# 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, Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij and Total Direct Énergie teams.

## Major results
### Track
#### 2004

    2nd Individual pursuit, National Novice Championships

#### 2005

    National Junior Championships
       2nd Scratch race
       3rd Points race
       3rd Individual pursuit

#### 2006

    National Championships
       1st Points race
       1st Scratch race
       2nd Madison (with Jeff Vermeulen)
    2nd Madison, UCI Junior World Championships

#### 2007

    National Championships
       1st Points race
       2nd Scratch race
       3rd Madison (with Jeff Vermeulen)
    1st Omnium, National Under-23 Championships
    UEC European Under-23 Championships
       2nd Points race
       2nd Madison
    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

#### 2009

    National Championships
       2nd Madison (with Jeff Vermeulen)
       2nd Scratch race
    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
    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 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | 161 | — | — | 126 | — | — | — | — |
| Tour de France | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career | Did not contest during career |
| Vuelta a España | 108 | 126 | — | 127 | — | — | — | — | — | DNF |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |