Tom Leezer
Dutch road bicycle racer (born 1985)
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Thomas Leezer (born 26 December 1985) is a Dutch former road bicycle racer, who competed between 2004 and 2020, for the Van Vliet–EBH Advocaten, Rabobank Continental Team and Team Jumbo–Visma squads.[3]
The Hague, Netherlands
Leezer at the 2016 Tour of Britain | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Thomas Leezer |
| Born | 26 December 1985 The Hague, Netherlands |
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Royal Dutch Cycling Union |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role |
|
| Professional teams | |
| 2004 | Van Vliet–EBH Advocaten |
| 2005–2007 | Rabobank Continental Team |
| 2008–2020 | Rabobank[1][2] |
| Managerial team | |
| 2025– | Royal Dutch Cycling Union (junior coach) |
During his professional career, Leezer took one individual victory on stage six of the 2013 Tour de Langkawi, winning after a 7-kilometre (4.3-mile) solo move.[4] He also competed at eight Grand Tours – including wearing the mountains classification jersey at the 2009 Vuelta a España[5] – as well as the team time trial at the UCI Road World Championships on four occasions, and the road race at the 2016 UCI Road World Championships.
Following his retirement from cycling, Leezer co-founded Dutch cycling clothing brand Velor,[6] and in 2025, became the national junior coach for the Royal Dutch Cycling Union.[7][8]
Major results
Source: [9]
- 2003
- 1st
Road race, National Junior Road Championships - 1st Grand Prix Bati-Metallo
- 9th Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships
- 2004
- 1st Stage 2 Cinturón a Mallorca
- 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège U23
- 2005
- 2nd Overall Triptyque des Barrages Under-23
- 1st Stage 1
- 10th Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 2006
- 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 4th Overall Olympia's Tour
- 5th Paris–Tours Espoirs
- 8th Overall Tour de la Somme
- 8th Omloop der Kempen
- 10th Omloop van het Houtland
- 2007
- 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 1st
Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
- 1st Stage 2a (ITT)
- 1st Stage 6 Vuelta a Navarra
- 3rd Overall Tour de Normandie
- 3rd Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers
- 4th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
- 5th Overall Olympia's Tour
- 1st Stage 2
- 6th Beverbeek Classic
- 6th Omloop der Kempen
- 2009
- 2nd Trofeo Pollença
- 3rd Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 4th Tour de Rijke
- 5th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 6th Dutch Food Valley Classic
- 7th Trofeo Calvia
- 8th Trofeo Cala
- 8th Gent–Wevelgem
- Vuelta a España
- Held
after Stages 2–3
- Held
- 2010
- 7th Vattenfall Cyclassics
- 9th Dutch Food Valley Classic
- 2011
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico
- 8th Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 9th Trofeo Magaluf-Palmanova
- 2013
- 1st Stage 6 Tour de Langkawi
- 3rd Overall Tour of Hainan
- 10th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 2019
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT) UAE Tour
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia |
— | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | 119 |
 Tour de France |
— | — | — | — | 150 | 133 | 153 | — | 166 | — | — |
 / Vuelta a España |
129 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 139 | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
