{{Short description|Dutch cyclist (born 1981)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Bobbie Traksel | image = Bobbie_Traksel_WPC_2013.jpg | caption = Traksel at the [[2013 World Ports Classic]]. | fullname = Bobbie Traksel | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|11|3|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Tiel]], the [[Netherlands]] | height = | weight = | currentteam = | discipline = Road and track | role = Rider | ridertype = | proyears1 = 2001–2004 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|RAB|2001}} | proyears2 = 2005–2006 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|COS|2006}} | proyears3 = 2007 | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|PCO|2007}} | proyears4 = 2008 | proteam4 = {{UCI team code|VCD|2008}} | proyears5 = 2009–2010 | proteam5 = {{UCI team code|VAC|2009}} | proyears6 = 2011–2012 | proteam6 = {{UCI team code|LAN|2011}} | proyears7 = 2013 | proteam7 = {{UCI team code|Champion System|2013}} | proyears8 = 2014 | proteam8 = {{UCI team code|SKT|2014}} | majorwins = Veenendaal–Veenendaal (2002)<br />Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen (2008)<br />Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne (2010) }} '''Bobbie Traksel''' (born 3 November 1981 in [[Tiel]]) is a Dutch former professional [[racing cyclist]].<ref name="An Post">{{cite news|url=http://www.directvelo.com/actualite/31254-irlande-an-post-chainreaction-joue-la-carte-des-jeunes.html|language=French|title=Irlande: An Post-ChainReaction joue la carte des jeunes|trans-title=Ireland: An Post-ChainReaction opts for youth|work=Directvelo|publisher=Association Le Peloton|date=27 December 2013|accessdate=27 December 2013|first=Renaud|last=Collette}}</ref> In 2000, Traksel showed considerable promise by winning the Under-23 version of the [[Tour of Flanders U23|Tour of Flanders]] and turned professional in 2001 with {{UCI team code|RAB|2001}}. In 2002, Traksel's surprise win at the [[Veenendaal–Veenendaal]] showed his speed and bicycle smarts. But Traksel's achievements in 2008, highlighted by winning the [[Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen]] garnered him wider respect in the cycling community. In 2010 he won [[Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne]] after a long breakaway. The race was heavily influenced by the weather. Many favourites retired from the race due to the cold weather, rain and wind. Traksel proved himself as a real fighter with this win.
Traksel joined {{UCI team code|SKT|2014|nolink=yes}} for the 2014 season,<ref name="An Post"/> after his previous team – {{UCI team code|Champion System|2013}}<ref>{{cite news|url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/10/news/champion-system-signs-kbk-winner-traksel-butler-lewis-will-return_261656|title=Champion System signs KBK winner Traksel; Butler, Lewis will return|date=16 October 2012|accessdate=27 January 2013|work=VeloNews|publisher=Competitor Group, Inc.|archive-date=2 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130102041622/http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/10/news/champion-system-signs-kbk-winner-traksel-butler-lewis-will-return_261656|url-status=dead}}</ref> – folded at the end of the 2013 season.
==Major results== {{Div col}} ;2000 :1st [[PWZ Zuidenveld Tour]] :1st [[Ronde Van Vlaanderen Beloften]] :1st Stage 4 [[Tour du Loir-et-Cher]] ;2002 :1st [[Veenendaal–Veenendaal]] :1st Stage 1 [[Sachsen Tour]] :1st Stage 1 [[Ster Elektrotoer]] :2nd [[Dwars door Gendringen]] :3rd Rund um den Flughafen Köln :9th [[Profronde van Midden-Zeeland]] ;2003 :6th [[Classic Haribo]] ;2004 :1st [[Profronde van Fryslan]] :1st Noord Nederland Tour ;2005 :5th Overall [[Étoile de Bessèges]] :8th [[Châteauroux Classic]] ;2006 :1st Zwevezele ;2007 :2nd Overall [[Boucles de la Mayenne]] ::1st Stage 1 :2nd Overall [[OZ Wielerweekend]] :2nd [[Ronde van Noord-Holland]] :2nd [[Omloop der Kempen]] :3rd [[Omloop van het Waasland]] :4th Ereprijs Victor De Bruyne ;2008 :1st Overall [[Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen]] ::1st Stage 3 :1st Ereprijs Victor De Bruyne :1st Stage 2 [[Vuelta a Extremadura]] :1st Stage 4 [[Olympia's Tour]] :2nd [[Omloop van het Waasland]] :2nd [[Ronde van Overijssel]] :3rd [[Ronde van het Groene Hart]] :4th [[Nokere Koerse]] :6th [[Beverbeek Classic]] :6th [[Hel van het Mergelland]] :7th [[Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne]] :8th [[Dutch Food Valley Classic]] ;2009 :1st [[GP Paul Borremans]] :3rd [[Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen]] :5th [[Ronde van het Groene Hart]] :6th [[Arno Wallaard Memorial]] :7th Overall [[Delta Tour Zeeland]] :8th [[Ronde van Noord-Holland]] ;2010 :1st [[Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne]] :3rd Overall [[Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen]] :3rd [[Nokere Koerse]] ;2011 :9th [[Nokere Koerse]] ;2012 :1st Points classification, [[Étoile de Bessèges]] :7th [[Ronde van Zeeland Seaports]] ;2013 :1st [[File:Jersey polkadot.svg|20px]] Combativity classification, [[2013 Tour of Oman|Tour of Oman]] {{colend}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Cycling archives|7552}} *{{Official website|http://www.bobbietraksel.nl/}} *[http://www.cyclingbase.com/palcoureurs.php?id=408&idtitle=1 Palmares at Cycling Base]
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