Thomas Dekker (cyclist)

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Thomas Dekker

Dekker in 2006
Personal information
Full name	Thomas Dekker
Date of birth	September 6, 1984 (1984-09-06) (age 23)
Country	Netherlands
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	69 kg (150 lb/10.9 st)
Team information
Current team	Rabobank
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Professional team(s)
2003–	Rabobank
Major wins
National Time-Trial Champion (2004, 2005) Tirreno-Adriatico (2006) Tour de Romandie (2007)
Infobox last updated on:
July 30, 2007

Thomas Dekker (born 6 September 1984 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch professional road racing cyclist. It has been said that he is one of the most talented riders of his generation. His specialty is the individual time trial, but he is also a strong climber. He is a member of the Rabobank cycling team, having been a professional cyclist since 2005. He also represented his country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

In his relatively short career Dekker has already won two events on the UCI ProTour. In 2006 Dekker won the Tirreno-Adriatico stage race, making him the third Dutch cyclist to win the event, after Joop Zoetemelk (1985) and Erik Dekker (2002) and in 2007 the Tour de Romandie stage race, which featured two time trials and several difficult climbing stages in the Alps and Jura.

In 2007, Dekker debuted in the Tour de France. Although he had been dreaming of winning the white jersey^[1], he did not get it. He eventually reached the 35th place in the overall final standings, and sixth in the young rider classification, in the Tour. Dekker finished his 2007 season with his first top ten finish in a 'Classic,' namely the 2007 Giro di Lombardia.

[edit] Palmares

[edit] External links

• TD Magazine | het online Thomas Dekker magazine
• Fansite Thomas Dekker
• Palmarès at Trap-Friis.dk
• Profile on Rabobank official website
• Thomas Dekker (cyclist) profile at the Cycling Website

[edit] Notes

1. ^ http://www.tdmagazine.nl/index.php?menu_id=21&nieuws_id=257 (Dutch)

v • d • e Riders on Rabobank Mauricio Ardila | Jan Boven | Graeme Brown | Bram de Groot | Thomas Dekker | Marc de Maar | Michiel Elijzen | Theo Eltink | Juan Antonio Flecha | Rick Flens | Óscar Freire | Robert Gesink | Mathew Hayman | Pedro Horrillo | Dmitri Kozontchuk | Sebastian Langeveld | Tom Leezer | Gerben Löwik | Paul Martens | Denis Menchov | Koos Moerenhout | Bauke Mollema | Grischa Niermann | Joost Posthuma | Bram Tankink | Laurens ten Dam | William Walker | Pieter Weening | Manager: Erik Breukink

Persondata
NAME	Dekker, Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH	1984-09-06
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dirkshorn, Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH