From Pro Racer to Pro Adventurer:
“Laurens ten Dam is a retired Dutch road racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2003 and 2019 for the Rabobank GS3, BankGiroLoterij, Unibet.com, LottoNL–Jumbo, Team Sunweb and CCC Team squads.”
“A decent climber, ten Dam was able to finish in the top ten in many important stage races including the 2007 Volta a Catalunya, the 2011 Tour Down Under, the 2011 Tour of California, and the 2011 Tour de Suisse. He also recorded two top-ten finishes in Grand Tours: he finished 8th in the 2012 Vuelta a España and 9th in the 2014 Tour de France, and won the mountains classification in the 2009 Tour de Romandie.” – Wikipedia.org
“This is it. I rode my last race as a professional cyclist. Lombardia. A tough race, so I couldn’t just ride this one out, unfortunately for me. Instead, I had to give everything to keep up with the bunch and finish this one within the time limit, so I could look back on it with pride.”
In this video, JOM of the Gravel Cyclist crew catches up with Laurens to find out what he’s up to with Specialized, events on his personal ride / race calendar and so on.
Links of interest:
- Laurens ten Dam Website – Events, Podcast & More!
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