Steven de Jongh
Steven de Jongh (born November 25, 1973 in Alkmaar ) is a former Dutch cyclist and sporting director of a cycling team .
Athletic career
Steven de Jongh turned pro at TVM-Farm Frites in 1996 . He drove there for four years and then at Rabobank for six years before moving to Quick Step in 2006 . The sprinter's successes include stage wins at the Tour of Sweden , the Étoile de Bessèges , the Tour of the Netherlands , Tirreno – Adriatico and the Three Days of De Panne . The Dutchman was just as strong on cobblestones.
He won the spring classics E3 from Harelbeke , Veenendaal-Veenendaal , Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne and Nokere-Koerse .
Professional
In the fall of 2009, de Jongh announced the end of his career as an active professional. From then on, he served until the end of 2012 as sports director of the newly formed British ProTour - Team Sky . After he admitted on his website that he had consumed doping substances during his active time , he left Team Sky. For the 2013 season, de Jongh hired the Saxo-Tinkoff team. After the dissolution of this team in 2106, he went to Trek-Segafredo with Alberto Contador .
On October 15, 2018, Steven de Jongh was reported missing on the Costa Brava near Girona : he had set off on a bike tour in the morning and did not return; his Strava recording was broken. After a five-hour search, he was found unconscious and injured in a ravine by a police helicopter and was taken to a hospital. A severe concussion was found there.
successes
- 1994
- one stage OZ Wielerweekend
- a stage Tour du Poitou-Charentes
- a stage Olympia's Tour
- 1995
- three stages tour of Austria
- Dutch champion - road races youngsters
- one stage tour of Poland
- Grand Prix Waregem
- 1997
- a stage Tour de l'Avenir
- one stage tour of Burgos
- 1998
- a stage Etoile de Bessèges
- Overall ranking and a stage tour of Sweden
- 1999
- a stage Tirreno – Adriatico
- a stage Vuelta a Castilla y León
- a stage of the Giro della Provincia di Lucca
- 2000
- 2001
- 2002
- Schaal Sels
- two stages tour of Sweden
- one stage tour of the Netherlands
- 2003
- 2004
- 2005
- 2006
- 2007
- Team time trial Qatar Tour
- GP Briek Schotte
- Omloop van het Houtland
- Omloop van de Vlaamse Scheldeboorden
- 2008
- 2009
Teams
- 1996-1999 TVM-Farm Frites
- 2000-2005 Rabobank
- 2006-2009 Quick Step
Web links
- Official website
- Steven de Jongh in the Radsportseiten.net database
Individual evidence
- ↑ radsport-news.com from October 30, 2012: Sky also parted ways with de Jongh
- ^ Press Association: Alberto Contador will switch to race for Trek-Segafredo in 2017. In: theguardian.com. February 21, 2018, accessed October 15, 2018 .
- ↑ Edwin Winkels: Steven de Jongh heeft botbreuken, ploegleider is mogelijk aangereden. In: ad.nl. October 15, 2018, accessed October 15, 2018 (Dutch).
- ↑ De Jongh found unconscious in the ravine after a training accident. In: radsport-news.com. October 16, 2018, accessed October 16, 2018 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Jongh, Steven de |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 1973 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Alkmaar , the Netherlands |