{{short description|Dutch road cyclist}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Ramon Sinkeldam | image = Ramon Sinkeldam.jpg | image_size = | caption = Sinkeldam in 2016 | fullname = Ramon Sinkeldam | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|2|9|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Ramon Sinkeldam|url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/Ramon_Sinkeldam|work=ProCycling Stats|access-date=12 August 2013}}</ref> | birth_place = Wormer, the Netherlands | height = {{height|m=1.93}} | weight = {{convert|75|kg|lb stlb|0|abbr=on}} | currentteam = Retired | discipline = Road | role = Rider | ridertype = {{ubl|Sprinter|Classics rider}} | amateuryears1 = 2007–2011 | amateurteam1 = {{UCI team code|RB3|2007}} | proyears1 = 2012–2017 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|ARG|2012a}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://62.50.72.82/UCIBWS/(S(psmd4pf5nrcjs4sg3skgfwyd))/Teams/detail/en/ROA/3008|title=Team Giant-Shimano (GIA) – NED|access-date=18 May 2014|work=UCI World Tour|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|archive-date=1 January 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140101032506/http://62.50.72.82/UCIBWS/(S(psmd4pf5nrcjs4sg3skgfwyd))/Teams/detail/en/ROA/3008|url-status=dead}}</ref> | proyears2 = 2018–2022 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|FDJ|2018a}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/groupama-fdj-confirm-28-riders-for-2019/|title=Groupama-FDJ confirm 28 riders for 2019|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|date=15 November 2018|access-date=3 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/13988/1000562/260|title=Groupama - FDJ|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=2 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102031051/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/13988/1000562/260|archive-date=2 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15240/1000562/279|title=Groupama - FDJ|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=1 January 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210101153609/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15240/1000562/279|archive-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> | proyears3 = 2023–2024 | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|ADC|2023}}<ref name="uci">{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/17713|title=Alpecin–Deceuninck|publisher=UCI|access-date=2 January 2023}}</ref> | majorwins = '''One-day races and Classics''' :{{nowrap|National Road Race Championships (2017)}} | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry| {{NED}} }} {{MedalSport | Men's road bicycle racing}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalGold | 2019 Alkmaar| Mixed Team Relay}} | show-medals = no }} '''Ramon Sinkeldam''' (born 9 February 1989) is a Dutch former cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2012 to 2024.
==Career==
===Amateur career=== Born in Wormer, Sinkeldam rode for the {{UCI team code|RB3|2011}} for his entire amateur career, between 2007 and 2011. During this time, he won the Paris–Roubaix Espoirs race in 2011, as well as winning the 2011 Ronde van Limburg and the national under-23 road race championships in 2011, having finished second in the two previous years. In his youth Sinkeldam was also active in mountain biking and in cyclocross.
===Professional career=== Sinkeldam turned professional for the 2012 season, joining the {{UCI team code|SKS|2012a}} team. He achieved his first professional victories with the team in October 2012, winning two stages at the Tour of Hainan in China. He finished the race sixth overall. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France.<ref name="2015Tour">{{cite web |url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2015/06/news/preliminary-start-list-2015-tour-de-france_375043 |title=2015 Tour de France start list |access-date=2 July 2015 |work=Velo News}}</ref> He earned no wins in 2013, but did place 3rd overall at 2.HC race Four Days of Dunkirk. In 2014, Sinkeldam won the second stage of the World Ports Classic and finished in 2nd overall. 2015 was his most successful season yet, as he won one day events Velothon Berlin and Binche–Chimay–Binche. Sinkeldam was also 2nd in the Dutch National Road Race Championships, behind Niki Terpstra.
On 23 January 2016, he was one of the six members of the {{UCI team code|TGA|2016}} who were hit by a motorist who drove into on-coming traffic while they were training in Spain. All riders were in stable condition.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Irish Independent|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/cycling/john-degenkolb-and-warren-barguil-among-six-giantalpecin-cyclists-hospitalised-after-being-hit-by-a-car-34390916.html|title=John Degenkolb and Warren Barguil among six Giant-Alpecin cyclists hospitalised after being hit by a car|date=23 January 2016}}</ref>
In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/2019/startlist |title=2019: 102nd Giro d'Italia: Start List |access-date=8 May 2019 |work=ProCyclingStats}}</ref>
==Major results== Source: <ref>{{cite web|url=https://firstcycling.com/rider.php?r=4589|title=Ramon Sinkeldam|work=FirstCycling.com|publisher=FirstCycling AS|accessdate=2 February 2023}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=25em}} ;2006 : 3rd Road race, National Junior Road Championships ;2009 : 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2010 : 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 9th Münsterland Giro ;2011 : 1st 20px Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 1st Paris–Roubaix Espoirs : 1st Ronde van Limburg : 5th Overall Olympia's Tour : 8th Overall Volta ao Alentejo ;2012 <small>(2 pro wins)</small> : 6th Overall Tour of Hainan ::1st Stages 5 & 8 ;2013 : 2nd Ronde van Zeeland Seaports : 3rd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk ;2014 <small>(1)</small> : 2nd Overall World Ports Classic ::1st 20px Young rider classification ::1st Stage 2 : 2nd Overall Tour de Picardie : 2nd Ronde van Zeeland Seaports : 6th Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem ;2015 <small>(2)</small> : 1st Velothon Berlin : 1st Binche–Chimay–Binche : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 8th Vattenfall Cyclassics ;2017 <small>(1)</small> : 1st 20px Road race, National Road Championships : 9th Scheldeprijs ;2018 <small>(1)</small> : 1st Paris–Chauny : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships ;2019 : 1st 20px Team relay, UEC European Road Championships ;2022 : 6th Tour de Vendée ;2024 : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships {{div col end}}
===Grand Tour general classification results timeline===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | Grand Tour ! scope="col" | 2013 ! scope="col" | 2014 ! scope="col" | 2015 ! scope="col" | 2016 ! scope="col" | 2017 ! scope="col" | 2018 ! scope="col" | 2019 ! scope="col" | 2020 ! scope="col" | 2021 ! scope="col" | 2022 ! scope="col" | 2023 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey Giro d'Italia |— |— |— |— |— |— |133 |DNF |— |132 |DNF |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey Tour de France |— |— |DNF |143 |148 |134 |— |— |— |— |DNF |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A red jersey Vuelta a España |DNF |136 |— |— |— |— |— |— |127 |— |— |}
{| class="wikitable" |+ Legend |- ! scope="row" | — | Did not compete |- ! scope="row" | DNF | Did not finish |- ! scope="row" | IP | In progress |}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sinkeldam, Ramon}} Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:Dutch male cyclists Category:Sportspeople from Wormerland Category:UCI Road World Championships cyclists for the Netherlands Category:Cyclists from North Holland