Jos Pronk (born 13 January 1983 in

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) is a Dutch former professional

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. He grew up in a family of cyclists:

Mattheus Pronk Mattheus Adrianus "Matthé" Pronk (27 March 1947 – 25 March 2001) was a cyclist from the Netherlands who won the Amateur UCI Motor-paced World Championships in 1979 and 1981. He finished in second place in 1988, 1980, 1982 and 1983. He won the na ...

was his father, Matthé Pronk is his brother and

Bas Giling Bastiaan "Bas" Giling (born 4 November 1982 in Alkmaar, North Holland) is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2009. He rode in one Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tour, the 2006 Vuelta a España, fi ...

is his cousin.

Major results

;2002 : 1st European_champion_jersey_2016

Scratch, UEC European Under-23 Track Championships ;2003 : 1st MaillotHolanda

Madison, National Track Championships (with Matthé Pronk) : 3rd Bronze medal blank

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: 3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2005 : 1st ZLM Tour : 1st Gent–Staden : 5th Overall

Olympia's Tour The Olympia's Tour is a cycling stage race held 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, wi ...

::1st Stage 5 (

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) : 9th

Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers is a road bicycle race held annually near Lillers, a commune in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. The editions 1964–1995 were reserved for amateurs. Since 2005, it is rated 1.2 on the UCI Europe Tour. ...

;2006 : 1st MaillotHolanda

Derny, National Track Championships : 1st

Grand Prix de la Ville de Nogent-sur-Oise The Grand Prix de la ville de Nogent-sur-Oise is a road bicycle race held annually in France. It was organized as a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introdu ...

: 2nd Ronde van Midden-Nederland ;2007 : 1st Stage 3

: 1st Stage 2

Tour de Bretagne Tour de Bretagne Cycliste, also known as the Tour de Bretagne trophée des granitiers and formerly known as Ruban Granitier Breton, is an annual early season professional road bicycle racing, cycling stage race held in late April and early May i ...

: 5th

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, National Road Championships : 8th

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;2008 : 3rd Overall

Tour du Loir-et-Cher The Tour du Loir-et-Cher is a cycling stage race that takes place in the Loir-et-Cher region of France. The race traditionally starts and finishes in the capital of Blois. Since at least 2009, the final stage has consisted of a 12-lap circuit ra ...

::1st Stages 1 & 5 : 3rd

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: 4th

Ronde van Noord-Holland Ronde van Noord-Holland is a road bicycle race held annually in the province of North Holland (Noord-Holland) in the Netherlands. In 2005 the race was organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of r ...

: 5th Road race, National Road Championships : 6th Overall

::1st Stage 5 ;2009 : 8th Omloop van het Waasland ;2011 : 1st

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References

External links

* 1983 births Living people People from Harenkarspel Dutch male cyclists Dutch track cyclists Cyclists from North Holland 20th-century Dutch people 21st-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-1980s-stub