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

Tom Leezer
Leezer at the 2016 Tour of Britain.
Personal information
Full nameThomas Leezer
Born (1985-12-26) 26 December 1985 (age 38)
The Hague, the Netherlands
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
2004Van Vliet–EBH Advocaten
2005–2007Rabobank Continental Team
2008–2020Rabobank[1][2]

Major results

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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

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Grand Tour 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
  Giro d'Italia DNF 119
  Tour de France 150 133 153 166
 /  Vuelta a España 129 139
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

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  1. ^ "Cheery Christmas for ambitious Team Jumbo-Visma". Team Jumbo–Visma. Team Oranje Road BV. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Team Jumbo-Visma 2020 roster presented in Amsterdam". Bianchi. F.I.V. Edoardo Bianchi S.p.A. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Leezer ends career after thirteen years of professional cycling". Team Jumbo–Visma. Team Oranje Road BV. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Thomas Leezer". procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
  5. ^ "2019: 102nd Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
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