Jasper Ockeloen Explained

Jasper Ockeloen
Fullname:Jasper Ockeloen
Birth Date:10 May 1990
Birth Place:Dordrecht, Netherlands
Height:1.86 m
Weight:66 kg
Currentteam:Sockeloen Cycling Club
Role:Rider
Amateuryears1:2012–2013
Amateurteam1:Parkhotel Rooding Valkenburg
Amateuryears2:2019
Amateurteam2:WASp
Amateuryears3:2019–
Amateurteam3:Sockeloen Cycling Club
Proyears1:2009–2010
Proyears2:2011
Proyears3:2014–2016
Proyears4:2017–2018
Proyears5:2023
Proteam5:Canyon Bicycles

Jasper Ockeloen (born 10 May 1990 in Dordrecht) is a Dutch cyclist, who rides for Dutch amateur team Sockeloen Cycling Club.[1]

He is the founder of Sockeloen, a company that designs and makes cycling socks, and of the Sockeloen Cycling Club as a means to promote mountain bike marathons and beach racing.[2] Those two disciplines have races where professionals and amateurs can ride together and bond. He himself was introduced to beach racing by his girlfriend Riejanne Markus, a professional cyclist.[3]

In 2021 Ockeloen followed the tyretracks of Laurens ten Dam and participated in Unbound Gravel. He had a flat tyre and a problematic reparation, early in the race. After a lot of overtaking he finished in 10th place.[4] A year later Laurens ten Dam, Thomas Dekker, Ivar Slik and Ockeloen returned for a whole month of gravel races in the US. Ockeloen won Gravel Locos solo and came third in Rule of Three.[5] [6] [7] Later that year Ockeloen won a bronze medal in the Dutch national championships gravel race.[8] These results moved Canyon to give him a professional contract for 2023.[9]

Major results

Road

2008
  • 1st 20px Road race, National Junior Road Championships
  • 3rd Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde
  • 9th Overall Giro della Lunigiana
    2010
  • 8th Ronde van Midden-Nederland
    2014
  • 9th Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour
  • 9th Arno Wallaard Memorial
    2015
  • 2nd Overall Tour d'Azerbaïdjan
  • 2nd Overall Flèche du Sud
  • 3rd Overall Tour of Fuzhou
  • 7th Overall Tour de Taiwan
  • 9th Rutland–Melton CiCLE Classic

    Mountain bike

    2014
  • 1st 20px National Beach Race Championships
    2016
  • 1st UEC European Beach Race Championships
  • 1st 20px Cross-country marathon, National Championships
    2017
  • 1st UEC European Beach Race Championships
  • National Championships
  • 2nd Cross-country marathon
  • 5th Cross-country
    2018
  • 1st 20px National Beach Race Championships

    Gravel

    2021
  • 10th Unbound Gravel
    2022
  • 1st Gravel Locos
  • 3rd Rule of three
  • 3rd National Championships
    2023
  • 2nd Belgian Waffle Ride - California[10]
  • UCI World Gravel Series
  • 5th Limburg
  • 9th Aachen
  • 8th FNLND GRVL
  • 10th Unbound Gravel

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. News: Sockeloen Cycling Club start in 2020 met elite-team. Sockeloen Cycling Club starts in 2020 with elite team. Dutch. CyclingOnline.nl. Manieu. 2 December 2019. 16 February 2020. Dan. Rolandus.
    2. News: Interview Jasper Ockeloen: Ik ga de UCI-koersen en het NK met de profs missen. Interview with Jasper Ockeloen: "I'm going to miss the UCI races and the national championship with the pros". Dutch. Racefietsblog.nl. Racefietsblog. 22 February 2019. 16 February 2020.
    3. Web site: Het leuke aan strandracen is dat iedereen kan instappen. The nice thing about beach racing is that everyone can take part. Dutch. KNWU.nl. Royal Dutch Cycling Union. 16 February 2020.
    4. Web site: Jasper Ockeloen's Trek Checkpoint for Unbound 2022 . 2022-06-06 . Pure Gravel on YouTube .
    5. Web site: 'Our American campaign couldn't have gone better': Ivar Slik ecstatic over Dutch gravel racing success. The 'Dutch Mafia' are shaking up the American gravel scene . Anne-Marije Rook . 2022-06-17 . Cycling Weekly .
    6. Web site: Inside the Lead Group / 2022 Gravel Locos . 2022-06-01 . Adam Roberge on YouTube .
    7. Web site: Rule of Three, Betonville, USA . 2022-05-21 . My Raceresult .
    8. Web site: Coen Vermeltfoort klopt Lars Loohuis en grijpt goud op NK gravel . 2022-10-22 . Wielerflits . Dutch.
    9. Web site: Jasper Ockeloen signs with Canyon . Mark Hayhurst . 2023-01-10 . Cycling Insights .
    10. Web site: Russell Finsterwald and Heather Jackson win at Belgian Waffle Ride California . 2023-04-17 . Jacky Tyson . CyclingNews .

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