Joost Posthuma (born 8 March 1981) is a Dutch retired professional road bicycle racer,[1] who competed as a professional between 2004 and 2012. Born in Hengelo, Posthuma was known for his time-trialling and he wore the white jersey for the best young rider at the 2006 Tour de France. Posthuma set the best time for riders eligible for the young rider classification in the prologue, but lost it after the 1st road stage, after a rival got in a breakaway and got bonus seconds on the road.
 Posthuma at the 2011 Four Days of Dunkirk. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Joost Posthuma |
| Born | March 8, 1981 Hengelo, the Netherlands |
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2001 | Giant–Löwik |
| 2002–2004 | Rabobank Beloften |
| Professional teams | |
| 2004–2010 | Rabobank |
| 2011–2012 | Leopard Trek |
| Major wins | |
Stage races
| |
Major results edit
Source:[2]
- 2003
- 1st Overall Olympia's Tour
- 1st Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
- 1st Prologue Tour de Normandie
- 2004
- 1st Overall Circuit des Mines
- 1st Stage 8
- 2005
- 1st Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 1st Stage 4 Paris–Nice
- 2006
- 1st Ridderronde Maastricht
- 6th Overall Eneco Tour
- Tour de France
- Held
after Prologue
- Held
- 2007
- 1st
Overall Sachsen Tour
- 1st Stage 4 (ITT)
- 2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 2008
- 1st Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 1st Stage 3b (ITT)
- 1st Overall Tour of Luxembourg
- 2009
- 1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 2010
- 1st Stage 7 (ITT) Tour of Austria
- 2011
- 9th Overall Tour of Britain
- 2012
- 8th Overall Bayern–Rundfahrt
Grand Tour general classification results timeline edit
| Grand Tour general classification results | |||||||||||||||||||
| Grand Tour | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
Did not Contest | ||||||||||||||||||
 Tour de France
|
— | 83 | 83 | — | 67 | 73 | — | 108 | |||||||||||
 Vuelta a España
|
92 | — | — | 55 | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References edit
- ^ "Joost Posthuma can't find team for 2013, announces retirement". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. 6 November 2012. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
- ^ "Joost Posthuma". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
External links edit
- Official Website (in Dutch)
- Profile on Rabobank official website
- Joost Posthuma at trap-friis.dk
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