Albert Timmer
 Timmer at the 2007 3-Länder-Tour. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Albert Timmer |
| Nickname | Albi |
| Born | 13 June 1985 Gramsbergen, Netherlands |
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Team Picnic PostNL (women) |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role |
|
| Rider type | All-rounder |
| Amateur team | |
| 2004–2006 | Team Löwik Meubelen–Tegeltoko |
| Professional team | |
| 2007–2017 | Skil–Shimano |
| Managerial teams | |
| 2019–2020 | Development Team Sunweb |
| 2021– | Team DSM (women) |
Albert Timmer (born 13 June 1985) is a Dutch former road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2007 and 2017, exclusively for Team Sunweb and its previous squad iterations.[1] During his career, Timmer competed in – and finished all – eleven Grand Tours between 2009 and 2017, but did not win any professional races as an individual.
Since retiring as a rider, he has worked as a coach and directeur sportif for Development Team Sunweb, and the Team Picnic PostNL women's squad.[2][3]
Major results
[edit]Source: [4]
- 2006
- 9th Overall Flèche du Sud
- 2007
- 6th Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake
- 2008
- 1st Stage 1b (TTT) Brixia Tour
- 2010
- 8th Hel van het Mergelland
- 2012
- 1st
Mountains classification, Tour de Luxembourg - 2013
- 6th Münsterland Giro
- 2014
- 4th Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem
- 7th Overall Ster ZLM Toer
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
[edit]| Grand Tour | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | — | — | — | 129 | 87 | — | 121 | — |
 Tour de France
|
130 | — | — | 148[5] | 164 | 146 | 139 | 153 | 157 |
 Vuelta a España
|
— | — | 164 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References
[edit]- ^ "Timmer retires from professional racing". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 10 December 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2018.
Timmer has been with the Sunweb set-up – it was Skil-Shimano when he joined – since he turned professional in 2007.
- ^ "Timmer aan de slag als mentor bij Team Sunweb" [Timmer starts work as mentor at Team Sunweb]. De Stentor (in Dutch). De Persgroep. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ Shrubsall, James (3 August 2024). "Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift 2024: Everything you need to know". Cycling Weekly. Future plc. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ "Albert Timmer". FirstCycling.com. FirstCycling AS. Retrieved 11 January 2025.
- ^ "Kittel leads Argos-Shimano at Tour de France". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 19 June 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
External links
[edit]
Media related to Albert Timmer at Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Timmer at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Albert Timmer at ProCyclingStats
- Cycling News Profile
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