Bram Tankink is a Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 professional road bicycle racer. He started his career as a mountainbiker, but in 1999 he became a road rider. In 2000 he became Dutch champion of the espoirs which resulted in a professional contract for 2001 at Domo-Farm Frites. He stayed with this team for two years until he and a few others from this team went over to Quick Step. Tankink usually acted as a helper in this team, hardly ever racing for his own success. But he was so much appreciated that the team allowed him to participate in the 2005 Tour de France

2005 Tour de France

The 2005 Tour de France was the 92nd Tour de France, taking place from July 2 to July 24, 2005. It comprised 21 stages over 3592.5 km, the winner's average speed was 41.654 km/h. The first stages were held in the département of the Vendée, for the third time in 12 years. The 2005 Tour was...

 which he finished in good form. After the Tour he played an important part in the victory of Filippo Pozzato

Filippo Pozzato

Filippo "Pippo" Pozzato is an Italian road racing cyclist with UCI ProTour Team Katusha.-Career:...

 at the HEW Cyclassics 2005

HEW Cyclassics 2005

These are the results for the 2005 edition of the HEW Cyclassics cycling classic, held in Hamburg, Germany. Filippo Pozzato ensured that the tradition that nobody has won this race twice was maintained.-31-07-2005: Hamburg, 250 km:-External links:*...

 in Hamburg

Hamburg

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 and during the 2005 Deutschland Tour he won the first stage from Attenburg to Plauen. Tankink also won several criteria

Criterium

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 after the Tour.

Tankink joined Rabobank

Rabobank (cycling)

Rabobank is a professional bicycle racing team, sponsored by the Rabobank. The team consists of three sections: ProTeam , Continental , and Cyclo-cross...

 in 2008.

Palmares

1999 (U23)

3rd Turul Romaniei

2000 (U23)

2nd Mainfranken Tour

1st National Road Race Championship

2nd Ster der Beloften

2nd, Stage 4, GP Tell

2004

3rd Criterium Hengelo

2005

3rd Profronde van Stiphout

1st Profronde van Maastricht

3rd Profronde van Oostvoorne

1st, Stage 1, Deutschland Tour

1st Profronde van Almelo

2006

3rd GP Buchholz

3rd Profronde van Stiphout

1st Mijl van Mares

2nd Profronde van Almelo

2007

3rd Acht van Chaam

1st Profronde van Maastricht

1st GP Jef Scherens

2008

1st Profronde van Wierden

3rd Profronde van Heerlen

2nd Criterium Zevenbergen

2nd Profronde van Zwolle

3rd, Mountains classification, Benelux Tour

2009

3rd Profronde van Zwolle

2010

3rd Tour of Belgium

Tour of Belgium

The Tour of Belgium is a four-day bicycle race which is held annually in Belgium.It was held annually between 1908 and 1981, except during both world wars. Between 1982 and 1990 several of races were not organised and none at all during the decade 1991 to 2001...

2011

5th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen – Harelbeke

5th Brabantse Pijl

Brabantse Pijl

The Brabantse Pijl is a Flanders Classics road bicycle race held annually in Flemish Brabant, Belgium. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2011, it was upgraded to a 1.HC event...

External links

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