| Laurens ten Dam | |
| Fullname: | Laurens ten Dam |
| Nickname: | LTD |
| Birth Date: | 13 November 1980 |
| Birth Place: | Bedum, Netherlands |
| Height: | 1.84 m[1] |
| Weight: | 670NaN0 |
| Role: | Rider |
| Ridertype: | Climber |
| Amateuryears1: | 2000–2002 |
| Proyears1: | 2003 |
| Proyears2: | 2004 |
| Proyears3: | 2005 |
| Proyears4: | 2006–2007 |
| Proyears5: | 2008–2015 |
| Proyears6: | 2016–2018 |
| Proyears7: | 2019 |
| Proteam7: | [2] |
Laurens ten Dam (born 13 November 1980) is a Dutch cyclist, who competes in gravel cycling. He formerly competed professionally in road cycling between 2003 and 2019 for the,,,, and squads.[3] During his road racing career, Ten Dam took two victories – stage wins at the 2006 Course de Solidarność et des Champions Olympiques and the 2008 Critérium International.
A native of the village of Zuidwolde in Groningen, Ten Dam started racing in 2000 with . He remained with the team until 2003, before spending one season at both in 2004 and in 2005. He then spent two years with in 2006 and 2007, where he recorded a stage victory at the 2006 Course de Solidarność et des Champions Olympiques, and a top-ten overall finish at the 2007 Volta a Catalunya (ninth).[4]
Ten Dam joined for the 2008 season,[5] and won a stage at the Critérium International.[6] The following year, he won the mountains classification at the 2009 Tour de Romandie. After no victories in 2010, Ten Dam recorded top-ten finishes at the 2011 editions of the Tour Down Under (fifth), the Tour of California (sixth),[7] and the Tour de Suisse (eighth).[8] In 2012, Ten Dam finished 8th in the Vuelta a España, his best grand tour finish.[9]
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.[10]
At the 2014 Tour de France, Ten Dam was selected to lead with 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 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 overall, finishing 9th.[11]
In October 2015 it was announced that Ten Dam would join on an initial one-year contract for 2016, after spending eight years with and its other guises, 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.[12] He finished in tenth place overall at the 2016 Tour of California,[13] but this was his only top-ten overall finish in three years with the team.
While riding for, Ten Dam announced his retirement from road racing in July 2019, but moved into gravel cycling.[14]
In May 2021, Ten Dam won the Gravel Locos race in Hico, Texas.[15]
Ten Dam is married with two children.[16] Since his retirement from road racing, Ten Dam is able to spend more time with his family and life has become less regimented.[17] In 2021, Ten Dam started a podcast called the "Beter Worden Podcast" (English: Get Better) in which several aspects of improving on the bike are highlighted and discussed with a human movement scientist.[18] [19]
Source: [20]
| Grand Tour general classification results | ||||||||||||||
| Grand Tour | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 34 | 35 | DNF | |
| Tour de France | — | 21 | 60 | — | 58 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 92 | 73 | 67 | 51 | — | |
| Vuelta a España | — | — | — | DNF | — | 8 | DNF | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Major stage race general classification results | ||||||||||||||
| Race | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
| Paris–Nice | — | 42 | — | — | DNF | 43 | — | — | — | 122 | — | — | 44 | |
| Tirreno–Adriatico | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 80 | — | — | — | — | |
| Volta a Catalunya | 9 | — | — | 28 | 12 | 77 | 60 | 62 | DNF | 80 | 16 | 65 | 31 | |
| Tour of the Basque Country | 62 | 29 | — | 59 | — | — | 39 | — | — | — | 60 | DNF | — | |
| Tour de Romandie | 30 | 59 | 42 | — | — | 39 | — | 24 | 63 | — | 37 | 36 | — | |
| Critérium du Dauphiné | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | DNF | 86 | |
| Tour de Suisse | 65 | 10 | — | DNF | 8 | 23 | — | 13 | 20 | 72 | — | — | — | |
| Tour de Pologne | 18 | 85 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Monument | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milan–San Remo | — | — | — | 56 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tour of Flanders | — | — | — | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Paris–Roubaix | colspan=16 | |||||||||||||||
| Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | 71 | — | DNF | — | 31 | 53 | 63 | 49 | — | 62 | — | — | — | DNF |
| Giro di Lombardia | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | DNF | 39 | DNF | DNF | — | — | DNF | — | 94 |
| Classic | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| Strade Bianche | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | OTL | — | |||
| Amstel Gold Race | DNF | 101 | 41 | 43 | 50 | — | 52 | — | — | 44 | 51 | — | — | — | 94 | — |
| La Flèche Wallonne | — | — | 55 | — | 34 | — | 112 | 33 | 56 | 79 | 30 | 101 | — | — | 49 | — |
| Clásica de San Sebastián | — | — | — | 62 | — | — | 84 | 39 | 56 | — | 57 | — | DNF | 50 | — | — |
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | ||||||
| Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal | — | 78 | — | — | — | — | 96 | — | — | — |
| Event | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Games | Road race | — | 64 | — | — | colspan="3" | |||||||||||||
| World Championships | Road race | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | 119 | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| National Championships | Road race | 25 | — | 84 | 35 | 6 | 38 | 32 | — | 36 | DNF | 18 | 40 | DNF | 47 | DNF | 58 | 73 | |
| — | Did not compete | |
|---|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish | |
| NH | Not held | |
| OTL | Outside time limit |