Jos van Emden

Jos van Emden
	Jos van Emden (2015)
To person
Date of birth	February 18, 1985
nation	Netherlands
discipline	Street
Driver type	Time trial
height	186 cm
Racing weight	74 kg
To the team
Current team	Team Jumbo-Visma
function	driver
Most important successes
	UCI Road World Championships 2019 - Mixed relay a stage of the Giro d'Italia 2017
	Last updated: September 22, 2019

Jos van Emden (born February 18, 1985 in Schiedam ) is a Dutch cyclist .

Career

Jos van Emden began his international career in 2006 with the UCI Continental Team Rabobank Continental , the farm team of the Dutch UCI ProTeams Rabobank . He won the overall ratings of the Roserittet and the Triptyque des Barrages . He was also able to celebrate stage wins at the Tour of Normandy , the Tour du Loir-et-Cher and the GP Tell . At the road cycling world championships in Salzburg he was 22nd in the U23 time trial and seventh in the road race . In 2007 he won the one-day race Münsterland Giro and was able to repeat this victory in 2013.

In September 2008, von Emden became a driver for ProTeam Rabobank , for which he competed in his first Grand Tour with the Giro d'Italia 2009 and finished in 161st place. In the following years he was particularly successful in time trials , especially prologues . In 2010 he became Dutch master in this discipline. In the 2015 season he was able to win the individual time trial of the 4th stage of the Eneco Tour and thus his first race of the UCI WorldTour . At the Giro d'Italia 2017 , he won the final time trial and thus achieved his greatest success to date.

Trivia

During the mountain time trial of the penultimate stage of the Giro d'Italia 2014 , he stopped to propose to his girlfriend, which she accepted.

At the European Championships in Glasgow in 2018 , van Emden drove the individual time trial in a time trial suit worn by his countrywoman Ellen van Dijk after his suitcase was lost on arrival.