Steven de Jongh

{{Short description|Dutch cyclist (born 1973)}}

{{family name hatnote|de Jongh|Jongh|lang=Dutch}}

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Steven de Jongh

| image = Steven de Jongh (Tour de France 2007 - stage 7).jpg

| caption = De Jongh in the 2007 Tour de France

| fullname = Steven de Jongh

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|11|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = Alkmaar, the Netherlands

| height = {{height|m=1.76|precision=0}}

| weight = {{convert|76|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

| currentteam = Retired

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

| ridertype = Sprinter

| proyears1 = 1995–1999

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|TVM|1995}}

| proyears2 = 2000–2005

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|RAB|2000}}

| proyears3 = 2006–2009

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|QST|2006}}

| manageyears1 = 2010–2012

| manageteam1 = {{UCI team code|SKY|2010}}

| manageyears2 = 2013–2016

| manageteam2 = {{UCI team code|SAX|2013}}

| manageyears3 = 2017–

| manageteam3 = {{UCI team code|TFS|2017}}

| majorwins = E3 Prijs Vlaanderen (2003)
Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne (2004, 2008)

}}

Steven de Jongh (born 25 November 1973) is a Dutch former road bicycle racer.

Biography

De Jongh made his professional debut in 1995 at TVM team where he stayed until 1999. From 2000 to 2005 he was part of {{UCI team code|RAB|2000}}, while he made the move to {{UCI team code|QST|2006}} in 2006. De Jongh retired as a rider after the 2009 season.

He was a Directeur sportif at Team Sky for three years, leaving in October 2012 after admitting he had taken illegal substances earlier in his career.{{Cite web |url=http://www.teamsky.com/article/0,27290,17546_8208971,00.html |title=Team Sky | Pro Cycling | Latest News | de Jongh exits Team Sky |access-date=2012-10-29 |archive-date=2012-11-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121128081028/http://www.teamsky.com/article/0,27290,17546_8208971,00.html |url-status=dead }} In January 2013 he joined Team Saxo-Tinkoff as a sports director.[http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/de-jongh-signs-for-saxo-tinkoff-as-sport-director De Jongh signs for Saxo-Tinkoff as sport director], cyclingnews.com 11 January 2013 After the Tinkoff team announced their disbanding at the conclusion of the 2016 season, in September 2016 {{UCI team code|TFS|2016}} confirmed that de Jongh would join them from 2017, along with Tinkoff riders Alberto Contador and Jesús Hernández.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/sep/15/alberto-contador-switches-to-race-for-trek-segafredo-2017 |title=Alberto Contador will switch to race for Trek-Segafredo in 2017 |author= |date=15 September 2016 |website=theguardian.com |access-date=15 September 2016}}

Major results

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;1992

: 3rd Dorpenomloop Rucphen

;1994

: 1st Ronde van Zuid-Holland

: 1st Dokkum Woudenomloop

: 1st Stage 11 Commonwealth Bank Classic

: 1st Stage 2 Tour du Poitou-Charentes

: 1st Stage 6 Olympia's Tour

: 1st Stage 1 OZ Wielerweekend

: 3rd Ster van Zwolle

;1995

: 1st 20px Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships

: 1st PWZ Zuidenveld Tour

: 1st Grand Prix de Waregem

: 1st Stage 1 Tour de Pologne

: 1st Stages 1, 9 & 10 Tour of Austria

: 2nd Ster van Zwolle

: 2nd Omloop der Kempen

: 3rd Ronde van Drenthe

;1996

: 4th HEW Cyclassics

: 8th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

: 9th Overall Étoile de Bessèges

: 9th Grand Prix d'Ouverture La Marseillaise

;1997

: 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Burgos

: 1st Stage 2 Tour de l'Avenir

: 1st Stage 3 Boland Bank Tour

: 4th Overall Tour of Sweden

;1998

: 1st Overall Tour of Sweden

::1st Stage 2

: 1st Stage 4 Étoile de Bessèges

: 3rd Nationale Sluitingprijs

;1999

: 1st Stage 7 Tirreno–Adriatico

: 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Castilla y León

: 1st Stage 2 Giro della Provincia di Lucca

: 2nd Nationale Sluitingprijs

: 3rd Overall Guldensporentweedaagse

: 3rd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

: 7th Delta Profronde

: 8th Grand Prix d'Isbergues

;2000

: 1st Henk Vos Memorial

: 1st Nationale Sluitingsprijs

: 1st Schaal Sels

: 1st Veenendaal–Veenendaal

: 4th Trofeo Cala Millor-Cala Bona

: 7th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

;2001

: 1st Veenendaal–Veenendaal

: 3rd Overall Guldensporentweedaagse

;2002

: 1st Schaal Sels

: 1st Rund um den Flughafen Köln-Bonn

: 1st Stages 1b & 2 Tour of Sweden

: 1st Stage 2 Ronde van Nederland

: 2nd Ronde van Midden-Zeeland

: 3rd Nokere-Koerse

: 4th Road race, National Road Championships

: 6th Tour Beneden-Maas

: 6th Trofeo Cala Millor-Cala Bona

: 8th Henk Vos Memorial

;2003

: 1st Schaal Sels

: 1st E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

: 1st Stage 3a Three Days of De Panne

: 8th GP Rudy Dhaenens

;2004

: 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

: 2nd Overall Circuit Franco-Belge

: 2nd Nationale Sluitingprijs

: 4th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

: 4th Giro del Piemonte

: 10th Ronde van Midden-Zeeland

;2005

: 1st Nokere Koerse

: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships

: 2nd Giro del Piemonte

: 2nd Noord-Nederland Tour

: 2nd Tour de Rijke

: 3rd Omloop Het Volk

: 3rd Trofeo Manacor

: 4th GP Stad Zottegem

: 7th Veenendaal–Veenendaal

: 10th Overall Ster Elektrotoer

;2006

: 1st Ronde van Midden-Zeeland

: 2nd Scheldeprijs

: 2nd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

: 3rd Paris–Brussels

: 4th Veenendaal–Veenendaal

: 6th Overall Three Days of De Panne

::1st Stage 3

: 7th Overall Tour of Qatar

: 8th Tour de Rijke

: 9th Overall Tour of Belgium

: 10th Giro della Provincia di Lucca

;2007

: 1st GP Briek Schotte

: 1st Omloop van het Houtland

: 1st Omloop Wase Scheldeboorden

: 3rd Overall Tour of Qatar

::1st Stage 1

: 3rd Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen

: 4th Paris–Tours

: 5th GP Ouest–France

: 5th Paris–Brussels

: 9th Tour de Rijke

: 10th Omloop Het Volk

;2008

: 1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

: 1st Tour de Rijke

: 2nd Overall Tour of Qatar

::1st Stage 1 (TTT)

: 2nd Dwars door Vlaanderen

: 3rd Road race, National Road Championships

: 10th Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen

;2009

: 1st Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen

: 3rd Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen

: 3rd Dutch Food Valley Classic

: 5th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge

: 9th Tour de Rijke

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