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Historic Overview Thomas Dekker

Rider

Overall Rank983
NameThomas DEKKER
Country
  Netherlands
Date of birth06-Sep-1984 - Amsterdam (Noord Holland)
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Biography

Thomas Dekker

Thomas Dekker (born 6 September 1984) is a Dutch former professional road racing cyclist. His career highlights included winning Tirreno–Adriatico in 2006 and Tour de Romandie in 2007. He won two Dutch National Time Trial Championships and represented his country at the 2004 Summer Olympics held in Athens, Greece.

A few days before the start of the 2009 Tour de France, it was announced that Dekker had tested positive for EPO in a retroactive test carried out on a urine sample taken in December 2007. Dekker initially protested his innocence but he later admitted to using EPO, claiming it was a one-time mistake. He eventually admitted to using EPO over at least parts of the 2007 and 2008 seasons, although he declined to give exact dates. Dekker was suspended for two years, from 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2011.

Dekker's career has been marked by other doping allegations. He was a client of Luigi Cecchini, an Italian doctor who was investigated in relation to doping matters, though Dekker adamantly denies that Cecchini was involved in his doping. In 2009 he was also questioned in the Humanplasma doping scandal, a suspected doping ring connected to Austrian manager Stefan Matschiner. Dekker retired in March 2015 after narrowly failing to set a new world hour record.

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Badges

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Major Victories

Tirreno - Adriatico 2006
Tour de Romandie 2007
Trofeo Pollença 2007
G.P. Stad Zottegem 2005
Tour de Romandie - stages 2007 (1)
Tour de Suisse - stages 2007 (1)
Critérium International - stages 2005 (1)
Circuit de la Sarthe-Pays de Loire - stages 2012 (1)
Tour de Pologne - stages 2005 (1)
Tour de l'Avenir - stages 2004 (1)
ZLM Tour - stages 2003 (2)
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Seasons

Thomas Dekker - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 2003 Rabobank DT 221 305
2. 2004 Rabobank 439 164
3. 2005 Rabobank 924 50
4. 2006 Rabobank 781 63
5. 2007 Rabobank 1423 25
6. 2008 Rabobank 733 72
7. 2009 Silence - Lotto 285 226
8. 2011 Chipotle Development Team 17 1280
9. 2012 Team Garmin - Sharp 248 295
10. 2013 Garmin - Sharp 100 534
11. 2014 Garmin - Sharp 139 568
Overall: 5310 983