Jasper Ockeloen

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Jasper Ockeloen
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Ockeloen in 2014.
Personal information
Full nameJasper Ockeloen
Born (1990-05-10) 10 May 1990 (age 34)
Dordrecht, Netherlands
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Team information
Current teamSockeloen Cycling Club
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Mountain biking
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2012–2013Parkhotel Rooding Valkenburg
2019WASp
2019–Sockeloen Cycling Club
Professional teams
2009–2010 Rabobank Continental Team
2011 Donckers Koffie–Jelly Belly
2014–2016 Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
2017–2018 Monkey Town Continental Team
2023 Canyon Bicycles

Jasper Ockeloen (born 10 May 1990 in Dordrecht) is a Dutch cyclist, who rides for Dutch amateur team Sockeloen Cycling Club. [1]

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He is the founder of Sockeloen, a company that designs and makes cycling socks, and of the Sockeloen Cycling Club as a means to promote mountain bike marathons and beach racing. [2] Those two disciplines have races where professionals and amateurs can ride together and bond. He himself was introduced to beach racing by his girlfriend Riejanne Markus, a professional cyclist. [3]

In 2021 Ockeloen followed the tyretracks of Laurens ten Dam and participated in Unbound Gravel. He had a flat tyre and a problematic reparation, early in the race. After a lot of overtaking he finished in 10th place. [4] A year later Laurens ten Dam, Thomas Dekker, Ivar Slik and Ockeloen returned for a whole month of gravel races in the US. Ockeloen won Gravel Locos solo and came third in Rule of Three. [5] [6] [7] Later that year Ockeloen won a bronze medal in the Dutch national championships gravel race. [8] These results moved Canyon to give him a professional contract for 2023. [9]

Major results

Road

2008
1st MaillotHolanda.PNG Road race, National Junior Road Championships
3rd Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde
9th Overall Giro della Lunigiana
2010
8th Ronde van Midden-Nederland
2014
9th Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour
9th Arno Wallaard Memorial
2015
2nd Overall Tour d'Azerbaïdjan
2nd Overall Flèche du Sud
3rd Overall Tour of Fuzhou
7th Overall Tour de Taiwan
9th Rutland–Melton CiCLE Classic

Mountain bike

2014
1st MaillotHolanda.PNG National Beach Race Championships
2016
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg UEC European Beach Race Championships
1st MaillotHolanda.PNG Cross-country marathon, National Championships
2017
1st European champion jersey 2016.svg UEC European Beach Race Championships
National Championships
2nd Cross-country marathon
5th Cross-country
2018
1st MaillotHolanda.PNG National Beach Race Championships

Gravel

2021
10th Unbound Gravel
2022
1st Gravel Locos
3rd Rule of three
3rd National Championships
2023
2nd Belgian Waffle Ride - California [10]
UCI World Gravel Series
5th Limburg
9th Aachen
8th FNLND GRVL
10th Unbound Gravel

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References

  1. Rolandus, Dan (2 December 2019). "Sockeloen Cycling Club start in 2020 met elite-team" [Sockeloen Cycling Club starts in 2020 with elite team]. CyclingOnline.nl (in Dutch). Manieu. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  2. "Interview Jasper Ockeloen: Ik ga de UCI-koersen en het NK met de profs missen" [Interview with Jasper Ockeloen: "I'm going to miss the UCI races and the national championship with the pros"]. Racefietsblog.nl (in Dutch). Racefietsblog. 22 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
  3. "Het leuke aan strandracen is dat iedereen kan instappen" [The nice thing about beach racing is that everyone can take part]. KNWU.nl (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Cycling Union . Retrieved 16 February 2020.
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