Maarten Tjallingii

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Maarten Tjallingii
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Tjallingii at the 2009 E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
Personal information
Full name Maarten Pieter Tjallingii
Born (1977-11-05) 5 November 1977 (age 46)
Leeuwarden, the Netherlands
Team information
Current team LottoNL–Jumbo
Discipline Road and Mountain biking
Role Rider
Rider type Rouleur, Breakaway specialist[1]
Professional team(s)
2003–2005 Marco Polo
2006–2007 Skil–Shimano
2008 Silence–Lotto
2009–2012 Rabobank
2013–2014 LottoNL–Jumbo[template problem]
2015–2016 LottoNL–Jumbo
Major wins
Stage races
Tour of Belgium (2006)
Tour of Qinghai Lake (2006)
Infobox last updated on
23 July 2015

Maarten Pieter Tjallingii (cha-LING-gee; born 5 November 1977 in Leeuwarden) was a Dutch professional racing cyclist for UCI ProTeam LottoNL–Jumbo.[2]

Career

His biggest win was the 2006 Tour of Belgium.[3] A frequent participant in breakaways in major races, his other most notable performances include a third place at the 2011 Paris–Roubaix and spending four days in the King of the Mountains jersey in the 2014 Giro d'Italia.[1]

Tjallingii was selected to ride the 2012 Tour de France, but crashed on stage 3, he continued for another 40 kilometers and finished it over ten minutes behind the winner Peter Sagan. However he did not start stage 4, reportedly with a fractured left hip, becoming the third retirement of the 2012 Tour.[4]

Tjallingii raced at the 2016 Giro d'Italia, which started in the Netherlands, and he made an impact on the early stages, winning the award for most aggressive rider on Stage 2 before taking the lead in the King of the Mountains competition on Stage 3, which finished 250 metres away his home in Arnhem. He had previously announced that he would retire from racing in June, having signed a six month contract extension with LottoNL–Jumbo for 2016.[5][6]

Palmares

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2001
3rd, Overall, Tour du Faso
1st Stage 2
2003
1st, Overall, Tour du Faso
1st Stage 1
1st, Rund um Rhede
2004
2nd, National MTB Championships
2006
1st, Overall, Tour of Belgium
1st Stage 1
1st, Overall, Tour of Qinghai Lake
1st Stage 7
2007
2nd, Overall, Tour of Belgium
2011
3rd Paris–Roubaix
2013
1st Stage 2 World Ports Classic
2014
Giro d'Italia
Held Jersey blue.svg after Stages 2–5
2015
1st Grote Prijs Beeckman-De Caluwé
2016
Giro d'Italia
Held Jersey blue.svg after Stage 3
Grand Tour General Classification Results Timeline
Grand Tour 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Pink jersey Giro — 98 — — — 131 92 119 124
Yellow jersey Tour — — 131 98 WD — — — —
red jersey Vuelta 58 — — — — — 137 WD —

WD = Withdrew; IP = In Progress

Personal life

Tjallingii is one of the few known vegetarian cyclists.[7][8] He lost one of his kidneys as a child.[9]

References

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External links

Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons

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