Pim Ligthart
Pim Ligthart (born 16 June 1988 in Hoorn) is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2007 and 2008, and also 2011 to 2020, for the KrolStonE Continental Team, Vacansoleil–DCM, Lotto–Soudal,[1] Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij and Total Direct Énergie teams.[4]
.jpg.webp) Ligthart at the 2012 Critérium du Dauphiné | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Pim Ligthart |
| Born | 16 June 1988 Hoorn, the Netherlands |
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2009–2010 | AVC Aix-en-Provence |
| 2010 | Vacansoleil (stagiaire) |
| Professional teams | |
| 2007–2008 | KrolStonE Continental Team |
| 2011–2013 | Vacansoleil–DCM |
| 2014–2016 | Lotto–Belisol[1] |
| 2017–2018 | Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij |
| 2019–2020 | Direct Énergie[2][3] |
| Major wins | |
One-day races and Classics
| |
Major results
Track
- 2004
- 2nd
Individual pursuit, National Novice Championships - 2005
- National Junior Championships
- 2nd Scratch race
- 3rd
Points race - 3rd Individual pursuit
- 2nd
- 2006
- National Championships
- 1st
Points race - 1st Scratch race
- 2nd Madison (with Jeff Vermeulen)
- 1st
- 2nd Madison, UCI Junior World Championships
- 2007
- National Championships
- 1st Points race
- 2nd Scratch race
- 3rd Madison (with Jeff Vermeulen)
- 1st
- 1st Omnium, National Under-23 Championships
- UEC European Under-23 Championships
- 2nd Points race
- 2nd Madison
- 2nd
- 3rd Overall UIV Cup
- 1st Munich
- 2008
- 1st
Points race, 2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Copenhagen - UEC European Under-23 Championships
- 2nd Scratch
- 2nd Madison
- 2nd
- 2009
- National Championships
- 2nd Madison (with Jeff Vermeulen)
- 2nd Scratch race
- 2nd
- 2nd Six Days of Tilburg
- 3rd Madison (with Peter Schep), 2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Copenhagen
- 2011
- 2nd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Robert Bartko)
- 2012
- 1st Six Days of Amsterdam (with Michael Mørkøv)
- 2015
- 1st Scratch, National Championships
Road
- 2006
- 2nd Overall Kroz Istru
- 1st Stage 2
- 2nd Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten
- 2007
- 1st Hel van Voerendaal
- 2008
- 1st Intexstore Race Venhuizen
- 2009
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de Moselle
- 3rd Circuit des 2 Provinces
- 5th Grand Prix des Marbriers
- 2010
- 2nd ZLM Tour
- 3rd La Côte Picarde
- 3rd Boucles Catalanes
- 6th Arno Wallaard Memorial
- 2011
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 1st Hel van het Mergelland
- 3rd Clásica de Almería
- 5th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 1st
Young rider classification
- 1st
- 8th Grote Prijs Beeckman-De Caluwé
- 2012
- 3rd Overall Tour de Wallonie
- 6th Clásica de Almería
- 7th Hel van het Mergelland
- 2013
- 1st Stage 5 Ster ZLM Toer
- 5th Volta Limburg Classic
- 10th Clásica de Almería
- 2014
- 1st
Mountains classification Paris–Nice - 9th Overall Tour de Wallonie
- Vuelta a España
Combativity award Stages 5, 6 & 19
- 2015
- 1st Grand Prix La Marseillaise
- 1st Stage 1a Vuelta a Andalucia
- 1st
Mountains classification Danmark Rundt - 2nd Binche–Chimay–Binche
- 10th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 10th Paris–Tours
- 2016
- 2nd Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 4th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
- 2017
- 5th Eschborn–Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz
- 8th Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 9th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 2018
- 3rd Overall Tour des Fjords
- 4th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 5th Trofeo Lloseta–Andratx
- 9th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
- 2019
- 1st Ronde van Drenthe
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia |
— | — | 161 | — | — | 126 | — | — | — | — |
 Tour de France |
Did not contest during career | |||||||||
 Vuelta a España |
108 | 126 | — | 127 | — | — | — | — | — | DNF |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
See also
References
- Atkins, Ben (6 September 2013). "Pim Ligthart transfers to Lotto Belisol, says he is looking forward to a Belgian team". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- "Direct Énergie". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- "Total Direct Énergie". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- "Pim Ligthart (32) stopt met wielrennen" [Pim Ligthart (32) stops cycling]. WielerFlits (in Dutch). WielerFlits B.V. 19 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
External links
- Pim Ligthart at ProCyclingStats
- Pim Ligthart at Cycling Archives
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Niki Terpstra |
Dutch National Road Race Championships Winner 2011 |
Succeeded by Niki Terpstra |
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