Pim Ligthart

Pim Ligthart (born 16 June 1988 in Hoorn) is a Dutch professional road bicycle racer, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Total Direct Énergie.[3]

Pim Ligthart
Personal information
Full namePim Ligthart
Born (1988-06-16) 16 June 1988
Hoorn, the Netherlands
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb)
Team information
Current teamTotal Direct Énergie
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2009–2010AVC Aix-en-Provence
2010Vacansoleil (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2007–2008KrolStonE Continental Team
2011–2013Vacansoleil–DCM
2014–2016Lotto–Belisol[1]
2017–2018Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij
2019–Direct Énergie[2]
Major wins
One-day races and Classics
National Road Race Championships (2011)
Ronde van Drenthe (2019)

Ligthart joined Lotto–Belisol for the 2014 season, after four seasons with Vacansoleil–DCM.[1]

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
Giro d'Italia — — 161 — — 126 — — —
Tour de France Has not yet contested during career
Vuelta a España 108 126 — 127 — — — — —
Legend
— Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
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See also

References
  1. 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.
  2. "Direct Énergie". Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
  3. "Total Direct Énergie". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 12 January 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Niki Terpstra		 Dutch National Road Race Champion
2011		 Succeeded by
Niki Terpstra
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