Steven de Jongh explained

Steven de Jongh
Fullname:Steven de Jongh
Birth Date:25 November 1973
Birth Place:Alkmaar, the Netherlands
Weight:76kg (168lb)
Currentteam:Retired
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Ridertype:Sprinter
Proyears1:1995–1999
Proyears2:2000–2005
Proyears3:2006–2009
Manageyears1:2010–2012
Manageyears2:2013–2016
Manageyears3:2017–
Majorwins:E3 Prijs Vlaanderen (2003)
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne (2004, 2008)

Steven de Jongh (born 25 November 1973 in Alkmaar) is a Dutch former road bicycle racer.

Biography

De Jongh made his professional debut in 1995 at TVM team where he stayed until 1999. From 2000 to 2005 he was part of, while he made the move to in 2006. De Jongh retired as a rider after the 2009 season.

He was a Directeur sportif at Team Sky for three years, leaving in October 2012 after admitting he had taken illegal substances earlier in his career.[1] In January 2013 he joined Team Saxo-Tinkoff as a sports director.[2] After the Tinkoff team announced their disbanding at the conclusion of the 2016 season, in September 2016 confirmed that de Jongh would join them from 2017, along with Tinkoff riders Alberto Contador and Jesús Hernández.[3]

Major results

1992
  • 3rd Dorpenomloop Rucphen
    1994
  • 1st Ronde van Zuid-Holland
  • 1st Dokkum Woudenomloop
  • 1st Stage 11 Commonwealth Bank Classic
  • 1st Stage 2 Tour du Poitou-Charentes
  • 1st Stage 6 Olympia's Tour
  • 1st Stage 1 OZ Wielerweekend
  • 3rd Ster van Zwolle
    1995
  • 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
  • 1st PWZ Zuidenveld Tour
  • 1st Grand Prix de Waregem
  • 1st Stage 1 Tour de Pologne
  • 1st Stages 1, 9 & 10 Tour of Austria
  • 2nd Ster van Zwolle
  • 2nd Omloop der Kempen
  • 3rd Ronde van Drenthe
    1996
  • 4th HEW Cyclassics
  • 8th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
  • 9th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
  • 9th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise
    1997
  • 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Burgos
  • 1st Stage 2 Tour de l'Avenir
  • 1st Stage 3 Boland Bank Tour
  • 4th Overall Tour of Sweden
    1998
  • 1st Overall Tour of Sweden
  • 1st Stage 2
  • 1st Stage 4 Étoile de Bessèges
  • 3rd Nationale Sluitingprijs
    1999
  • 1st Stage 7 Tirreno–Adriatico
  • 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Castilla y León
  • 1st Stage 2 Giro della Provincia di Lucca
  • 2nd Nationale Sluitingprijs
  • 3rd Overall Guldensporentweedaagse
  • 3rd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
  • 7th Delta Profronde
  • 8th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
    2000
  • 1st Henk Vos Memorial
  • 1st Nationale Sluitingsprijs
  • 1st Schaal Sels
  • 1st Veenendaal–Veenendaal
  • 4th Trofeo Cala Millor-Cala Bona
  • 7th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
    2001
  • 1st Veenendaal–Veenendaal
  • 3rd Overall Guldensporentweedaagse
    2002
  • 1st Schaal Sels
  • 1st Rund um den Flughafen Köln-Bonn
  • 1st Stages 1b & 2 Tour of Sweden
  • 1st Stage 2 Ronde van Nederland
  • 2nd Ronde van Midden-Zeeland
  • 3rd Nokere-Koerse
  • 4th Road race, National Road Championships
  • 6th Tour Beneden-Maas
  • 6th Trofeo Cala Millor-Cala Bona
  • 8th Henk Vos Memorial
    2003
  • 1st Schaal Sels
  • 1st E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
  • 1st Stage 3a Three Days of De Panne
  • 8th GP Rudy Dhaenens
    2004
  • 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
  • 2nd Overall Circuit Franco-Belge
  • 2nd Nationale Sluitingprijs
  • 4th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
  • 4th Giro del Piemonte
  • 10th Ronde van Midden-Zeeland
    2005
  • 1st Nokere Koerse
  • 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
  • 2nd Giro del Piemonte
  • 2nd Noord-Nederland Tour
  • 2nd Tour de Rijke
  • 3rd Omloop Het Volk
  • 3rd Trofeo Manacor
  • 4th GP Stad Zottegem
  • 7th Veenendaal–Veenendaal
  • 10th Overall Ster Elektrotoer
    2006
  • 1st Ronde van Midden-Zeeland
  • 2nd Scheldeprijs
  • 2nd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
  • 3rd Paris–Brussels
  • 4th Veenendaal–Veenendaal
  • 6th Overall Three Days of De Panne
  • 1st Stage 3
  • 7th Overall Tour of Qatar
  • 8th Tour de Rijke
  • 9th Overall Tour of Belgium
  • 10th Giro della Provincia di Lucca
    2007
  • 1st GP Briek Schotte
  • 1st Omloop van het Houtland
  • 1st Omloop Wase Scheldeboorden
  • 3rd Overall Tour of Qatar
  • 1st Stage 1
  • 3rd Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen
  • 4th Paris–Tours
  • 5th GP Ouest–France
  • 5th Paris–Brussels
  • 9th Tour de Rijke
  • 10th Omloop Het Volk
    2008
  • 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
  • 1st Tour de Rijke
  • 2nd Overall Tour of Qatar
  • 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
  • 2nd Dwars door Vlaanderen
  • 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
  • 10th Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen
    2009
  • 1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
  • 3rd Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen
  • 3rd Dutch Food Valley Classic
  • 5th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge
  • 9th Tour de Rijke

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Team Sky | Pro Cycling | Latest News | de Jongh exits Team Sky . 2012-10-29 . 2012-11-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121128081028/http://www.teamsky.com/article/0,27290,17546_8208971,00.html . dead .
    2. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/de-jongh-signs-for-saxo-tinkoff-as-sport-director De Jongh signs for Saxo-Tinkoff as sport director
    3. Web site: Alberto Contador will switch to race for Trek-Segafredo in 2017 . . 15 September 2016 . . 15 September 2016.

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