Pronk.

Major results

;1999 : 1st MaillotHolanda

Road race, National Junior Road Championships ;2000 : 3rd Road race, National Junior Road Championships ;2001 : 1st Stage 4

Mainfranken-Tour The Mainfranken-Tour was a cycling race held annually in Germany. It was part of UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI ...

;2003 : 1st Stage 4 Tour de Liège : 2nd Overall

Boucles de la Mayenne The Boucles de la Mayenne is a road bicycle race held annually in the Mayenne department and Pays de la Loire region in France. It was first held in 1975 and from 2006 until 2019, it was organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race b ...

: 3rd Scratch,

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;2004 : 1st MaillotHolanda

Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 1st Prologue

Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 was a bicycle road race held annually in the German state of Thuringia. It was a stage race reserved to athletes under the age of 23. Since 2005, it was organized as a 2.2U event on the UCI Europe Tour. After the 201 ...

: 2nd Overall

Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux Triptyque may refer to: * Triptyque Ardennais, road cycling race held since 1959 in Belgium * Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux is a Belgian cycling road race. It was first held in 1996. Since 2005, the rac ...

::1st Stage 2b : 2nd Paris–Roubaix Espoirs : 3rd

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 ...

: 3rd 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 ...

;2007 : 3rd Le Samyn : 8th Ronde van het Groene Hart

External links

* * Dutch male cyclists 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Alkmaar UCI Road World Championships cyclists for the Netherlands Cyclists from North Holland 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-1980s-stub