# Ramon Sinkeldam

Ramon Sinkeldam (born 9 February 1989) is a Dutch former cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2012 to 2024.

## Career
### Amateur career

Born in Wormer, Sinkeldam rode for the Rabobank Continental Team for his entire amateur career, between 2007 and 2011. During this time, he won the Paris–Roubaix Espoirs race in 2011, as well as winning the 2011 Ronde van Limburg and the national under-23 road race championships in 2011, having finished second in the two previous years. In his youth Sinkeldam was also active in mountain biking and in cyclocross.

### Professional career

Sinkeldam turned professional for the 2012 season, joining the Project 1t4i team. He achieved his first professional victories with the team in October 2012, winning two stages at the Tour of Hainan in China. He finished the race sixth overall. He was named in the start list for the 2015 Tour de France. He earned no wins in 2013, but did place 3rd overall at 2.HC race Four Days of Dunkirk. In 2014, Sinkeldam won the second stage of the World Ports Classic and finished in 2nd overall. 2015 was his most successful season yet, as he won one day events Velothon Berlin and Binche–Chimay–Binche. Sinkeldam was also 2nd in the Dutch National Road Race Championships, behind Niki Terpstra.
On 23 January 2016, he was one of the six members of the Team Giant–Alpecin who were hit by a motorist who drove into on-coming traffic while they were training in Spain. All riders were in stable condition.
In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia.

## Major results

Source:

### 2006

    3rd Road race, National Junior Road Championships

### 2009

    2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships

### 2010

    2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
    9th Münsterland Giro

### 2011

    1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
    1st Paris–Roubaix Espoirs
    1st Ronde van Limburg
    5th Overall Olympia's Tour
    8th Overall Volta ao Alentejo

### 2012 (2 pro wins)

    6th Overall Tour of Hainan
       1st Stages 5 & 8

### 2013

    2nd Ronde van Zeeland Seaports
    3rd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk

### 2014 (1)

    2nd Overall World Ports Classic
       1st Young rider classification
       1st Stage 2
    2nd Overall Tour de Picardie
    2nd Ronde van Zeeland Seaports
    6th Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem

### 2015 (2)

    1st Velothon Berlin
    1st Binche–Chimay–Binche
    2nd Road race, National Road Championships
    8th Vattenfall Cyclassics

### 2017 (1)

    1st Road race, National Road Championships
    9th Scheldeprijs

### 2018 (1)

    1st Paris–Chauny
    3rd Road race, National Road Championships

### 2019

    1st Team relay, UEC European Road Championships

### 2022

    6th Tour de Vendée

### 2024

    3rd Road race, National Road Championships

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — | — | 133 | DNF | — | 132 | DNF |
| Tour de France | — | — | DNF | 143 | 148 | 134 | — | — | — | — | DNF |
| Vuelta a España | DNF | 136 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 127 | — | — |
Legend :
| — | Did not compete |
| DNF | Did not finish |
| IP | In progress |