Timo Fransen

{{Short description|Dutch cyclist (born 1987)}}

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{{Medal|Competition| Paralympic Games }}

{{Medal|Gold| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Road race B}}

{{Medal|Silver|2016 Rio de Janeiro|Road time trial B}}

{{Medal|Silver|2016 Rio de Janeiro|Individual pursuit B}}

{{Medal|Silver| 2020 Tokyo | Road time trial B}}

{{Medal|Silver|2024 Paris|Road race B}}

{{Medal|Bronze|2024 Paris|Road time trial B}}

{{Medal|Competition|Road World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2023 Glasgow|Time trial B}}

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Timo Fransen (born 3 June 1987) is a Dutch Paralympic cyclist competing in tandem events for the Netherlands, serving as a sighted pilot for blind cyclist Vincent ter Schure.

Career

Ter Schure and Fransen represented the Netherlands at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and they won one gold medal and two silver medals.{{Cite web|url=https://www.paralympic.org/vincent-ter-schure|title=Vincent ter Schure - Cycling {{!}} Paralympic Athlete Profile|website=International Paralympic Committee|language=en|access-date=17 December 2019}} They won the gold medal in the men's road race B event and the silver medals in the men's road time trial B and men's individual pursuit B events.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nu.nl/paralympische-spelen/4323084/paralympisch-goud-abraham-gebru-dankzij-bizarre-val-concurrenten.html|title=Paralympisch goud Abraham Gebru dankzij bizarre val concurrenten|date=17 September 2016|website=NU.nl|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=17 December 2019|language=nl}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.nu.nl/sport/4321756/nederland-nadert-paralympics-in-rio-aantal-medailles-van-londen.html|title=Nederland nadert op Paralympics in Rio aantal medailles van Londen|last=|first=|date=15 September 2016|website=NU.nl|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=17 December 2019|language=nl}}

At the 2019 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships held in Emmen, Netherlands, Fransen and ter Schure won the gold medal in the time trial event. In January 2020, together with Imke Brommer, Larissa Klaassen and ter Schure, he won the team sprint at the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships and finished third in the pursuit.{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/docs/default-source/about--discipline/about-para-cycling/2020paratrackworlds-officialbookofresults-optimized.pdf?sfvrsn=4cc49967_4|title=2020 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships – Official book of results|publisher=UCI|access-date=8 March 2020}}

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