Bram Tankink (born 3 December 1978) is a Dutch former professional

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, who competed between 2000 and 2018 for the Löwik Meubelen–Tegeltoko, , and squads. Born in

Haaksbergen Haaksbergen () is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel, in the Twente region. The ''Buurserbeek'' flows through the municipality of Haaksbergen. Population centres Topography ''Dutch Topograp ...

, Tankink started his career as a mountain biker, 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 . He stayed with this team for two years until he and a few others from this team went over to . 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

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

Filippo Pozzato Filippo "Pippo" Pozzato (born 10 September 1981) is an Italian former road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2000 and 2018 for the , , , , , , and two spells with the / teams. A cycling classics, northern classics specialist, Pozza ...

at the 2005 HEW Cyclassics in

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and during the

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he won the first stage from Attenburg to Plauen. Tankink also won several

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s after the Tour de France. Tankink joined in 2008. He remained with the team until his retirement in 2018.

Major results

;1999 : 3rd Overall

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;2000 : 1st MaillotHolanda

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, National Under-23 Road Championships : 2nd Overall

Mainfranken-Tour The Mainfranken-Tour was a cycling race held annually in Germany. It was part of UCI Europe Tour in category 2.2U. Winners Mainfranken-Tour Internationale Ernst-Sachs-Tour Internationales Ernst-Sachs-Gedächtnis-Rennen Rund um Spessar ...

: 2nd Overall Ster der Beloften : 5th Rund um den Henninger Turm U23 : 8th Overall

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: 8th Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell ;2004 : 6th

Japan Cup The is one of the most prestigious horse races in Japan. It is contested on the last Sunday of November, post time of 15:40 at Tokyo Racecourse in Fuchu, Tokyo at a distance of 2400 meters (about miles) run under weight for age conditions wi ...

: 8th

Tour du Haut Var The Tour du Haut Var ( en, Tour of the Haut Var) is an early-season two-day road bicycle race in the Var department region in the south of France. Until 2008 it was run as a one-day race, part of the UCI Europe Tour. In 2009, the race transformed ...

;2005 : 1st Profronde van Maastricht : 1st Profronde van Almelo : 1st Stage 1

Deutschland Tour The Deutschland Tour ( English: ''Tour of Germany'' and sometimes ''Deutschland-Rundfahrt'' in German) is the most important multi-stage road bicycle race in Germany. Initially the race was held in May/June, but from 2005 until 2008 it was moved ...

: 3rd Profronde van Stiphout : 3rd

Profronde van Oostvoorne Profronde van Oostvoorne ( en, Proftour of Oostvoorne) is an elite men's and women's professional road bicycle racing event held annually in Oostvoorne, the Netherlands. The first edition was in 1985. The event is one of the post-Tour de France cr ...

;2006 : 1st Mijl van Mares : 2nd Profronde van Almelo : 3rd GP Buchholz : 3rd Profronde van Stiphout : 7th

;2007 : 1st

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: 1st Profronde van Maastricht : 3rd

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: 7th Overall Eneco Tour : 8th

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;2008 : 1st Profronde van Wierden : 2nd Profronde van Zwolle : 3rd

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: 5th Overall

Tour of Belgium The Tour of Belgium ( nl, Ronde van België; french: Tour de Belgique) is a five-day bicycle race which is held annually in Belgium, and is part of the UCI ProSeries. It was held annually between 1908 and 1981, except during both world wars. Be ...

: 8th Overall Eneco Tour : 8th

Trofeo Calvia The Challenge Vuelta Ciclista a Mallorca ( en, Tour of Majorca, ca, Challenge Volta Ciclista a Mallorca) is a series of four (five until 2012) professional one day road bicycle races held on the Spanish island of Mallorca in late January or ear ...

: 8th

Grand Prix de Wallonie The Grand Prix de Wallonie is an annual road bicycle race held annually in Wallonia, Belgium. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It has a profile similar to the Ardennes classics The Ardennes classics a ...

: 10th Overall

Vuelta a Andalucía The Vuelta a Andalucía (Tour of Andalusia) or Ruta del Sol (Route of the Sun) is a regional Spanish road bicycle race first held in 1925. Since 2005, it has been a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became a part of the new UCI P ...

;2009 : 3rd Profronde van Zwolle : 8th Overall Ster Elektrotoer ;2010 : 3rd Overall

;2011 : 1st Jersey blue

Sprints classification,

Tour of the Basque Country The Tour of the Basque Country (Officially: ''Itzulia Basque Country'', es, Vuelta al País Vasco, links=no, eu, Euskal Herriko Itzulia) is an annual road cycling stage race held in the Spanish Basque Country in April. It is one of the races th ...

: 1st Stage 1 ( TTT)

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: 2nd

, National Road Championships : 5th

E3 Prijs Vlaanderen E3 Saxo Bank Classic, previously known as E3 BinckBank Classic, E3 Harelbeke, Harelbeke–Antwerp–Harelbeke and E3-Prijs Vlaanderen, is an annual road cycling race in Flanders, Belgium. The race starts and finishes in Harelbeke, covering 203 kil ...

: 5th

Brabantse Pijl The Brabantse Pijl ( en, Brabant Arrow, french: italic=yes, Flèche Brabançonne or ''Flèche Branconne'') is a Flanders Classics road bicycle race held annually in Flemish Brabant and in Walloon Brabant, Belgium. Since 2005, the race has been o ...

: 5th

Omloop van het Houtland Omloop van het Houtland ("Circuit of Houtland") is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Lichtervelde in the region of West Flanders, Belgium. Since 2007, the race is organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI Europe T ...

;2013 : 9th Ruddervoorde Koerse ;2014 : 6th Druivenkoers Overijse : 6th

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

* * 1978 births Living people People from Haaksbergen Dutch male cyclists UCI Road World Championships cyclists for the Netherlands Cyclists from Overijssel 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch people {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-1970s-stub