 Ockeloen in 2014. | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Jasper Ockeloen |
| Born | 10 May 1990 Dordrecht, Netherlands |
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Sockeloen Cycling Club |
| Disciplines |
|
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2012–2013 | Parkhotel Rooding Valkenburg |
| 2019 | WASp |
| 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) 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]
