Robert Gesink
Gesink in 2015
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Robert Gesink |
| Nickname | The Condor of Varsseveld |
| Born |
31 May 1986 Varsseveld, the Netherlands |
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | LottoNL–Jumbo |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | All-rounder |
| Amateur team(s) | |
| until 2005 | De Peddelaars |
| 2005 | Löwik Meubelen |
| 2006 | Rabobank Continental Team |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2007– | Rabobank |
| Major wins | |
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Robert Gesink (born 31 May 1986 in Varsseveld) is a Dutch professional cyclist for UCI ProTeam LottoNL–Jumbo. His major victories include the 2012 Tour of California, the 2011 Tour of Oman and the 2010 Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal. Gesink also won the Giro dell'Emilia twice and offered some good performances on Grand Tours and one-week stage races, thanks in part to his climbing and time trialing abilities.
At the Junior World Championships of 2004 UCI Road World Championships in Verona, Gesink finished eighth in the individual time trial and sixth in the road race, while riding for team De Peddelaars in Aalten. After this rather successful WC he went to team Lowik-Van Losser for one year. He joined the Rabobank Continental team in 2006. He finished third overall in Volta ao Algarve and won the overall classification and the third stage of Settimana Ciclista Lombarda. He later won a stage and the overall classification of the Circuito Montañés and finished second in the prestigious Tour de l'Avenir. Gesink initially signed a two-year deal with Rabobank Continental but team manager Theo de Rooij decided to move him to the Rabobank UCI ProTeam for the 2007 season.
In his first year as professional cyclist, Gesink won the young riders jersey in the Tour of California. He finished 9th in his first UCI Pro Tour race ever, in La Flèche Wallonne. After riding another top 15 in the Tour de Romandie won by his teammate Thomas Dekker, he won his first race as professional at the queen stage in the Tour of Belgium riding away from everyone on Côte de La Redoute. The next year, he finished just outside the top ten in the Clásica de San Sebastián, fifth in the Deutschland Tour, and second in the Tour de Pologne. He subsequently got selected for the UCI Road World Championships in Stuttgart. In the Giro di Lombardia he finished fifteenth.
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