Ramon Sinkeldam (born 9 February 1989) is a Dutch former cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2012 to 2024.
Career
Amateur career Born in Wormer, Sinkeldam rode for the for his entire amateur career, between 2007 and 2011. During this time, he won the Paris–Roubaix Espoirs race in 2011, as well as winning the 2011 Ronde van Limburg and the national under-23 road race championships in 2011, having finished second in the two previous years. In his youth Sinkeldam was also active in mountain biking and in cyclocross.
Professional career Sinkeldam turned professional for the 2012 season, joining the team. He achieved his first professional victories with the team in October 2012, winning two stages at the Tour of Hainan in China. He finished the race sixth overall. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France. He earned no wins in 2013, but did place 3rd overall at 2.HC race Four Days of Dunkirk. In 2014, Sinkeldam won the second stage of the World Ports Classic and finished in 2nd overall. 2015 was his most successful season yet, as he won one day events Velothon Berlin and Binche–Chimay–Binche. Sinkeldam was also 2nd in the Dutch National Road Race Championships, behind Niki Terpstra.
On 23 January 2016, he was one of the six members of the who were hit by a motorist who drove into on-coming traffic while they were training in Spain. All riders were in stable condition.
In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia.
Major results Source:
2006 3rd Road race, National Junior Road Championships 2009 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships 2010 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships 9th Münsterland Giro 2011 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships 1st Paris–Roubaix Espoirs 1st Ronde van Limburg 5th Overall Olympia's Tour 8th Overall Volta ao Alentejo 2012 (2 pro wins) 6th Overall Tour of Hainan 1st Stages 5 & 8 2013 2nd Ronde van Zeeland Seaports 3rd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk 2014 (1) 2nd Overall World Ports Classic 1st Young rider classification 1st Stage 2 2nd Overall Tour de Picardie 2nd Ronde van Zeeland Seaports 6th Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem 2015 (2) 1st Velothon Berlin 1st Binche–Chimay–Binche 2nd Road race, National Road Championships 8th Vattenfall Cyclassics 2017 (1) 1st Road race, National Road Championships 9th Scheldeprijs 2018 (1) 1st Paris–Chauny 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 2019 1st Team relay, UEC European Road Championships 2022 6th Tour de Vendée 2024 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Giro d'Italia——————133DNF—132DNF Tour de France——DNF143148134————DNF Vuelta a EspañaDNF136——————127——
+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish IP In progress
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