Sam Oomen

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Sam Oomen
2023 NK Wielrennen - Sam Oomen 2.jpg
Oomen in 2023
Personal information
Born (1995-08-15) 15 August 1995 (age 29)
Tilburg, Netherlands
Height1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Team information
Current team Lidl–Trek
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Professional teams
2014–2015 Rabobank Development Team
2016–2020 Team Giant–Alpecin [1] [2]
2021–2023 Team Jumbo–Visma [3] [4]
2024– Lidl–Trek
Major wins
Grand Tours
Vuelta a España
1 TTT stage (2022)
Medal record
Representing Team Sunweb
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Bergen Team time trial
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Innsbruck Team time trial

Sam Oomen (born 15 August 1995) is a Dutch racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Lidl–Trek. [5] [6]

Contents

Career

He rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships in the U23 category. In October 2015 it was announced that he would join Team Giant–Alpecin from 2016 on an initial three-year contract. [7] He was named in the startlist for the 2017 Vuelta a España, [8] where he was forced to leave with illness. [9]

2018

He started the season by racing in the Tour Down Under, where he finished in 15th overall and was 24 seconds behind the winning time. Oomen led Team Sunweb at the Volta ao Algarve. [10] In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the Giro d'Italia, [11] which he finished in ninth place, while riding in support for Tom Dumoulin. [9]

Major results

2012
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland
1st Young rider classification
1st Stage 3 (ITT)
2013
1st MaillotHolanda.PNG Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
2nd Overall Junior Tour of Wales
5th Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan
10th Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland
2014
1st Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification, Tour de Bretagne
3rd Paris–Tours Espoirs
8th Overall Tour des Fjords
2015
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour
1st Jersey green.svg Points classification
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
1st Stage 1
1st Paris–Tours Espoirs
2nd Overall Tour des Pays de Savoie Mont-Blanc
1st Jersey red.svg Mountains classification
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
1st Stages 2 & 4 (ITT)
2nd Overall Tour Alsace
1st Jersey blue.svg Young rider classification
3rd Flèche Ardennaise
4th Overall Istrian Spring Trophy
4th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
8th Overall Tour de l'Ain
8th Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
2016
1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de l'Ain
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
1st Stage 3
3rd Overall Critérium International
10th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes
2017
1st Gold medal blank.svg Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
6th Tre Valli Varesine
7th Overall Tour de Pologne
9th Overall Tour of California
2018
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification, Volta ao Algarve
2nd Silver medal blank.svg Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
7th Overall Tour de Suisse
9th Overall Giro d'Italia
9th Overall Tour de Pologne
2019
5th Overall Volta ao Algarve
9th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Jersey white.svg Young rider classification
2021
8th Overall Tour de Suisse
2022
1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España
5th Road race, National Road Championships
10th Overall Volta a Catalunya

General classification results timeline

Sources: [12]

Grand Tour general classification results
Grand Tour 20162017201820192020202120222023
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia —— 9 DNF 21 — 20 36
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France ————————
Jersey red.svg Vuelta a España — DNF ——— 18 30
Major stage race general classification results
Race20162017201820192020202120222023
Jersey yellow.svg Paris–Nice — 14 13 —— 41 ——
MaillotAzul.PNG Tirreno–Adriatico ——— 9 11 ———
MaillotVolta.png Volta a Catalunya ————NH— 10 —
Jersey yellow.svg Tour of the Basque Country 36 19 — DNF 25 — 29
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de Romandie ———————
Jersey yellow-bluebar.svg Critérium du Dauphiné — 14 ——————
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de Suisse 38 — 7 —NH 8 DNF 23
Legend
—Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
IPIn progress
NHNot held

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  4. ↑ "Sam Oomen bolsters Jumbo Visma's climbing contingent with three-year contract". Cyclingnews.com . Future plc. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  5. ↑ "Trek–Segafredo". UCI . Retrieved 14 January 2024.
  6. ↑ Daniel Ostanek (11 September 2023). "Lidl-Trek make Sam Oomen their ninth signing of the transfer window". Cyclingnews.com.
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