Bram Tankink

Bram Tankink
	Tankink at the 2012 Tour of California
Personal information
Full name	Bram Tankink
Nickname	The Tank; The Beast from the East;
Born	3 December 1978 (age 45); Haaksbergen, the Netherlands
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	71 kg (157 lb; 11.2 st)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Amateur team
2000	Cyclingteam Tegeltoko
Professional teams
2001–2002	Domo–Farm Frites–Latexco
2003–2007	Quick-Step–Davitamon
2008–2018	Rabobank

Bram Tankink (born 3 December 1978) is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer,^[1] who competed between 2000 and 2018 for the Löwik Meubelen–Tegeltoko, Domo–Farm Frites, Quick-Step–Innergetic and LottoNL–Jumbo squads.

Born in Haaksbergen, Tankink started his career as a mountain biker, but in 1999 he became a road rider. In 2000 he became Dutch champion of the espoirs which resulted in a professional contract for 2001 at Domo–Farm Frites–Latexco. He stayed with this team for two years until he and a few others from this team went over to Quick-Step–Davitamon. Tankink usually acted as a helper in this team, hardly ever racing for his own success; but he was so much appreciated that the team allowed him to participate in the 2005 Tour de France which he finished in good form. After the Tour he played an important part in the victory of Filippo Pozzato at the 2005 HEW Cyclassics in Hamburg and during the 2005 Deutschland Tour he won the first stage from Attenburg to Plauen. Tankink also won several criteriums after the Tour de France.

Tankink joined Rabobank in 2008. He remained with the team until his retirement in 2018.^[1]

Major results

1999: 3rd Overall Turul Romaniei
2000: 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships; 2nd Overall Mainfranken-Tour; 2nd Overall Ster der Beloften; 5th Rund um den Henninger Turm U23; 8th Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux; 8th Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
2004: 6th Japan Cup; 8th Tour du Haut Var
2005: 1st Profronde van Maastricht; 1st Profronde van Almelo; 1st Stage 1 Deutschland Tour; 3rd Profronde van Stiphout; 3rd Profronde van Oostvoorne
2006: 1st Mijl van Mares; 2nd Profronde van Almelo; 3rd GP Buchholz; 3rd Profronde van Stiphout; 7th Tour du Haut Var
2007: 1st Grote Prijs Jef Scherens; 1st Profronde van Maastricht; 3rd Acht van Chaam; 7th Overall Eneco Tour; 8th Grand Prix de Fourmies
2008: 1st Profronde van Wierden; 2nd Profronde van Zwolle; 3rd Profronde van Heerlen; 5th Overall Tour of Belgium; 8th Overall Eneco Tour; 8th Trofeo Calvia; 8th Grand Prix de Wallonie; 10th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
2009: 3rd Profronde van Zwolle; 8th Overall Ster Elektrotoer
2010: 3rd Overall Tour of Belgium
2011: 1st Sprints classification, Tour of the Basque Country; 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico; 2nd Road race, National Road Championships; 5th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen; 5th Brabantse Pijl; 5th Omloop van het Houtland
2013: 9th Ruddervoorde Koerse
2014: 6th Druivenkoers Overijse; 6th Omloop van het Houtland

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	35	—	—	—	—	61	DNF
Tour de France	—	—	—	111	93	40	59	—	DNF	—	144	64	40	55	—	—
Vuelta a España	DNF	94	64	—	—	—	—	34	—	—	—	—	—	—	103	—

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

^ ^a ^b "Notable riders retiring this season". Eurosport. Discovery, Inc. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019. Bram Tankink of Lotto NL Jumbo will be ending his 19-year career at the end of the season.

External links

Media related to Bram Tankink at Wikimedia Commons

Official website (in Dutch)
Bram Tankink at UCI
Bram Tankink at ProCyclingStats

[Retirement-1] "Notable riders retiring this season". Eurosport. Discovery, Inc. 16 September 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019. Bram Tankink of Lotto NL Jumbo will be ending his 19-year career at the end of the season.

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