Bauke Mollema
Mollema at the 2016 Tour of Alberta
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Bauke Mollema |
| Born |
26 November 1986 Groningen, Netherlands |
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb; 10.1 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Trek Factory Racing |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | All-rounder |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| 2007 | Rabobank Continental Team |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2008–2014 | Rabobank |
| 2015– | Trek Factory Racing |
| Major wins | |
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Bauke Mollema (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈbʌukə ˈmɔləmaː] BOW-kə MOL-ə-mah; born 26 November 1986) is a Dutch professional cyclist currently riding for Trek Factory Racing.
In 2007 Mollema won the prestigious stage race for upcoming talents Tour de l'Avenir and the Circuito Montañés. He joined Rabobank's ProTeam in 2008, signing his first contract as a professional. His first notable result was a 6th position in the final classification of the 2008 Vuelta a Castilla y León. He made his ProTour debut in the 2008 Tour de Romandie, but did not finish the race due to a fall, which resulted in a fractured collarbone. He fully returned in top shape in the 2008 Deutschland Tour, in which he started as Rabobank's team leader, eventually finishing 7th in the GC. After a disappointing spring in 2009, the season was over for Mollema due to Pfeiffer's disease.
Mollema made his Grand Tour debut in the 2010 Giro d'Italia in which he made a good impression but fell short of a top 10 classification and winning the young rider competition, partially due to missing out on a break-away of 50 riders in which a lot of direct opponents gained a 12 minutes lead. Mollema continued to ride strong later in the season with a mountain stage win in the Tour de Pologne and a third place overall after winner Dan Martin and runner-up Grega Bole.
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