Dion Beukeboom

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Dion Beukeboom Road cycling
Dion Beukeboom (2017)
Dion Beukeboom (2017)
To person
Date of birth February 2, 1989
nation NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
discipline Railway (endurance) / road
To the team
Current team Vlasman CT
function driver
End of career 2019
Most important successes
UEC European Rail Championships
2015, 2016 bronze - single chase
2015 bronze - team pursuit
Last updated: August 30, 2020

Dion Beukeboom (born February 2, 1989 in Amsterdam ) is a former Dutch cyclist who is active on the road and track .

Athletic career

Dion Beukeboom began his cycling career with a focus on road cycling. In 2008 he became Dutch student champion in road racing . In 2009 and 2010 he won a stage of the Tour of Munster in Ireland , in 2011 a stage of the Omloop Houtse Line and in 2012 a section of the Tour de Normandie . Also in 2012 he was third in the national championship in the single pursuit on the track. In 2013 he and his team from Cyclingteam Join's - De Rijke won the prologue of the Tour of Portugal , which was contested as a team time trial.

In the same year - 2013 - Dion Beukeboom started in five different disciplines at the national track championships, in scratch and single pursuit he was runner-up. Together with the Dutch four-man team ( Roy Eefting , Tim Veldt and Jenning Huizenga ) he won bronze at the UEC European Rail Championships 2013 in Apeldoorn . In 2014 he became Dutch champion in the single pursuit and runner-up in scratch. In 2015 he won a stage of the Olympia's Tour . In the 2015 UEC European Track Championships in Switzerland Grenchen he finished third in the individual pursuit, and in the UEC train European Championships in 2016 in the following year.

On August 22, 2018, Beukeboom tried to improve the hour record set by Bradley Wiggins on the Velodromo Bicentenario in Aguascalientes, Mexico , but did not succeed with 52.757 kilometers. His performance was the fifth best ever driven. The Dutch journalist Edward Swier called Beukeboom “de man met de grote motor”.

In September 2019, Dion Beukeboom contested his last race, after which he ended his cycling career.

Private

Dion Beukeboom studied business administration in Amsterdam . In 2014 he was named Sportsman of the Year by the Stichting Studentensport Amsterdam (SSA) .

successes

Street

2012
2013
2015

train

2013
2015
2016
2017
  • MaillotHolanda.svg Dutch master - one's pursuit

Teams

Web links

Commons : Dion Beukeboom  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Helaas geen werelduurrecord voor Dion Beukeboom. In: alphens.nl. August 22, 2018, accessed on August 22, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Dion Beukeboom rijdt vijfde snelste uurrecord ooit. In: hln.be. August 23, 2018, accessed August 23, 2018 (Dutch).
  3. ↑ Dion Beukeboom. Team magazine Parkhotel Valkenburg CT, 2015, p. 37 , accessed on November 1, 2015 (2015 season).
  4. ↑ VU levert sportvrouw en sportman van het jaar. In: advalvas.vu.nl. March 9, 2015, accessed July 10, 2017 (Dutch).
personal data
SURNAME Beukeboom, Dion
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Amsterdam