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Tom Veelers

Road bicycle racer

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Overview

Tom Veelers (born 14 September 1984) is a retired Dutch professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2003 and 2016 for Löwik–Tegeltoko, the and . Born in Ootmarsum, Overijssel, Veelers won the 2006 edition of U23 Paris–Roubaix. In December 2016 he announced his retirement after suffering from knee injuries for over two years.

Major results

;2002 : 1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships : 4th Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships ;2003 : 10th Kattekoers ;2004 : 1st Noord-Nederland Tour (with 21 other riders) : 2nd Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships : 3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 3rd ZLM Tour : 4th Grand Prix de Waregem ;2005 : 3rd Ronde van Drenthe : 4th Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig : 5th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux : 5th Grand Prix Pino Cerami : 6th Overall Tour du Loir-et-Cher ::1st Stage 5 : 7th Grand Prix de Waregem : 9th Paris–Roubaix Espoirs ;2006 : 1st Overall Olympia's Tour ::1st Stages 5, 6 & 8 : 1st Paris–Roubaix Espoirs : 2nd Beverbeek Classic : 8th Grande Prémio Internacional Costa Azul : 10th Road race, UEC European Under-23 Road Championships ;2007 : 1st Overall OZ Wielerweekend : 3rd Overall Olympia's Tour : 4th Overall Boucles de la Mayenne ::1st Prologue : 5th Ronde van Noord-Holland : 8th Omloop der Kempen : 8th Grand Prix de la Somme ;2008 : 1st Stage 7 Tour of Qinghai Lake : 3rd Ronde van Overijssel : 3rd Nationale Sluitingsprijs : 8th Ronde van het Groene Hart ;2009 : 1st Stage 9 Tour of Qinghai Lake : 5th Paris–Brussels : 6th Profronde van Fryslan : 10th Overall Tour of Qatar ;2010 : 3rd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen : 7th Paris–Brussels : 8th Dwars door Vlaanderen : 9th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad : 9th Ronde van Overijssel : 10th Binche–Tournai–Binche ;2011 : 1st Stage 3 Tour of Hainan : 2nd Overall Tour de Wallonie-Picarde ::1st Stage 3 : 7th Overall Delta Tour Zeeland ;2012 : 3rd Halle–Ingooigem : 4th Overall World Ports Classic : 4th Velothon Berlin : 4th Dutch Food Valley Classic : 5th Overall Tour of Qatar : 6th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne : 9th Vattenfall Cyclassics ;2013 : 2nd Münsterland Giro : 4th Handzame Classic : 6th Dutch Food Valley Classic : 6th Grand Prix de Fourmies : 8th GP Impanis-Van Petegem

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