Jos Pronk

Jos Pronk

Jos Pronk (2017)
To person
Date of birth	January 13, 1983
nation	Netherlands
discipline	Train / street
End of career	2012 (as an active cyclist)
Last updated: January 29, 2020

Jos Pronk (born January 13, 1983 in Warmenhuizen ) is a Dutch pacemaker and former cyclist .

Jos Pronk started his career in 2004 with the Dutch cycling team Van Hemert-Eurogifts . In his second year there, he won a stage on the Olympia's Tour and was fifth overall. In the 2006 season he won the French one-day race, the Prix ​​de la Ville de Nogent-sur-Oise, and was national champion in the Derny race. In 2007 he decided a stage of the Tour de Bretagne Cycliste for himself. In 2008 he won two more stages in races, 2011 was his last victory in the Omloop of the Kempen .

In 2012 Jos Pronk ended his active cycling career. In 2017, as a pacemaker, he and Reinier Honig won the silver medal in the standing race at the European Railway Championships in Berlin . In 2017, 2018 and 2019 the two drivers became Dutch champions together.

Jos Pronk comes from a cycling family. His father Mattheus Pronk and his brother Matthé Pronk were also cyclists. Former cyclist Bas Giling is his cousin.

successes

Street

2005

• a stage Olympia's Tour

2006

• Prix ​​de la Ville de Nogent-sur-Oise

2007

• a stage Tour de Bretagne Cycliste
• a stage Olympia's Tour

2008

• two stages Tour du Loir-et-Cher
• a stage Olympia's Tour

2011

• Omloop of the Kempen

train

2001

• Junior World Championship - points race

2002

• U23 European Champion - Scratch

2003

• Junior World Championship - points race
• Dutch champion - two-man team driving (with Matthé Pronk )

2004

• U23 European Championship - Team Pursuit (with Geert-Jan Jonkman , Levi Heimans and Wim Stroetinga )

2006

• Dutch champion - Derny race

2007

• UEC Derny European Championship - (behind Sam Mooij )

2017

• European Championship - Standing Race (Pacemaker by Reinier Honig )

2018

• Dutch champion - stalker race (pacemaker by Reinier Honig )

2019

• Dutch master - stayer (pacemaker by Reinier Honig )
• European Championship - Standing Race (Pacemaker by Reinier Honig )

Teams

• 2004 Van Hemert-Eurogifts
• 2005 Eurogifts.com
• 2006 ProComm-Van Hemert
• 2007 Time-Van Hemert
• 2008 KrolStonE Continental Team
• 2009 KrolStonE Continental Team
• 2011 Ruiter Dakkapellen Wielerteam
• 2012 Ruiter Dakkapellen Wielerteam

Web links

Commons : Jos Pronk  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Jos Pronk in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Jos Pronk in the ProCyclingStats.com database