Sam Oomen

{{short description|Dutch cyclist}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Sam Oomen

| image = 2023 NK Wielrennen - Sam Oomen 2.jpg

| caption = Oomen in 2023

| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|8|15|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Tilburg, Netherlands

| death_date =

| death_place =

| height = 1.77 m

| weight = 65 kg

| currentteam = {{UCI team code|TFS}}

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

| ridertype = Climber

| amateuryears1 =

| amateurteam1 =

| amateuryears2 =

| amateurteam2 =

| proyears1 = 2014–2015

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|RDT|2014}}

| proyears2 = 2016–2020

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|TGA|2016}}{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/team-sunweb-confirm-2019-mens-and-womens-rosters/|title=Team Sunweb confirm 2019 men's and women's rosters|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|date=23 November 2018|accessdate=5 January 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/13995/1000596/260|title=Team Sunweb|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=3 January 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103143329/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/13995/1000596/260|archivedate=3 January 2020}}

| proyears3 = 2021–2023

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|TJV|2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15243/1000538/279|title=Jumbo-Visma|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|accessdate=2 January 2021|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20210102145838/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15243/1000538/279|archivedate=2 January 2021}}{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/sam-oomen-bolsters-jumbo-vismas-climbing-contingent-with-three-year-contract/|title=Sam Oomen bolsters Jumbo Visma's climbing contingent with three-year contract|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=25 August 2020|accessdate=25 August 2020}}

| proyears4 = 2024–

| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|TFS|2024}}

| majorwins = Grand Tours

:Vuelta a España

::1 TTT stage (2022)

| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{nowrap|{{UCI team code|SUN|2018}}}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold |2017 Bergen|Team time trial}}

{{MedalSilver |2018 Innsbruck|Team time trial}}

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}}

Sam Oomen (born 15 August 1995) is a Dutch racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam {{UCI team code|TFS}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/17728|title=Trek–Segafredo|publisher=UCI|access-date=January 14, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/lidl-trek-make-sam-oomen-their-ninth-signing-of-the-transfer-window/ |title=Lidl-Trek make Sam Oomen their ninth signing of the transfer window |date=2023-09-11 |author=Daniel Ostanek |website=Cyclingnews.com }}

Career

He rode at the 2014 UCI Road World Championships in the U23 category. In October 2015 it was announced that he would join {{UCI team code|TGA|2016}} from 2016 on an initial three-year contract.{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/transfer-news-changes-at-lottonl-jumbo/ |title=Transfer news: Changes at LottoNL-Jumbo|date=2 October 2015 |website=cyclingnews.com|access-date=2 October 2015}} He was named in the startlist for the 2017 Vuelta a España,{{cite web | url=http://www.procyclingstats.com/race/Vuelta_a_Espana_2017_Startlist | title=2017 > 72nd Vuelta a España > Startlist | accessdate=17 August 2017| work= ProCyclingStats}} where he was forced to leave with illness.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/oomens-stock-rises-after-impressive-giro-ditalia/|title=Oomen's stock rises after impressive Giro d'Italia|date=28 May 2018|accessdate=28 May 2018|first=Barry|last=Ryan|work=Cyclingnews.com}}

=2018=

He started the season by racing in the Tour Down Under, where he finished in 15th overall and was 24 seconds behind the winning time. Oomen led {{UCI team code|SUN|2018}} at the Volta ao Algarve.{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/volta-ao-algarve-sunweb-opt-for-youth-to-start-2018-european-season/|title=Volta ao Algarve: Sunweb opt for youth to start 2018 European season - Cyclingnews.com|publisher=|accessdate=19 February 2018}} In May 2018, he was named in the startlist for the Giro d'Italia,{{Cite web|url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/giro-d-italia/2018/startlist |title=2018: 101st Giro d'Italia: Start List |accessdate=3 May 2018 |work=ProCyclingStats}} which he finished in ninth place, while riding in support for Tom Dumoulin.

Major results

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;2012

: 1st 20px Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland

::1st Young rider classification

::1st Stage 3 (ITT)

;2013

: 1st 20px Time trial, National Junior Road Championships

: 2nd Overall Junior Tour of Wales

: 5th Overall Trophée Centre Morbihan

: 10th Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland

;2014

: 1st 20px Mountains classification, Tour de Bretagne

: 3rd Paris–Tours Espoirs

: 8th Overall Tour des Fjords

;2015

: 1st 20px Overall Rhône-Alpes Isère Tour

::1st 20px Points classification

::1st 20px Young rider classification

::1st Stage 1

: 1st Paris–Tours Espoirs

: 2nd Overall Tour des Pays de Savoie Mont-Blanc

::1st 20px Mountains classification

::1st 20px Young rider classification

::1st Stages 2 & 4 (ITT)

: 2nd Overall Tour Alsace

::1st 20px Young rider classification

: 3rd Flèche Ardennaise

: 4th Overall Istrian Spring Trophy

: 4th Overall Tour de l'Avenir

: 8th Overall Tour de l'Ain

: 8th Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs

;2016

: 1st 20px Overall Tour de l'Ain

::1st 20px Young rider classification

::1st Stage 3

: 3rd Overall Critérium International

: 10th Overall Tour du Poitou-Charentes

;2017

: 1st 15px Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships

: 6th Tre Valli Varesine

: 7th Overall Tour de Pologne

: 9th Overall Tour of California

;2018

: 1st 20px Young rider classification, Volta ao Algarve

: 2nd 15px Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships

: 7th Overall Tour de Suisse

: 9th Overall Giro d'Italia

: 9th Overall Tour de Pologne

;2019

: 5th Overall Volta ao Algarve

: 9th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico

::1st 20px Young rider classification

;2021

: 8th Overall Tour de Suisse

;2022

: 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Vuelta a España

: 5th Road race, National Road Championships

: 10th Overall Volta a Catalunya

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=General classification results timeline=

Sources:{{cite web |title=Our eight riders for the Vuelta a Espana |url=https://www.teamjumbovisma.com/news/news/our-eight-riders-for-the-vuelta-a-espana/ |website=Team Jumbo-Visma |access-date=20 August 2022 |language=en |date=15 August 2022}}

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|colspan=9 align="center"|Grand Tour general classification results

scope="col" | Grand Tour

! 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" | {{cjersey|pink}} Giro d'Italia

| —

| —

| style="background:#ddf;" |9

| DNF

| 21

| —

| 20

| 36

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | {{cjersey|yellow}} Tour de France

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | {{cjersey|red}} Vuelta a España

| —

| DNF

| —

| —

| —

| 18

| 30

|

colspan=9 align="center"|Major stage race general classification results
scope="col" | Race

! 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" | {{cjersey|yellow}} Paris–Nice

| —

| 14

| 13

| —

| —

| 41

| —

| —

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | {{cjersey|azul}} Tirreno–Adriatico

| —

| —

| —

| style="background:#ddf;" |9

| 11

| —

| —

| —

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | {{cjersey|Volta a Catalunya}} Volta a Catalunya

| —

| —

| —

| —

| style="color:#4d4d4d;" rowspan=3|NH

| —

| style="background:#ddf;" | 10

| —

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | {{cjersey|yellow}} Tour of the Basque Country

| 36

| 19

| —

| DNF

| 25

| —

| 29

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | {{cjersey|yellow}} Tour de Romandie

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | {{cjersey|Dauphine}} Critérium du Dauphiné

| —

| 14

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

style="text-align:center;"

! scope="row" | {{cjersey|yellow}} Tour de Suisse

| 38

| —

| style="background:#ddf;" |7

| —

| style="color:#4d4d4d;" |NH

| style="background:#ddf;" |8

| DNF

| 23

class="wikitable"

|+ Legend

scope="row" | —

| Did not compete

scope="row" | DNF

| Did not finish

scope="row" | IP

| In progress

scope="row" | NH

| Not held

References

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