Robert Gesink

Robert Gesink
	Robert Gesink (2015)
To person
Full name	Robert Gesink
Date of birth	May 31, 1986
nation	Netherlands
discipline	Street
height	189 cm
Racing weight	70 kg
To the team
Current team	Jumbo Visma
Societies)
until 2004	De Peddelaars, Aalten
Team (s)
2005 ; 2006 ; 2007–2012 ; 2013–2014 ; 2015-	Löwik Meubelen-Van Losser ; Rabobank Continental ; Rabobank ; Belkin-Pro Cycling Team ; Team Jumbo-Visma
Most important successes
	Tour of California 2012; a stage Vuelta a España 2016
	Last updated: November 17, 2018

Robert Gesink (born May 31, 1986 in Varsseveld ) is a Dutch cyclist .

Career

Robert Gesink was the 2004 Dutch junior time trial champion . In 2005 he became a professional at Löwik Meubelen-Van Losser . In 2006 Gesink moved to Rabobank Continental . In the Algarve Tour , he achieved third place in the overall standings after a second place on the queen's stage. In 2006 he then won a stage and the overall standings at the Lombard Week and the Circuito Montañés . On June 17, 2010, he won the queen stage of the Tour de Suisse from Meiringen to La Punt and took over the yellow jersey.

Gesink finished ninth at the 2008 Olympic road race in Beijing .

After Gesink had won the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal in 2010, he won the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec three years later . This makes Gesink the only rider to date to have won both Canadian UCI WorldTour races.

In April 2014 it became known that Robert Gesink suffered from cardiac arrhythmias and panic attacks during major races, which is why he had to give up the 2013 Giro d'Italia . He said he wanted to be examined intensively and operated on.

At the Tour de France 2015 he was able to build on his performance before the health problems with rank 6.