Gijs Leemreize

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Gijs Leemreize
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Personal information
Full nameGijs Leemreize
NicknameYoung Gizza
Born (1999-10-23) 23 October 1999 (age 25)
Ruurlo, Netherlands [1]
Height1.9 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Team information
Current team Team Picnic PostNL
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber [2]
Amateur team
2019Sensa–Kanjers voor Kanjers
Professional teams
2020 Jumbo–Visma Development Team
2020 Team Jumbo–Visma (development) [a]
2021–2023 Team Jumbo–Visma [4] [5]
2024– Team dsm–firmenich PostNL

Gijs Leemreize (born 23 October 1999) is a Dutch professional racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Picnic PostNL. [6]

Contents

Career

Leemreize joined the Jumbo–Visma Development Team for their inaugural season in 2020. Leemreize rode with UCI WorldTeam Team Jumbo–Visma as a development opportunity – following the introduction of a UCI rule permitting these – at the Tour de la Provence, in February. [7] Following the announcement that he was joining the team full-time in 2021, Leemreize made a second appearance with the team at the Vuelta a Burgos. He was involved in a heavy crash on the first stage of the race; as a result of the crash, he severed a finger on his right hand and had to abandon the race. [8] He was taken to hospital and underwent surgery on the hand later that day. [7]

Major results

2019
1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification Carpathian Couriers Race
2020
5th Overall Ronde de l'Isard
2021
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Ronde de l'Isard
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Stage 5
4th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
1st Stage 2 (TTT)
2022
5th Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour
2023
1st Stage 2 (TTT) Vuelta a Burgos

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 2022202320242025
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia 28 — 43 43
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France ———
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España —— 84
Legend
—Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

Notes

  1. ↑ Leemreize competed at the 2020 Tour de la Provence and the 2020 Vuelta a Burgos with Team Jumbo–Visma, following the introduction of a UCI rule allowing riders registered with a development team to participate in UCI ProSeries or Class 1 events. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Gijs Leemreize". Team Jumbo–Visma . Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "Introducing: Gijs Leemreize". Team Jumbo–Visma . 12 September 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  3. ↑ "Part 2 Road Races" (PDF). UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 2 March 2020. p. 6. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  4. ↑ "Jumbo-Visma". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  5. ↑ Youri Ijsen (23 July 2020). "JUMBO-VISMA HEVELT GIJS LEEMREIZE OVER NAAR DE WORLDTOUR". wielerflits. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
  6. ↑ "Team DSM". UCI . Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  7. 1 2 "Jumbo-Visma's Gijs Leemreize undergoes surgery on finger severed in Burgos crash". Cyclingnews.com . Future plc. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  8. ↑ "Gijs Leemreize loses finger in horror crash at Vuelta a Burgos". Eurosport. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
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