Laurens ten Dam
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Ten Dam at the 2011 Tour de France
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Laurens ten Dam |
| Born |
13 November 1980 Bedum, the Netherlands |
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb; 10.6 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team Sunweb |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | All-rounder |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2002–2003 | Rabobank GS3 |
| 2004 | Bankgiroloterij |
| 2005 | Shimano-Memory Corp. |
| 2006–2007 | Unibet.com |
| 2008–2015 | Rabobank |
| 2016– | Team Giant–Alpecin |
Laurens ten Dam (born 13 November 1980) is a Dutch road racing cyclist with UCI ProTeam Team Sunweb.
A native of the village of Zuidwolde in Groningen, ten Dam has been racing since 2002. A decent climber, ten Dam has been able to finish in the top ten in many important stage races including the Volta a Catalunya in 2007, The Tour Down Under, the Tour of California, and the Tour de Suisse in 2011. He also recorded two top ten finishes in Grand Tours: he finished 8th in the Vuelta a España and 9th in the Tour de France, and won the Mountains Classification in the Tour de Romandie in 2009.
In 2012, ten Dam finished 8th in the Vuelta a España, his best grand tour finish to date.
In the 2013 Tour de France, ten Dam had an excellent first two weeks of the Tour, sitting 5th overall after the end of the second week with his teammate, Bauke Mollema 2nd overall. However, in the last week, ten Dam struggled to stay with the General Classification contenders making him slip out of the top ten, finishing 13th overall.
At the 2014 Tour de France, ten Dam was selected to lead Belkin Pro Cycling with Bauke Mollema. Through the Vosges on stages 9 and 10 ten Dam was already almost 8 minutes behind race leader, Vincenzo Nibali giving his leadership to Bauke Mollema. Ten Dam's form slowly improved as the race went through the Alps finishing 8th on stages 13 and 14. With his good form moving through the Pyrenees, ten Dam managed to finish in the top 10 at Paris, finishing 9th.
In October 2015 it was announced that ten Dam would join Team Giant–Alpecin on a one-year contract for 2016, after spending eight years with Team LottoNL-Jumbo, combining racing in the United States with competing in Europe and a focus on supporting Warren Barguil and Tom Dumoulin through his climbing ability and tactical knowledge.
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