Twan Castelijns Explained

Twan Castelijns
Fullname:Twan Castelijns
Birth Date:23 January 1989
Birth Place:Hapert, North Brabant, Netherlands
Height:1.80 m
Weight:70 kg
Currentteam:Retired
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Amateuryears1:2011
Amateurteam1:TWC Snelle Het Wiel
Amateuryears2:2012–2013
Amateurteam2:Baby-Dump–Lemmerns–Wilvo
Amateuryears3:2015
Amateurteam3: (stagiaire)
Proyears1:2014
Proyears2:2015
Proyears3:2016–2017

Twan Castelijns (born 23 January 1989 in Hapert, North Brabant, Netherlands) is a Dutch former cyclist, who rode professionally between 2014 and 2017 for the, and squads.[1] During his career, he contested two Grand Tours; the 2016 Giro d'Italia,[2] and the 2017 Giro d'Italia.

Major results

2014
  • 10th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
    2015
  • 3rd Arno Wallaard Memorial
  • 5th Ster van Zwolle
  • 6th Zuid Oost Drenthe Classic I
    2017
  • 2nd Ronde van Drenthe
  • 6th Rund um Köln
  • 7th Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde
  • 8th Omloop Eurometropool
  • 9th Dwars door West-Vlaanderen

    Grand Tour general classification results timeline

    Grand Tour20162017
    Giro d'Italia114130
    Tour de France
    Vuelta a España
    Legend
    Did not compete
    DNFDid not finish

    Notes and References

    1. News: Un omaggio a chi dice addio. Italian. A tribute to those who say goodbye. Cicloweb.it. Cicloweb. 19 December 2017. 4 January 2018. Costretto a smettere nonostante buoni risultati il ventottenne Twan Castelijns a cui nessuno, a cominciare dal suo Team LottoNL-Jumbo, ha voluto dare fiducia. [Forced to stop in spite of good results, the twenty-eight year old Twan Castelijns that no one, beginning with his LottoNL-Jumbo team, wanted to give confidence to.].
    2. Web site: 99th Giro d'Italia Startlist . 6 May 2016 . Pro Cycling Stats.