Albert Timmer
 Timmer at the 2007 3-Länder-Tour. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Albert Timmer |
| Nickname | Albi |
| Born | 13 June 1985 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
[edit]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
[edit]- 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 | 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.
- ^ "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 UCI
- Albert Timmer at Cycling Archives (archive)
- Albert Timmer at ProCyclingStats
- Cycling News Profile
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