Patrick Jonker

Patrick Jonker

Patrick Jonker after winning the "Tour Down Under" in 2004
To person
Full name	Patrick Alexander Jonker
Date of birth	May 25, 1969
nation	Australia / Netherlands
Most important successes
2004: Tour Down Under
Last updated: June 9, 2011

Patrick Alexander Jonker (born May 25, 1969 in Amsterdam ) is a former Australian-Dutch cyclist and today's team manager.

Cycling career

As an amateur, Patrick Jonker drew attention to himself in 1991 by winning a stage of the Milk Race . His greatest successes during his professional career from 1993 to 2004 were victories at the Route du Sud in 1997, the Grand Prix de Wallonie in 1998 and the Tour Down Under 2004. In 1998 he was also the Dutch champion in the individual time trial .

Patrick Jonker started twice at the Olympic Games; 1992 in Barcelona and 1996 in Atlanta , where he finished eighth in the individual time trial.

Five times - in 1994 and 1996 to 1999 Jonker took part in the Tour de France . His best finish was 12th on the 1996 Tour , one place behind Miguel Indurain .

Personal and professional

Patrick Jonker was born in the Netherlands and grew up in Australia, but kept both nationalities. His father was Dutch, his mother a German from Berlin.

After winning the Tour Down Under in 2004, Jonker ended his active career. In 2010 he was the manager of the Australian team "Virgin Blue RBS Morgans".

successes

1997

• Route du Sud

1998

• Dutch champion individual time trial

1999

• Grand Prix de Wallonie

2004

• Tour down under

Teams

• 1992: Varta-Elk-Nö (Austria)
• 1993–1994: Novemail-Histor-Laser Computer (France)
• 1995–1996: ONCE (Spain)
• 1997–2000: Rabobank (Netherlands)
• 2000: US Postal Service Pro Cycling Team (United States)
• 2001–2002: Big Mat-Auber 93 (France)
• 2003: Van Hemert Groep Cycling (Netherlands)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Sydney Morning Herald v. March 19, 2010: “Jonker helps set wheels in motion for the Australian Tour de France team”  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. accessed on June 3, 2010  

Web links

• Patrick Jonker in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Patrick Jonker in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Patrick Jonker on Bicycle Victoria ( Memento from September 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive )