Joost Posthuma
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| Full name | Joost Posthuma | ||
| Born | March 8, 1981  Netherlands |
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| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Weight | 76 kg (170 lb) | ||
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| Current team | RadioShack-Nissan-Trek | ||
| Discipline | Road | ||
| Role | Rider | ||
| Professional team(s) | |||
| 2004–2010 2011– |
Rabobank Leopard Trek |
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| Infobox last updated on 5 January 2012 |
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Joost Posthuma (born 8 March 1981 in Hengelo) is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer. He rides on the UCI ProTour for the RadioShack-Nissan-Trek professional cycling team. He is known for his time-trialling and he wore the white jersey for the best young rider at the 2006 Tour de France after the prologue but lost it after the 1st road stage, after a rival got in a breakaway and got bonus seconds on the road.
[edit] Major achievements
- 2003
- 1st Overall Olympia's Tour
- 1st Prologue Tour de Normandie
- 1st Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 (U23)
- 2004
- 1st Overall Circuit des Mines
- 1st Stage 8
- 2005
- 1st GP Jef Scherens
- 1st Stage 4 Paris–Nice
- 2006
- 6th Overall Eneco Tour of Benelux
- 2007
- 2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 1st Overall Sachsen Tour
- 1st Stage 4 (ITT)
- 2008
- 1st Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 1st Stage 3B (ITT)
- 1st Overall Tour of Luxembourg
- 2009
- 1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 2010
- 1st Stage 7 (ITT) Tour of Austria
[edit] External links
- Official Website (in Dutch)
- Profile on Rabobank official website
- Joost Posthuma at Trap-Friis.dk
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