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Thomas Dekker
Key Stats
Team: Rabobank
Nationality: Dutch
Born: September 6, 1984
Hometown: Dirkshorn, The Netherlands
Height: 6-foot-2
Weight: 150 pounds
Strengths: time trialing, climbing
Turned Pro: 2005
Palmares
Career Highlights:
1st, Tour de Romandie 2007
1st, stage 5 Tour de Romandie 2007
1st, stage 6 Tour de Suisse
11th, world road championships 2007
1st, Tirreno-Adriatico
1st, Netherlands time trial championships 2005
2008
2nd, overall, Vuelta a Castilla y León
2nd, stages 2 and 5, Vuelta a Castilla y León
3rd, stages 1 and 4, Vuelta a Castilla y León
2007
8th, Giro di Lombardia
35th, Tour de France
1st, Drei Lander Tour (plus two stages)
1st, stage 6 Tour de Suisse
5th, Eneco Tour
1st, Trofeo Pollença
2006
9th, Eneco Tour
2nd, Egmond-Pier-Egmond
2005
4th, Eneco Tour
1st, GP Stad Zottgem
Biography
Dekker is one of the brightest young stars in the ProTour. His victory at the 2006 Tirreno-Adriatico at the age of 20 made him the youngest-ever winner of a UCI ProTour race. Dekker then won the Tour of Romandie in 2007, and debuted at the Tour de France in 2007.