(1984-09-14) 14 September 1984 (age 39) Ootmarsum, the Netherlands
Height
1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight
75 kg (165 lb)
Team information
Current team
Retired
Discipline
Road
Role
Rider
Rider type
Sprinter
Lead-out man
Professional teams
2003–2004
Cycling Team Löwik–Tegeltoko
2005–2007
Rabobank Continental Team
2008–2016
Skil–Shimano
Tom Veelers (born 14 September 1984) is a retired Dutch professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2003 and 2016 for Löwik–Tegeltoko, the Rabobank Continental Team and Team Giant–Alpecin. Born in Ootmarsum, Overijssel, Veelers won the 2006 edition of U23 Paris–Roubaix.
In December 2016 he announced his retirement after suffering from knee injuries for over two years.[1]
^"Veelers forced to retire due to knee injury". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 1 December 2016. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
TomVeelers (born 14 September 1984) is a retired Dutch professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2003 and 2016 for Löwik–Tegeltoko...
during stage ten of the 2013 Tour de France, when he bumped Dutch rider TomVeelers in a sprint finish, sending the Argos-Shimano rider tumbling. Another...
over the 54 km (33.6 mi) course was 1 min 39 s faster than second-placed Tom Dumoulin (Giant–Shimano). Nibali finished fourth, increasing his advantage...
Posthuma (NED) 2013 Danny van Poppel (NED) Tom Dumoulin (NED) Tom-Jelte Slagter (NED) 2014 TomVeelers (NED) Danny van Poppel (NED) Lieuwe Westra (NED)...
crash, after which he stormed the Argos–Shimano team bus to confront TomVeelers, whom he blamed for the incident. He later took his first two wins of...
go, Kittel prevailed again on stage 4. He congratulated his teammates TomVeelers and John Degenkolb for their work in the final kilometres, as they sheltered...
Maarten Tjallingii Patrick Tolhoek Bobbie Traksel Marinus Valentijn TomVeelers Wiebren Veenstra Johan van der Velde Gerard Veldscholten Tim Veldt Thorwald...
February 2012, in Qatar. The race was won for the fourth time by Belgium's Tom Boonen, of the Omega Pharma–Quick-Step team, leading the race from start...
(426 mi) and was part of the 2008–09 UCI Asia Tour. The Race was won by Tom Boonen of the Quick Step team. During the night after stage 4 Belgian cyclist...
Kenny van Hummel TomVeelers 2005 Sebastian Langeveld Reinier Honig Johnny Hoogerland 2006 Kai Reus Tom Leezer Arjen de Baat 2007 Tom Leezer Arjen de Baat...
the Tour de Wallonie-Picarde. He finished second to Skil–Shimano rider TomVeelers the next day, before the squad ultimately won the teams classification...
group of 22 riders with an equal classification. The group consisted of: TomVeelers, Arne Kornegoor, Rudie Kemna, Matthé Pronk, Eelke van der Wal, Allan...
took him back in. The first across the line was Belgian national champion Tom Boonen, gaining his first victory with that jersey on his shoulders. 22 August...
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