Tom Leezer Explained

Tom Leezer
Fullname:Thomas Leezer
Birth Date:26 December 1985
Birth Place:The Hague, the Netherlands
Height:1.850NaN0
Weight:76kg (168lb)
Currentteam:Retired
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Proyears1:2004
Proyears2:2005–2007
Proyears3:2008–2020
Proteam3:[1] [2]

Thomas Leezer (born 26 December 1985 in The Hague) is a Dutch former road bicycle racer, who competed between 2004 and 2020, for the, and squads.[3] He participated at the 2013 UCI Road World Championships in the Men's team time trial for .[4] In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia.[5]

Major results

2003
  • 1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships
  • 1st Grand Prix Bati-Metallo
  • 9th Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships
    2004
  • 1st Stage 2 Cinturón a Mallorca
  • 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège U23
    2005
  • 2nd Overall Triptyque des Barrages Under-23
  • 1st Stage 1
  • 10th Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
    2006
  • 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
  • 4th Overall Olympia's Tour
  • 5th Paris–Tours Espoirs
  • 8th Overall Tour de la Somme
  • 8th Omloop der Kempen
  • 10th Omloop van het Houtland
    2007
  • 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
  • 1st Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
  • 1st Stage 2a (ITT)
  • 1st Stage 6 Vuelta a Navarra
  • 3rd Overall Tour de Normandie
  • 3rd Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers
  • 4th Road race, UCI Road World Under-23 Championships
  • 5th Overall Olympia's Tour
  • 1st Stage 2
  • 6th Beverbeek Classic
  • 6th Omloop der Kempen
    2009
  • 3rd Overall Three Days of De Panne
  • 4th Tour de Rijke
  • 5th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
  • 6th Dutch Food Valley Classic
  • 7th Trofeo Calvia
  • 8th Trofeo Cala
  • 8th Gent–Wevelgem
  • Vuelta a España
  • Held after Stages 2–3
    2010
  • 7th Vattenfall Cyclassics
  • 9th Dutch Food Valley Classic
    2011
  • 8th Dwars door Vlaanderen
  • 9th Trofeo Magaluf-Palmanova
    2013
  • 1st Stage 6 Tour de Langkawi
  • 3rd Overall Tour of Hainan
  • 10th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
    2019
  • 1st Stage 1 (TTT) UAE Tour

    Grand Tour general classification results timeline

    Grand Tour20092010201120122013201420152016201720182019
    Giro d'ItaliaDNF119
    Tour de France150133153166
    / Vuelta a España129139
    Legend
    Did not compete
    DNFDid not finish

    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. News: Leezer ends career after thirteen years of professional cycling. . Team Oranje Road BV. 1 September 2020. 4 September 2020.
    4. Web site: Thomas Leezer . 7 February 2015 . procyclingstats.com.
    5. Web site: 2019: 102nd Giro d'Italia: Start List . 8 May 2019 . ProCyclingStats.