Koen Bouwman

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Koen Bouwman
Bouwman in 2022
Personal information
Full nameKoen Bouwman
Born (1993-12-02) 2 December 1993 (age 30)
Ulft, Netherlands
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Team information
Current teamVisma–Lease a Bike
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur team
2012Parkhotel Rooding Valkenburg
Professional teams
2013–2014Cycling Team Jo Piels
2015SEG Racing
2015LottoNL–Jumbo (stagiaire)
2016–LottoNL–Jumbo[1][2]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
Mountains classification (2022)
2 individual stages (2022)
Medal record
Men's road bicycle racing
Representing the  Netherlands
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Yorkshire Mixed team relay
Silver medal – second place 2021 Flanders Mixed team relay
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Alkmaar Mixed team relay
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Trentino Mixed team relay

Koen Bouwman (born 2 December 1993 in Ulft) is a Dutch cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike.[3]

Career[edit]

Bouwman joined LottoNL–Jumbo in 2016 after riding for the team as a stagiaire the previous season. He competed in his first grand tour in 2016: the Vuelta a España.[4] His first professional win was stage 3 of the 2017 Critérium du Dauphiné.

In May 2018, he competed in his first Giro d'Italia.[5]

In 2019, Bouwman won the mixed team relay with the Dutch team at the UCI Road World Championships.

At the 2022 Giro d'Italia, Bouwman won two stages from the breakaway, giving him enough points to also win the mountains classification.[6][7]

Major results[edit]

Road[edit]

2014
4th Overall Carpathian Couriers Race
10th Volta Limburg Classic
2015
1st Stage 5 Giro della Valle d'Aosta
1st Mountains classification, Tour de Normandie
4th Time trial, National Under-23 Championships
6th Paris–Tours Espoirs
7th Overall Oberösterreich Rundfahrt
2017 (1 pro win)
Critérium du Dauphiné
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 3
5th Time trial, National Championships
2018
1st Stage 5 (TTT) Tour of Britain
5th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
9th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
2019
1st Team relay, UCI World Championships
1st Team relay, UEC European Championships
1st Stage 1 (TTT) UAE Tour
4th Time trial, National Championships
8th Overall Danmark Rundt
2020
7th Overall Czech Cycling Tour
1st Mountains classification
2021
2nd Team relay, UCI World Championships
3rd Team relay, UEC European Championships
3rd Time trial, National Championships
6th Overall Tour of Belgium
2022 (3)
Giro d'Italia
1st Mountains classification
1st Stages 7 & 19
3rd Overall Okolo Slovenska
1st Stage 3
2023
1st Stage 2 (TTT) Vuelta a Burgos
8th Overall Okolo Slovenska
8th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
2024 (2)
1st Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
1st Stage 3

Grand Tour general classification results timeline[edit]

Grand Tour 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 50 41 DNF 12 21 25
A yellow jersey Tour de France Has not contested during his career
A red jersey Vuelta a España 123 41 42
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

Track[edit]

2018
2nd Individual pursuit, National Championships
2019
2nd Individual pursuit, National Championships

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Cheery Christmas for ambitious Team Jumbo-Visma". Team Jumbo–Visma. Team Oranje Road BV. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Team Jumbo-Visma 2020 roster presented in Amsterdam". Bianchi. F.I.V. Edoardo Bianchi S.p.A. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Jumbo-Visma". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  4. ^ "71st Vuelta a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  5. ^ "2018: 101st Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Koen Bouwman takes second Giro D'Italia stage win in chaotic finish". Yahoo News. Yahoo. 27 May 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  7. ^ Windsor, Richard (13 May 2022). "Koen Bouwman victorious in tightly fought Giro d'Italia 2022 stage seven". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 16 September 2022.

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