Ramon Sinkeldam (born 9 February 1989) is a Dutch cyclist, who currently rides for

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Career

Amateur career

Born in

Wormer Wormer is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Wormerland, and lies about 13 km northwest of Amsterdam. The town is situated in the Zaan district, on the eastern side of the river Zaan, acros ...

, Sinkeldam rode for the for his entire amateur career, between 2007 and 2011. During this time, he won the Paris–Roubaix Espoirs race in 2011, as well as winning the 2011 Ronde van Limburg and the national 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 in cyclocross.

Professional career

Sinkeldam turned professional for the 2012 season, joining the team. He achieved his first professional victories with the team in October 2012, winning two stages at the Tour of Hainan in China. He finished the race sixth overall. He was named in the start list for the

2015 Tour de France The 2015 Tour de France was the 102nd edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The -long race consisted of 21 stages, starting on 4 July in Utrecht, the Netherlands, and concluding on 26 July with the Champs-Élysées st ...

. He earned no wins in 2013, but did place 3rd overall at 2.HC race

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. In 2014, Sinkeldam won the second stage of the World Ports Classic and finished in 2nd overall. 2015 was his most successful season yet, as he won one day events

Velothon Berlin Velothon Berlin (officially Garmin Velothon Berlin, formerly ProRace Berlin) was a single-day road bicycle race held annually in May, between 2011 and 2015, in Berlin, Germany. It was part of the UCI Europe Tour as a 1.1 race. It was part of the ...

and Binche–Chimay–Binche. Sinkeldam was also 2nd in the

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, behind

Niki Terpstra Niki Terpstra (; born 18 May 1984) is a Dutch racing cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam . He is the brother of fellow racing cyclist Mike Terpstra. He is the third Dutch cyclist to have won both of the cobbled Monument spring classics, Paris– ...

. On 23 January 2016, he was one of the six members of the who were hit by a car which drove into on-coming traffic while they were training in Spain. All riders were in stable condition. In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the

2019 Giro d'Italia The 2019 Giro d'Italia was a three-week Grand Tour cycling stage race organised by RCS Sport that took place mainly in Italy, between 11 May and 2 June 2019. The race was the 102nd edition of the Giro d'Italia and was the first Grand Tour of the ...

Major results

;2006 : 3rd

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, National Junior Road Championships ;2009 : 2nd

, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2010 : 2nd

, National Under-23 Road Championships : 9th

Münsterland Giro The Münsterland Giro is a cycling race annually held in Münsterland, Germany. It was first held in 2006 as a 1.2 race of the UCI Europe Tour, becoming a 1.1 race in 2007 and a 1.HC The UCI 1.HC and UCI 2.HC are the second tier classification ...

;2011 : 1st MaillotHolanda

, National Under-23 Road Championships : 1st Paris–Roubaix Espoirs : 1st Ronde van Limburg : 5th Overall Olympia's Tour : 8th Overall Volta ao Alentejo ;2012 : 6th Overall Tour of Hainan ::1st Stages 5 & 8 ;2013 : 2nd

Ronde van Zeeland Seaports Ronde van Zeeland Seaports is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Zeeland, Netherlands. The race was created in 2012, as a 1.1 race on the UCI Europe Tour, after financial issues curtailed the Delta Tour Zeeland stage-race, which h ...

: 3rd Overall

;2014 : 2nd Overall World Ports Classic ::1st Jersey white

Young rider classification ::1st Stage 2 : 2nd Overall

Tour de Picardie The Tour de Picardie was a professional multi-stage cycle road race that was held between 1936 and 2016 in Picardy, France. In its last twelve editions, it was organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race was called Tour de l'Oise ...

: 2nd

: 6th

Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem The GP Impanis-Van Petegem (also known as the Primus Classic) is a single-day road bicycle race held annually since 1982 in the region of Flemish Brabant, Belgium. The race was originally organized as a tribute to Raymond Impanis in and around Ka ...

;2015 : 1st

: 1st Binche–Chimay–Binche : 2nd

, National Road Championships : 8th

Vattenfall Cyclassics The Hamburg Cyclassics (currently known as the Bemer Cyclassics for sponsorship purposes) is an annual one-day professional and amateur cycling race in and around Hamburg, Germany. Although the route varies, its distance is always around 250 ...

;2017 : 1st MaillotHolanda

, National Road Championships : 9th

Scheldeprijs The Scheldeprijs is a cycling race in Flanders and the Netherlands which starts in Terneuzen, crosses the Scheldt River, and finishes in Schoten. Until 2018 it was held entirely in Belgium. The event, ranked as a 1.HC race on the UCI Europe Tou ...

;2018 : 1st

Paris–Chauny Paris–Chauny is a one-day cycling race held in France. It was first held in 1922 and has been part of the UCI Europe Tour in category 1.2 since 2015 and 1.1 1.1 may refer to: * 1.1.1.1, a Domain Name System service * 1.1-inch/75-caliber gun ...

: 3rd

, National Road Championships ;2019 : 1st European champion jersey 2016

Team relay, UEC European Road Championships

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sinkeldam, Ramon 1989 births Living people Dutch male cyclists People from Wormerland UCI Road World Championships cyclists for the Netherlands Cyclists from North Holland