Bas Tietema (born 29 January 1995) is a Dutch former cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2017 to 2018 and again from 2022 to 2023.
Personal information | |
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Born | Zwolle, Netherlands | 29 January 1995
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | TDT–Unibet Cycling Team |
Discipline | Road |
Role |
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Amateur teams | |
2013 | Vacansoleil Niederland Junioren |
2014–2016 | BMC Development Team[1] |
2019–2020 | Allinq–Krush–de IJsselstreek |
2021 | Tour de Tietema Cycling Team |
Professional teams | |
2017 | An Post–Chain Reaction |
2018 | BEAT Cycling Club |
2022 | Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB[2] |
2023 | TDT–Unibet Cycling Team[3] |
Managerial team | |
2023– | TDT–Unibet Cycling Team |
Career
editTietema originally played football in his childhood, but began cycling in 2010. After a fairly successful junior and under-23 career, Tietema retired from competition in 2019 due to skin allergies and loss of motivation. He then started a YouTube channel known as Tour de Tietema, where he uploads cycling videos with friends Josse Wester and Devin van der Wiel. As of May 2022, the channel has more than 250,000 subscribers. In 2021, the group started an amateur team known as the Tour de Tietema Cycling Team, as a challenge to attempt to win local races. Tietema gained back his desire to race, and then came in contact with UCI ProTeam Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB after reportedly seeing improvements in his fitness.[4] In February 2022, he returned to professional cycling after officially joining Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB.[4][5]
In 2023, Tietema founded his own UCI Continental team, TDT–Unibet Cycling Team, partnering with Unibet.[6]
Major results
edit- 2013
- Keizer der Juniores
- 1st Mountains classification
- 1st Stage 1
- 4th Overall Ronde des Vallées
- 1st Stage 2 (ITT)
- 6th Overall Driedaagse van Axel
- 7th Grand Prix Bati-Metallo
- 2014
- 3rd Paris–Roubaix Espoirs
- 2015
- 10th Paris–Roubaix Espoirs
- 2016
- 8th Overall Tour de Berlin
- 1st Prologue (TTT)
- 2017
- Tour Alsace
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Combativity classification
- 1st Km 70 classification
- 3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships
References
edit- ^ "Bas Tietema". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- ^ "Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- ^ "Bas Tietema » TDT-Unibet Cycling Team". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
- ^ a b Been, José (25 February 2022). "Bas Tietema: From YouTube star to the professional peloton". cyclingtips.com. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- ^ Long, Jonny (13 February 2022). "From racing to YouTube and back to racing: Bas Tietema finally makes pro debut aged 27". cyclingweekly.com. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- ^ "Unibet signs partnership with Dutch cycling team Tour de Tietema". www.prnewswire.com. 9 November 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
External links
edit- Bas Tietema at UCI
- Bas Tietema at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Bas Tietema at ProCyclingStats
- Bas Tietema at Cycling Quotient