# Bert-Jan Lindeman

Bert-Jan Lindeman (born 16 June 1989) is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI Continental team VolkerWessels Cycling Team. His older brother Adrie is also a cyclist, who last rode for the Koga team in the Netherlands.

## Career

Born in Emmen, Lindeman has competed as a professional since 2009, and competed for the KrolStonE Continental Team and Cycling Team Jo Piels, before joining Vacansoleil–DCM in the second half of 2011 as a stagiaire. Lindeman remained with Vacansoleil–DCM after his stint as a stagiaire, having signed a two-year deal from 2012. In March 2012, Lindeman achieved his first victory with the team, by winning the Ronde van Drenthe; after initiating a breakaway with Guillaume Boivin (SpiderTech–C10), Lindeman out-sprinted Boivin for the victory.
Lindeman joined the Rabobank Development Team for the 2014 season, after his previous team – Vacansoleil–DCM – folded at the end of the 2013 season. He then moved to the senior team, LottoNL–Jumbo for the 2015 season. Lindeman took his first win for the team in the 2015 Vuelta a España, winning stage 7 from the breakaway. He was named in the start list for the 2016 Tour de France.
In December 2020, Lindeman signed a one-year contract with Team Qhubeka Assos, for the 2021 season. With that team encountering financial issues, Lindeman moved to the VolkerWessels Cycling Team for the 2022 season.

## Major results
### 2008

    1st Ronde van Groningen
    1st Prix des Flandres Françaises
    2nd PWZ Zuidenveld Tour
    8th Scandinavian Open Road Race

### 2009

    2nd Ronde van Midden-Brabant
    2nd Ronde van Limburg
    4th Dorpenomloop door Drenthe
    6th Tour de Seoul

### 2010

    1st Ster van Zwolle
    1st Stage 3 Tour de Gironde
    2nd Overall Festningsrittet
    3rd Ronde van Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude
    4th Eschborn–Frankfurt Under–23
    10th Ronde van Noord-Holland

### 2011

    1st Hel van Voerendaal
    4th Ster van Zwolle
    4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
    10th Overall Tour de Gironde

### 2012

    1st Ronde van Drenthe
    1st Mountains classification Étoile de Bessèges
    3rd Road race, National Road Championships

### 2014

    1st Overall Tour de Bretagne
       1st Sprints classification
    1st Overall Tour de l'Ain
       1st Stage 3
    1st Ster van Zwolle
    2nd Dwars door Drenthe
    3rd Ronde van Drenthe
    4th Grand Prix de la ville de Pérenchies
    5th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad U23
    6th Tro-Bro Léon
    7th Overall Tour Alsace

### 2015

    1st Stage 7 Vuelta a España
    2nd Ronde van Drenthe
    Giro d'Italia
       Held after Stage 2

### 2017

    5th Brabantse Pijl

### 2020

    8th Dwars door het Hageland

### 2022

    2nd Overall Olympia's Tour
    10th Visit Friesland Elfsteden Race

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | 95 | — | — | 114 | — | — | 122 |
| Tour de France | — | — | — | — | 94 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vuelta a España | 143 | — | — | 99 | — | 110 | 136 | — | — | 131 |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| IP | In progress |
| DNF | Did not finish |