Pim Ligthart
Pim Ligthart (born 16 June 1988, in Hoorn) is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2007 and 2008, and also 2011 to 2020, for the KrolStonE Continental Team, Vacansoleil–DCM, Lotto–Soudal,[1] Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij and Total Direct Énergie teams.[4]
![]() Ligthart at the 2012 Critérium du Dauphiné  | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Pim Ligthart | 
| Born | 16 June 1988 Hoorn, the Netherlands  | 
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | 
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | 
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired | 
| Discipline | Road | 
| Role | Rider | 
| Amateur teams | |
| 2009–2010 | AVC Aix-en-Provence | 
| 2010 | Vacansoleil (stagiaire) | 
| Professional teams | |
| 2007–2008 | KrolStonE Continental Team | 
| 2011–2013 | Vacansoleil–DCM | 
| 2014–2016 | Lotto–Belisol[1] | 
| 2017–2018 | Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij | 
| 2019–2020 | Direct Énergie[2][3] | 
| Major wins | |
One-day races and Classics
  | |
Major results
    
    Track
    
- 2004
 - 2nd 
 Individual pursuit, National Novice Championships - 2005
 - National Junior Championships
- 2nd 
 Scratch race - 3rd 
 Points race - 3rd 
 Individual pursuit 
 - 2nd 
 - 2006
 - National Championships
- 1st 
 Points race - 1st 
 Scratch race - 2nd 
 Madison (with Jeff Vermeulen) 
 - 1st 
 - 2nd 
 Madison, UCI Junior World Championships - 2007
 - National Championships
- 1st 
 Points race - 2nd 
 Scratch race - 3rd 
 Madison (with Jeff Vermeulen) 
 - 1st 
 - 1st 
 Omnium, National Under-23 Championships - UEC European Under-23 Championships
- 2nd 
 Points race - 2nd 
 Madison 
 - 2nd 
 - 3rd Overall UIV Cup
- 1st Munich
 
 - 2008
 - 1st 
 Points race, 2007–08 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Copenhagen - UEC European Under-23 Championships
- 2nd 
 Scratch - 2nd 
 Madison 
 - 2nd 
 - 2009
 - National Championships
- 2nd 
 Madison (with Jeff Vermeulen) - 2nd 
 Scratch race 
 - 2nd 
 - 2nd Six Days of Tilburg
 - 3rd 
 Madison (with Peter Schep), 2008–09 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Copenhagen - 2011
 - 2nd Six Days of Rotterdam (with Robert Bartko)
 - 2012
 - 1st Six Days of Amsterdam (with Michael Mørkøv)
 - 2015
 - 1st 
 Scratch, National Championships 
Road
    
- 2006
 - 2nd Overall Kroz Istru
- 1st Stage 2
 
 - 2nd Omloop der Vlaamse Gewesten
 - 2007
 - 1st Hel van Voerendaal
 - 2008
 - 1st Intexstore Race Venhuizen
 - 2009
 - 1st Stage 2 Tour de Moselle
 - 3rd Circuit des 2 Provinces
 - 5th Grand Prix des Marbriers
 - 2010
 - 2nd ZLM Tour
 - 3rd La Côte Picarde
 - 3rd Boucles Catalanes
 - 6th Arno Wallaard Memorial
 - 2011
 - 1st 
 Road race, National Road Championships - 1st Hel van het Mergelland
 - 3rd Clásica de Almería
 - 5th Overall Tour of Belgium
- 1st 
 Young rider classification 
 - 1st 
 - 8th Grote Prijs Beeckman-De Caluwé
 - 2012
 - 3rd Overall Tour de Wallonie
 - 6th Clásica de Almería
 - 7th Hel van het Mergelland
 - 2013
 - 1st Stage 5 Ster ZLM Toer
 - 5th Volta Limburg Classic
 - 10th Clásica de Almería
 - 2014
 - 1st 
 Mountains classification Paris–Nice - 9th Overall Tour de Wallonie
 - Vuelta a España
 Combativity award Stages 5, 6 & 19
 - 2015
 - 1st Grand Prix La Marseillaise
 - 1st Stage 1a Vuelta a Andalucia
 - 1st 
 Mountains classification Danmark Rundt - 2nd Binche–Chimay–Binche
 - 10th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
 - 10th Paris–Tours
 - 2016
 - 2nd Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
 - 4th Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race
 - 2017
 - 5th Eschborn–Frankfurt – Rund um den Finanzplatz
 - 8th Overall Three Days of De Panne
 - 9th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
 - 2018
 - 3rd Overall Tour des Fjords
 - 4th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
 - 5th Trofeo Lloseta–Andratx
 - 9th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana
 - 2019
 - 1st Ronde van Drenthe
 
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
    
| Grand Tour | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | 161 | — | — | 126 | — | — | — | — | |
| Did not contest during career | ||||||||||
| 108 | 126 | — | 127 | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | |
| — | Did not compete | 
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish | 
See also
    
    
References
    
- Atkins, Ben (6 September 2013). "Pim Ligthart transfers to Lotto Belisol, says he is looking forward to a Belgian team". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
 - "Direct Énergie". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
 - "Total Direct Énergie". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
 - "Pim Ligthart (32) stopt met wielrennen" [Pim Ligthart (32) stops cycling]. WielerFlits (in Dutch). WielerFlits B.V. 19 December 2020. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
 
External links
    
- Pim Ligthart at ProCyclingStats
 - Pim Ligthart at Cycling Archives
 
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