Albert Timmer

Albert Timmer
	Timmer at the 2007 3-Länder-Tour.
Personal information
Full name	Albert Timmer
Nickname	Albi
Born	13 June 1985 (age 39); Gramsbergen, the Netherlands
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Amateur team
2004–2006	Team Löwik Meubelen–Tegeltoko
Professional team
2007–2017	Skil–Shimano

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]

Career

Born in Gramsbergen, Timmer competed in the 2012 Tour de France where he finished in 148th position. He later competed in the 2014 Tour de France where he finished in 146th position.^[2]

Major results

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

Grand Tour	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	—	129	87	—	121	—
Tour de France	130	—	—	148	164	146	139	153	157
Vuelta a España	—	—	164	—	—	—	—	—	—

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

^ "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.
^ "Kittel leads Argos-Shimano at Tour de France". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 19 June 2012. Retrieved 20 September 2012.