Jos van Emden explained

Jos van Emden
Birth Date:1985 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Schiedam, the Netherlands
Height:1.860NaN0
Weight:74kg (163lb)
Discipline:Road
Ridertype:Time trialist
Amateuryears1:2004
Amateurteam1:Wilton Snel Cycling Team
Proyears1:2005
Proyears2:2006–2008
Proyears3:2008–2023
Proteam3:[1] [2] [3]
Manageyears1:2024–
Majorwins:Grand Tours

Giro d'Italia

1 individual stage (2017)One-day races and Classics

National Time Trial Championships (2010, 2019, 2023)

Dwars door West-Vlaanderen (2017)

Show-Medals:no

Jos van Emden (born 18 February 1985) is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2023 for the, the and .

During his career, Van Emden's specialty was in individual time trials, with 11 of his 14 professional victories coming in the discipline – including 3 victories in the Dutch National Time Trial Championships and a stage win at the 2017 Giro d'Italia. He was also part of the Dutch team that won the inaugural World Championships mixed team relay event, held in Yorkshire in 2019.

Following his retirement at the end of the 2023 season, Van Emden became a directeur sportif with UCI Women's WorldTeam .

Career

Born in Schiedam, Van Emden started racing at UCI level in 2005 with the . During his second year, he took eight victories in his first season with the – two overall stage race victories along with stage wins across five races – and finished seventh in the under-23 road race at the 2006 UCI Road World Championships.[4] The next year, he achieved his first professional victory when he won the Münsterland Giro.[5] After three further victories in 2008, Van Emden was promoted to the main team before the end of the season.[6]

His debut in a Grand Tour came in 2009, when he took part in the Giro d'Italia. One year later, he finished ninth in two different stages of that same race, and achieved two time-trial victories in one week, winning the prologues of the Delta Tour Zeeland and the Ster Elektrotoer.[7] Later that year, he was the winner of the Dutch National Time Trial Championships.[8] He repeated his prologue victory at the Delta Tour Zeeland in 2011,[9] and he also finished in fifth place overall at UCI World Tour race, the Eneco Tour. Van Emden's next victory came at the 2013 Münsterland Giro, joining Marcel Kittel as a two-time winner of the race, having broken clear from a lead group in the closing kilometres.[10] [11]

Van Emden made international headlines when he proposed to his girlfriend during the second time trial stage of the 2014 Giro d'Italia. After she accepted, he finished the stage 120th out of 156 starters.[12] [13] His best results during the 2014 season were third-place finishes in the Dutch National Time Trial Championships and the Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic.[14] [15] In 2015, Van Emden finished second in the time trial stage of the Tour of California, sitting in the leader's hot seat all day before being beaten by Peter Sagan.[16] Two months later, Van Emden participated in his first Tour de France; he finished fifth in the opening time trial that took place in his home country.[17] His biggest victory at that time came when he won the time trial stage of the Eneco Tour, subsequently gaining the right to wear the leader's jersey.[18]

In 2016, Van Emden again won the opening time trial stage of the now-renamed Ster ZLM Toer,[19] ultimately finishing the race in third place overall. He finished second in the Dutch National Time Trial Championships, more than half a minute down on race winner Tom Dumoulin. After riding the Giro d'Italia in the spring, Van Emden made his first start at the Vuelta a España,[20] but failed to finish the race. He finished the season with an eighth-place finish in the time trial at the UCI Road World Championships in Qatar.[21]

In 2017, Van Emden beat Silvan Dillier to the line to win Dwars door West-Vlaanderen in March,[22] before taking his first Grand Tour stage victory at the Giro d'Italia in May, winning the final 29.3km (18.2miles) individual time trial stage between the Monza Circuit and Milan.[23] Later in the season, he placed fifth in the time trial at the UEC European Road Championships in Denmark.[24] The following year, he was part of the squad that won the team time trial at the Tour of Britain, and he finished second in individual time trial stages at Tirreno–Adriatico and the Critérium du Dauphiné.[25] [26]

Van Emden took his third prologue victory at the again-renamed ZLM Tour in 2019,[27] and the following week, he won the Dutch National Time Trial Championships for the second time.[28] Later in the season, Van Emden was part of the Dutch team that won the inaugural World Championships mixed team relay event, held in Yorkshire,[29] and finished the season with a victory in the Chrono des Nations.[30] In 2021, Van Emden took further medals in the mixed team relay at both the World Championships (silver) and the European Championships (bronze),[31] [32] with his final professional victory coming with his third Dutch national time trial title in June 2023.[33] In August 2023, Van Emden announced his retirement from the sport as of the end of the season,[34] and became a directeur sportif with UCI Women's WorldTeam .[35]

Major results

Source: [36]

2006
  • 1st Overall Roserittet DNV GP
  • 1st Stage 1
  • 1st Overall Triptyque des Barrages
  • 1st Stage 2 (ITT)
  • Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
  • 1st Prologue & Stage 1
  • 1st Stage 1 Tour du Loir-et-Cher
  • 3rd Overall Tour de Normandie
  • 1st Stage 4
  • 3rd Ronde van Overijssel
  • National Under-23 Road Championships
  • 4th Time trial
  • 5th Road race
  • 4th Paris–Tours Espoirs
  • 5th Omloop van het Waasland
  • 6th Ronde van Noord-Holland
  • 7th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
  • 8th Time trial, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships
    2007
  • 1st Münsterland Giro
  • 1st Prologue (TTT) Tour Alsace
  • National Under-23 Road Championships
  • 2nd Time trial
  • 3rd Road race
    2008
  • 1st Stage 1 Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
  • 1st Stage 5 Vuelta Ciclista a León
  • 5th Overall Olympia's Tour
  • 5th Ronde van Drenthe
  • 7th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
  • 7th Halle–Ingooigem
  • 8th Overall Tour de Normandie
  • 1st Stage 7
  • 9th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne
    2009
  • 8th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
  • 10th Overall Sachsen Tour
    2010
  • 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
  • 1st Prologue Ster Elektrotoer
  • 2nd Overall Delta Tour Zeeland
  • 1st Young rider classification
  • 1st Prologue
  • 2nd Hel van het Mergelland
    2011
  • 1st Stadsprijs Geraardsbergen
  • 3rd Overall Delta Tour Zeeland
  • 1st Prologue
  • 5th Overall Eneco Tour
    2013
  • 1st Münsterland Giro
  • 4th Overall Tour of Hainan
    2014
  • 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
  • 3rd Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic
  • 9th Overall Ster ZLM Toer
  • 10th Paris–Tours
    2015
  • 1st Stage 4 (ITT) Eneco Tour
  • 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
  • 6th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
    2016
  • 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
  • 3rd Overall Ster ZLM Toer
  • 1st Stage 1 (ITT)
  • 5th Overall Eneco Tour
  • 8th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships
    2017
  • 1st Dwars door West-Vlaanderen
  • 1st Stage 21 (ITT) Giro d'Italia
  • 4th Time trial, National Road Championships
  • 5th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
  • 6th Overall Tour of Britain
  • 8th Le Samyn
    2018
  • 1st Stage 5 (TTT) Tour of Britain
  • 5th Time trial, National Road Championships
  • 8th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
  • 10th Paris–Tours
    2019
  • 1st Mixed team relay, UCI Road World Championships
  • 1st Time trial, National Road Championships
  • 1st Chrono des Nations
  • 1st Stage 1 (TTT) UAE Tour
  • 3rd Binche–Chimay–Binche
  • 8th Overall ZLM Tour
  • 1st Prologue
  • 8th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
    2020
  • 5th Road race, National Road Championships
    2021
  • 2nd Mixed team relay, UCI Road World Championships
  • 3rd Mixed team relay, UEC European Road Championships
    2022
  • 4th Time trial, National Road Championships
  • 9th Time trial, UEC European Road Championships
    2023
  • 1st Time trial, National Road Championships

    Grand Tour general classification results timeline

    Grand Tour20092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022
    Giro d'Italia166116159——107—12011799104DNFDNF89
    Tour de France——————121—DNF—————
    / Vuelta a España———————DNF——————

    Major championship results

    Event2008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
    World ChampionshipsTime trial——36—————8—19212112—36
    Mixed team relay12—7
    Road race——DNF————DNFDNFDNF—DNF————
    Team time trial—12—65713colspan=5
    European ChampionshipsTime trial—588—119—
    Mixed team relay——34
    National ChampionshipsTime trial8719—18332451—41
    Road race25—4943—DNFDNF50405018595—1337
    Legend
    —Did not compete
    DNFDid not finish
    NHNot held

    Notes and References

    1. News: Cheery Christmas for ambitious Team Jumbo-Visma. . Team Oranje Road BV. 21 December 2018. 4 January 2019.
    2. News: Team Jumbo-Visma 2020 roster presented in Amsterdam. Bianchi. F.I.V. Edoardo Bianchi S.p.A.. 20 December 2019. 2 January 2020.
    3. Web site: Jumbo-Visma. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 2 January 2021. https://archive.today/20210102145838/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15243/1000538/279. 2 January 2021.
    4. News: Antonio J.. Salmerón. Van Emden extends with Rabobank. Cyclingnews.com. Knapp Communications. 2 November 2006. 7 July 2024.
    5. Web site: Jos Van Emden. De Wielersite. nl. 13 August 2015.
    6. News: Rabobank extends contract with Jos van Emden for two-years. VeloNation.com. VeloNation LLC. 14 July 2010. 7 July 2024. He was then brought up to Rabobank's ProTour team in September of 2008 [...].
    7. News: Bjorn. Haake. Prologue specialist Van Emden arrives at the top. VeloNation.com. VeloNation LLC. 16 June 2010. 7 July 2024.
    8. News: Jos van Emden Nederlands Kampioen tijdrijden. 13 August 2015. De Volkskrant. nl. De Persgroep Nederland. 24 June 2010. Jos van Emden Dutch Time Trial Champion.
    9. News: Van Emden snelste in proloog Delta Tour. Dutch. Van Emden fastest in Delta Tour prologue. NU.nl. Sanoma. 10 June 2011. 7 July 2024.
    10. News: Van Emden wins Sparkassen Münsterland Giro. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 3 October 2013. 7 July 2024.
    11. News: Jos van Emden gewinnt Münsterland Giro 2013. German. Jos van Emden wins Münsterland Giro 2013. Westfälische Nachrichten. Aschendorff. 3 October 2013. 7 July 2024.
    12. Web site: Jos van Emden stops in Giro d'Italia time trial to propose to his girlfriend. 30 May 2014. The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. 5 June 2014.
    13. Web site: Van Emden haalt internationale pers. 30 May 2014. NOS. nl. Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 5 June 2014. Van Emden attracts international press.
    14. News: Dumoulin wins Dutch time trial title. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 25 June 2014. 7 July 2024.
    15. News: Nick. Doup. Belkin blij met derde plaats Van Emden in Veenendaal. Dutch. Belkin pleased with Van Emden's third place in Veenendaal. WielerFlits.nl. WielerFlits BV. 29 August 2014. 7 July 2024.
    16. News: Van Emden enorm teleurgesteld na mislopen zege in Californië. 13 August 2015. NU.nl. nl. Sanoma. 16 May 2015. Van Emden extremely disappointed after missing out on victory in California.
    17. News: Horssels. Maxim. Jos van Emden: 'Ben echt ontzettend blij'. 13 August 2015. WielerFlits.nl. nl. 4 July 2015. Jos van Emden: 'I'm really very happy'.
    18. News: Tijdritzege en leiderstrui Van Emden in Eneco Tour. 13 August 2015. NOS. nl. Nederlandse Omroep Stichting. 13 August 2015. Time trial victory and Van Emden's leader's jersey in the Eneco Tour.
    19. News: Van Emden tops Phinney to take ZLM Toer prologue. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 15 June 2016. 7 July 2024.
    20. Web site: 71st Vuelta a España . 20 August 2016 . ProCyclingStats.
    21. News: Jos van Emden time trials to 8th in worlds. . Team Oranje Road BV. 12 October 2016. 7 July 2024.
    22. News: Van Emden wins Dwars Door West-Vlaanderen. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 5 March 2017. 7 July 2024.
    23. News: Van Emden gives Netherlands another win to celebrate in Giro d'Italia finale. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 28 May 2017. 7 July 2024.
    24. News: Victor Campenaerts wins European time trial championship. . Team Oranje Road BV. 3 August 2017. 7 July 2024.
    25. News: Sadhbh. O'Shea. Tirreno-Adriatico: Kwiatkowski holds on to win the overall. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 13 March 2018. 7 July 2024.
    26. News: Michal Kwiatkowski in Pole position. Critérium du Dauphiné. Amaury Sport Organisation. 3 June 2018. 7 July 2024.
    27. News: ZLM Tour: Van Emden wins prologue. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 19 June 2019. 7 July 2024.
    28. Web site: Jos van Emden claims Dutch time trial title . 27 June 2019 . Cyclingnews.com. Future plc.
    29. News: UCI 2019 Road World Championships: Dutch dominance in the mixed TTT. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 22 September 2019. 7 July 2024.
    30. News: Van Emden beats Ganna and Roglic for Chrono des Nations crown. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 20 October 2019. 7 July 2024.
    31. News: Barry. Ryan. Germany win team time trial mixed relay title at Flanders World Championships. Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 22 September 2021. 7 July 2024.
    32. News: Alex. Ballinger. Filippo Ganna and Elisa Longo Borghini help Italy to claim mixed relay team time trial victory at European Championships 2021. Cycling Weekly. Future plc. 8 September 2021. 7 July 2024. It was the Dutch team, consisting of Jos van Emden, Koen Bouwman, Bauke Mollema, Floortje Mackaij, Demi Vollering and Amy Pieters [...].
    33. News: Van Emden wins Dutch time trial championship for third time. . Yellow B. Cycling B.V.. 21 June 2023. 7 July 2024.
    34. News: Jos van Emden stopt na dit seizoen: 'Alsof ik op mijn 38e mijn jeugd afsluit'. Dutch. Jos van Emden is retiring after this season: 'It's like ending my youth at the age of 38'. De Telegraaf. Mediahuis. 11 August 2023. 7 July 2024.
    35. News: Rachel. Jary. 'They were working at lower than amateur level' - Sports director Jos van Emden planning transformation for women's Team Visma-Lease a Bike. Rouleur. Gruppo Media Limited. 15 January 2024. 7 July 2024.
    36. Web site: Jos Van Emden. FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. 29 August 2022.

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