Wilco Kelderman
{{Short description|Dutch road cyclist}}
{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Wilco Kelderman
| image = 20180926 UCI Road World Championships Innsbruck Men's ITT Wilco Kelderman 850 9573.jpg
| caption = Kelderman in 2018
| fullname = Wilco Kelderman
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|3|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = Amersfoort, Netherlands
| height = 1.85 m
| weight = 65 kg
| currentteam = {{UCI team code|TJV}}
| discipline = Road
| role = Rider
| ridertype = All-rounder
Climber
| proyears1 = 2010–2011
| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|RB3|2010}}
| proyears2 = 2012–2016
| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|RAB|2012}}
| proyears3 = 2017–2020
| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|SUN|2017}}{{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|access-date=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|access-date=3 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103143329/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/13995/1000596/260|archive-date=3 January 2020}}
| proyears4 = 2021–2022
| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|BOH|2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15235/1001554/279|title=Bora - Hansgrohe|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=1 January 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210101053525/https://www.uci.org/road/teams/TeamDetail/15235/1001554/279|archive-date=1 January 2021}}
| proyears5 = 2023–
| proteam5 = {{UCI team code|TJV|2023}}
| majorwins = Stage races
:National Time Trial Championships (2015)
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{nowrap|{{UCI team code|SUN|2017}}}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold |2017 Bergen|Team time trial}}
{{MedalSilver |2018 Innsbruck|Team time trial}}
| show-medals =
}}
Wilco Kelderman (born 25 March 1991) is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer who rides for UCI WorldTeam {{UCI team code|TJV}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/17723|title=Team Jumbo–Visma|publisher=UCI|access-date=6 January 2023}}
Professional career
=Rabobank teams (2010–2016)=
File:Wilco Kelderman - Tour de France 2015 (18812898764).jpg.]]
Born in Amersfoort, Kelderman finished in seventh position in the general classification of the 2014 Giro d'Italia.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/wilco-kelderman-breaks-collarbone-training-incident-150373|title=Wilco Kelderman breaks collarbone in training incident|work=Cycling Weekly|publisher=Time Inc. UK|date=23 December 2014|access-date=4 July 2015|last=Brown|first=Gregor}} He broke his collarbone in the ensuing off-season while training. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France{{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}} and finished in ninth place in the opening individual time trial.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/tour-de-france/stage-1/results|title=Tour de France: Dennis sets record speed to claim first maillot jaune in Utrecht|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|date=4 July 2015|access-date=4 July 2015}} The following year he rode the Tour de France and placed 32nd overall.
=Team Sunweb (2017–2020)=
Kelderman moved to {{UCI team code|SUN|2017}} for the 2017 season.{{cite news|first=Daniel|last=Benson|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/kelderman-brings-it-back-to-basics-at-team-sunweb/|title=Kelderman brings it back to basics at Team Sunweb|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|date=23 December 2016|accessdate=17 September 2021}} He finished in the top ten of the Vuelta a España in three successive editions, between 2017 and 2019.{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/kelderman-leads-sunweb-at-vuelta-a-espana-in-absence-of-dumoulin/|title=Kelderman leads Sunweb at Vuelta a Espana in absence of Dumoulin|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=16 August 2019|accessdate=17 September 2021|quote=Kelderman placed fourth overall at the 2017 Vuelta and reached Madrid in tenth a year ago, but he has endured injury woe of his own this season.}}{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/vuelta-a-espana-2019/stage-21/results/|title=Vuelta a España: Roglic clinches overall victory|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=15 September 2019|accessdate=17 September 2021}} At the 2020 Giro d'Italia, held in October due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy, he held the overall lead after stages 18 and 19, but lost time to Tao Geoghegan Hart and Jai Hindley; as a result, he finished in third overall.{{cite news|url=https://www.velonews.com/news/road/wilco-kelderman-recounts-frustrations-with-sunweb-tactics-at-2020-giro-ditalia/|title=Wilco Kelderman recounts frustrations with Sunweb tactics at 2020 Giro d'Italia|work=VeloNews|publisher=Pocket Outdoor Media Inc.|date=18 December 2020|accessdate=17 September 2021}}
=Bora–Hansgrohe (2021–2022)=
Kelderman joined the {{UCI team code|BOH|2021}} team in 2021 on a two-year contract.{{cite news|url=https://www.velonews.com/news/road/matteo-trentin-signs-with-uae-team-emirates-wilco-kelderman-to-bora-hansgrohe/|title=Matteo Trentin signs with UAE Team Emirates; Wilco Kelderman to Bora-Hansgrohe|work=VeloNews|publisher=Pocket Outdoor Media Inc.|date=7 September 2020|access-date=8 September 2020}} He recorded top-five overall finishes at the Volta a Catalunya, the Critérium du Dauphiné and the Tour de France in his first season for the team.{{cite news|first=Alasdair|last=Fotheringham|authorlink=Alasdair Fotheringham|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/volta-ciclista-a-catalunya-2021/stage-7/results/|title=Adam Yates wins the Volta a Catalunya|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=28 March 2021|accessdate=17 September 2021}}{{cite news|first1=Peter|last1=Cossins|first2=Daniel|last2=Ostanek|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/criterium-du-dauphine-2021/stage-8/results/|title=Richie Porte wins the Critérium du Dauphiné|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=6 June 2021|accessdate=17 September 2021}}{{cite news|first=Daniel|last=Ostanek|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-de-france-2021/stage-21/results/|title=Tadej Pogacar wins 2021 Tour de France as Van Aert takes final stage|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=18 July 2021|accessdate=17 September 2021}} In his second season, he finished third at the Circuito de Getxo.{{cite news|url=https://www.bora-hansgrohe.com/en/news/argonnews202207circuito-de-getxo/argonnews202207circuito-de-getxo/666048134|title=Wilco Kelderman concludes a weekend of racing in the Basque Country with 3rd at the Circuito de Getxo|work={{UCI team code|BOH|2022}}|publisher=Denk Pro Cycling GmbH & Co.|date=31 July 2022|accessdate=29 August 2022}}
=Team Jumbo–Visma=
In August 2022, it was announced that Kelderman was to join {{UCI team code|TJV|2023}} from the 2023 season, on a three-year contract.{{cite news|first=Daniel|last=Ostanek|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/jumbo-visma-sign-dylan-van-baarle-and-wilco-kelderman/|title=Jumbo-Visma sign Dylan van Baarle and Wilco Kelderman|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Future plc|date=19 August 2022|accessdate=29 August 2022}} In his first season with the team, he finished in fourth place at the Tour de Suisse,{{cite news|url=https://www.teamjumbovisma.com/race-report/news/kelderman-fourth-in-tragic-tour-de-suisse/|title=Kelderman fourth in tragic Tour de Suisse|work={{UCI team code|TJV|2023}}|publisher=Blanco Pro Cycling Team|date=18 June 2023|accessdate=21 November 2023}} and was a part of Grand Tour successes for Jonas Vingegaard at the Tour de France,{{cite news|url=https://www.teamjumbovisma.com/race-report/news/vingegaard-takes-another-step-towards-overall-victory-in-tour-de-france/|title=Vingegaard takes another step towards overall victory in Tour de France|work={{UCI team code|TJV|2023}}|publisher=Blanco Pro Cycling Team|date=19 July 2023|accessdate=21 November 2023|quote=Kelderman stood by his leader in the final and was proud.}}{{cite news|first=Chris|last=Bevan|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/66285026|title=Tour de France 2023: Jonas Vingegaard retains title as Jordi Meeus claims surprise win in Paris|work=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|date=23 July 2023|accessdate=21 November 2023}} and Sepp Kuss at the Vuelta a España.{{cite news|url=https://www.teamjumbovisma.com/race-report/news/kuss-and-team-jumbo-visma-on-the-verge-of-historic-overall-victory-in-vuelta-a-espa%C3%B1a/|title=Kuss and Team Jumbo-Visma on the verge of historic overall victory in Vuelta a España|work={{UCI team code|TJV|2023}}|publisher=Blanco Pro Cycling Team|date=16 September 2023|accessdate=21 November 2023|quote=Wilco Kelderman was part of a large lead group, but the 32-year-old Dutchman had to let go on the steep final climb.}}
Major results
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
;2008
: 1st {{cjersey|dutch}} Time trial, National Junior Road Championships
: 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Liège–La Gleize
: 1st Stage 1 Tour de la région de Łódź
: 2nd Overall Giro della Lunigiana
: 3rd Overall Trofeo Karlsberg
::1st Young rider classification
: 5th Overall Grand Prix Général Patton
;2009
: 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Internationale 3-Etappen-Rundfahrt
::1st Stage 3
: 4th Overall 3 Giorni Orobica{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/3-giorni-orobica-2-1-mj/stage-4/results/ |title=Italians take stage and overall with breakaway|date=27 July 2009 |website=cyclingnews.com |access-date=14 October 2017}}
::1st Stage 3{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/3-giorni-orobica-2-1-mj/stage-3/results/ |title=Kelderman escapes for stage win|date=27 July 2009 |website=cyclingnews.com|access-date=15 October 2017}}
: 10th Overall Trofeo Karlsberg
;2010
: 1st {{cjersey|Tour Alsace}} Overall Tour Alsace
::1st Stage 5
: 3rd Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
: 3rd Overall Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon
: 3rd Skandis GP
: 5th Overall Istrian Spring Trophy
: 5th Overall Ringerike GP
: 5th Scandinavian Race Uppsala
: 8th Overall Circuit des Ardennes
: 8th Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn–Frankfurt U23
: 9th Rogaland GP
: 10th Overall Tour de l'Avenir
: 10th Grand Prix des Marbriers
;2011 (1 pro win)
: 1st {{cjersey|dutch}} Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
: 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Tour of Norway
::1st {{cjersey|white}} Young rider classification
: 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
::1st Stages 5 (ITT) & 6
: 1st Prologue Tour de l'Ain
: 5th Rogaland GP
: 7th Overall Grande Prémio Crédito Agrícola de la Costa Azul
: 8th Route Adélie de Vitré
;2012
: 6th Rund um Köln
: 7th Overall Tour of California
::1st {{cjersey|orange}} Young rider classification
: 7th Overall Danmark Rundt
::1st {{cjersey|white}} Young rider classification
: 8th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
::1st {{cjersey|white}} Young rider classification
: 10th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
;2013 (2)
: 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Danmark Rundt
::1st {{cjersey|blue}} Points classification
::1st {{cjersey|white}} Young rider classification
::1st Stage 5 (ITT)
: 5th Overall Tour de Romandie
::1st {{cjersey|white}} Young rider classification
: 6th Overall Tour Down Under
: 7th Overall Eneco Tour
;2014
: 4th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
::1st {{cjersey|white}} Young rider classification
: 5th Overall Volta ao Algarve
: 5th Overall Tour of Utah
: 7th Overall Giro d'Italia
;2015 (1)
: 1st {{cjersey|dutch}} Time trial, National Road Championships
: 3rd Overall Eneco Tour
: 6th Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal
: 8th Volta Limburg Classic
: 9th Overall Volta a Catalunya
::1st {{cjersey|white}} Young rider classification
: 10th La Flèche Wallonne
;2016
: 2nd Overall Tour du Poitou Charentes
::1st {{cjersey|orange}} Young rider classification
: 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
: 4th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
: 6th Overall Eneco Tour
: 8th Overall Tour de Suisse
: 10th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
;2017
: UCI Road World Championships
::1st 15px Team time trial
::7th Time trial
: 4th Overall Vuelta a España
: 4th Overall Tour de Pologne
: 7th Overall Tour de Romandie
: 9th Overall Tour Down Under
;2018
: 2nd 15px Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
: 2nd Overall Abu Dhabi Tour
: 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
: 5th Overall Tour de Suisse
: 6th Milano–Torino
: 6th Tre Valli Varesine
: 10th Overall Vuelta a España
;2019
: 5th Overall UAE Tour
: 7th Overall Vuelta a España
;2020
: 3rd Overall Giro d'Italia
::Held {{cjersey|pink}} after Stages 18–19
: 4th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
: 5th Overall Tour de la Provence
: 6th Overall UAE Tour
: 7th Overall Tour de Pologne
;2021
: 4th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné
: 5th Overall Tour de France
: 5th Overall Volta a Catalunya
: 10th Overall Tour de Romandie
;2022
: 3rd Circuito de Getxo
: 9th Overall Vuelta a Burgos
;2023
: 4th Overall Tour de Suisse
;2024
: 3rd Overall Tour de Pologne
: 7th Giro dell'Emilia
: 8th Overall Paris–Nice
: 9th Overall Tour de Suisse
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= General classification results timeline =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|colspan=14 align="center"|Grand Tour general classification results |
| scope="col" | Grand Tour
! scope="col" | 2012 ! 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 ! scope="col" | 2024 |
|---|
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | {{cjersey|pink}} Giro d'Italia | — | 17 | style="background:#ddf;" |7 | — | — | DNF | — | — ! style="background:#ddf;" |3 | — | 17 | — | — |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | {{cjersey|yellow}} Tour de France | — | — | — | 79 | 32 | — | — | DNF | — | style="background:#ddf;" |5 | — | 18 | 21 |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | {{cjersey|red}} Vuelta a España | — | — | 14 | — | — | style="background:#ddf;" |4 | style="background:#ddf;" |10 | style="background:#ddf;" |7 | — | — | 18 | 25 | |
| colspan=14 align="center"|Major stage race general classification results |
| scope="col" | Race
! scope="col" | 2012 ! 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 ! scope="col" | 2024 |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | {{cjersey|Paris–Nice}} Paris–Nice | — | DNF | 13 | 15 | 13 | — | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | style="background:#ddf;" |8 |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | {{cjersey|azul}} Tirreno–Adriatico | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | style="background:#ddf;" |4 | — | 19 | DNF | — |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | {{cjersey|Volta a Catalunya}} Volta a Catalunya | DNF | — | 12 | style="background:#ddf;" |9 | DNF | — | — | DNF | style="color:#4d4d4d;" rowspan=3|NH | style="background:#ddf;" |5 | — | — | — |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | {{cjersey|yellow}} Tour of the Basque Country | — | — | — | — | style="background:#ddf;" |10 | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | {{cjersey|yellow}} Tour de Romandie | 30 | style="background:#ddf;" |5 | — | — | 31 | style="background:#ddf;" |7 | — | — | style="background:#ddf;" |10 | — | — | — |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | {{cjersey|Dauphine}} Critérium du Dauphiné | style="background:#ddf;" |8 | — | style="background:#ddf;" |4 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | style="background:#ddf;" |4 | 28 | — | — |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | {{cjersey|yellow}} Tour de Suisse | — | 31 | — | — | style="background:#ddf;" |8 | — | style="background:#ddf;" |5 | 29 | style="color:#4d4d4d;"|NH | — | — | style="background:#ddf;" |4 | style="background:#ddf;" |9 |
=Classics results timeline=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
! Monument ! scope="col" | 2012 ! 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" | Milan–San Remo | style="color:#4d4d4d;" rowspan=3 colspan=12|Has not contested during his career |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Tour of Flanders |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Paris–Roubaix |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Liège–Bastogne–Liège | — | — | — | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | 27 | DNF | — |
| style="text-align:center;"
! scope="row" | Giro di Lombardia | — | — | — | — | — | 18 | 48 | 38 | 19 | — | 60 | 65 |
| class="wikitable"
|+ Legend |
| scope="row" | —
| Did not compete |
|---|
| scope="row" | DNF |
| scope="row" | NH
| Not held |
| scope="row" | IP
| In progress |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
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- {{UCI}}
- {{Cycling Archives}}
- {{ProCyclingStats}}
- {{CQ Ranking}}
- {{CycleBase}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Olympics.com|wilco-kelderman}}
- {{TeamNL|wilco-kelderman|old_id=5342-wilco-kelderman}}
{{Team Jumbo–Visma (men's team) riders}}
{{UCI Road World Champions – Men's team time trial}}
{{Authority control}}
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Category:Olympic cyclists for the Netherlands
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