Rob Ruijgh
Rob Ruijgh (born November 12, 1986 in Heerlen ) is a former Dutch cyclist .
Rob Ruijgh won the Giro della Lunigiana junior tour in 2004 . The next year he drove as a U23 driver for the Belgian Continental Team Amuzza.com-Davo . There he won the second stage at the OZ Wielerweekend and was third in the overall ranking. He then switched to Rabobank Continental , the farm team of the Dutch ProTeams Rabobank .
At the end of the 2009 season, Ruijgh drove as a trainee with the Professional Continental Team Vacansoleil , where he received a regular contract in 2010. As of 2011, the team received a license as ProTeam owned. Ruijgh contested four “Grand Tours” for Vacansoliel , with his best place being 21st in the 2011 Tour de France .
After Vacansoleil was closed at the end of the 2013 season, Ruijgh moved to the Vastgoedservice-Golden Palace Continental Team in 2014 , for which he won the Philippe Van Coningsloo Memorial . In 2017 he won the overall ranking of the Tour of Iran for the Tarteletto-Isorex team and ended his cycling career with this team at the end of the 2018 season.
successes
- 2005
- one stage OZ Wielerweekend
- 2014
- 2017
- Overall ranking Tour of Iran
Grand Tour placements
Grand Tour | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
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Giro d'Italia | - | - | 54 | - | - | - | - |
Tour de France | 21st | DNF | - | - | - | - | - |
Vuelta a España | - | DNF | - | - | - | - | - |
Teams
- 2005 Amuzza.com-Davo
- 2006 Rabobank Continental
- 2007 Rabobank Continental
- 2008 Sparkasse team
- 2009 Vacansoleil ( Stagiaire )
- 2010 Vacansoleil
- 2011 Vacansoleil-DCM
- 2012 Vacansoleil-DCM
- 2013 Vacansoleil-DCM
- 2014 Vastgoedservice-Golden Palace Continental Team
- 2015 Vastgoedservice-Golden Palace Continental Team
- 2016 Crelan-Vastgoedservice Continental Team
- 2017 Tarteletto Isorex
- 2018 Tarteletto Isorex
Web links
- Rob Ruijgh in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Rob Ruijgh in the ProCyclingStats.com database
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Ruijgh, Rob |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 12, 1986 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Heerlen |