Joost Posthuma
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Joost Posthuma is a Dutch
professional road bicycle racer. He rides on the UCI ProTour
for the professional cycling team. He is known for his time-trialling and he wore the white jersey for the best young rider at the 2006 Tour de France after the prologue but lost it after the 1st road stage, after a rival got in a breakaway and got bonus seconds on the road.
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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 rides on the UCI ProTour
UCI ProTour
The UCI ProTour was a series of road bicycle races in Europe, Australia and Canada organised by the UCI . Created by Hein Verbruggen, former president of the UCI, it comprises a number of 'ProTour' cycling teams, each of whom are required to compete in every round of the series...
for the professional cycling team. He is known for his time-trialling and he wore the white jersey for the best young rider at the 2006 Tour de France after the prologue but lost it after the 1st road stage, after a rival got in a breakaway and got bonus seconds on the road.
Major achievements
2003- 1st Overall Olympia's TourOlympia's TourThe Olympia's Tour is a cycling stage race held in May in the Netherlands.-History:A.S.C. Olympia was founded in Amsterdam on 27 November 1898. It ran one-day races but wanted a race through all the Netherlands. The first Olympia’s Tour was in 1909, with three stages and one rest day...
- 1st Prologue Tour de NormandieTour de NormandieTour de Normandie is a road bicycle race held annually in the region of Normandie, France. The race started in 1939, but was not held in the periods of 1940-1955 and 1960-1980. It was originally a race for amateurs, but was opened for professionals in 1996...
- 1st Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 is a bicycle road race held annually in the German state of Thuringia. It is a stage race reserved to athletes under the age of 23. Since 2005, it is organized as a 2.2U event on the UCI Europe Tour.-Winners:...
(U23)
2004
- 1st Overall Circuit des Mines
- 1st Stage 8
2005
- 1st GP Jef Scherens
- 1st Stage 4 Paris–Nice
2006
- 6th Overall Eneco Tour of Benelux
2007
- 2nd Overall Three Days of De PanneThree Days of De PanneThe Three Days of De Panne is a mid-week, three-day stage race before the Ronde van Vlaanderen in De Panne in West Flanders, Belgium. It is rated 2.HC by the UCI and is part of the UCI Europe Tour.- Winners :...
- 1st Overall Sachsen TourSachsen TourThe Sachsen Tour is a multi-stage road bicycle race held in the region of Saxony, Germany. It was first held in 1985 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Between 1985 and 1995 it was an amateur race....
- 1st Stage 4 (ITTIndividual time trialAn individual time trial is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock . There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials...
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- 1st Stage 4 (ITT
2008
- 1st Overall Three Days of De PanneThree Days of De PanneThe Three Days of De Panne is a mid-week, three-day stage race before the Ronde van Vlaanderen in De Panne in West Flanders, Belgium. It is rated 2.HC by the UCI and is part of the UCI Europe Tour.- Winners :...
- 1st Stage 3B (ITT)
- 1st Overall Tour of Luxembourg
2009
- 1st Overall Vuelta a AndalucíaVuelta a AndalucíaThe Vuelta a Andalucía or Ruta del Sol is a regional Spanish road bicycle race. Since 2005, it has been a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour....
2010
- 1st Stage 7 (ITT) Tour of Austria