Joost Posthuma (born 8 March 1981) is a Dutch retired professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2004 and 2012. Born in Hengelo, Posthuma was known for his time-trialling and he wore the white jersey for the best young rider at the 2006 Tour de France. Posthuma set the best time for riders eligible for the young rider classification in the prologue, but lost it after the 1st road stage, after a rival got in a breakaway and got bonus seconds on the road.
Major results Source:
2003 1st Overall Olympia's Tour 1st Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 1st Prologue Tour de Normandie 2004 1st Overall Circuit des Mines 1st Stage 8 2005 1st Grote Prijs Jef Scherens 1st Stage 4 Paris–Nice 2006 1st Ridderronde Maastricht 6th Overall Eneco Tour Tour de France Held after Prologue 2007 1st Overall Sachsen Tour 1st Stage 4 (ITT) 2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne 2008 1st Overall Three Days of De Panne 1st Stage 3b (ITT) 1st Overall Tour of Luxembourg 2009 1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía 2010 1st Stage 7 (ITT) Tour of Austria 2011 9th Overall Tour of Britain 2012 8th Overall Bayern–Rundfahrt
Grand Tour general classification results timeline Grand Tour general classification results Grand Tour 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Giro d'Italiacolspan=8 rowspan=1 Tour de France — 83 83 — 67 73 — 108 Vuelta a España 92 — — 55 — — — —
+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish
References
External links Official Website (in Dutch) Profile on Rabobank official website