Koen Bouwman


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Koen Bouwman (born 2 December 1993 in Ulft) is a Dutch cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike.[3]

Koen Bouwman

Bouwman in 2022

Personal information
Full nameKoen Bouwman
Born2 December 1993 (age 30)
Ulft, Netherlands
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Team information
Current teamVisma–Lease a Bike
Disciplines
  • Road
  • Track
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur team
2012Parkhotel Rooding Valkenburg
Professional teams
2013–2014Cycling Team Jo Piels
2015SEG Racing
2015LottoNL–Jumbo (stagiaire)
2016–LottoNL–Jumbo[1][2]
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
Mountains classification (2022)
2 individual stages (2022)

Bouwman joined LottoNL–Jumbo in 2016 after riding for the team as a stagiaire the previous season. He competed in his first grand tour in 2016: the Vuelta a España.[4] His first professional win was stage 3 of the 2017 Critérium du Dauphiné.

In May 2018, he competed in his first Giro d'Italia.[5]

In 2019, Bouwman won the mixed team relay with the Dutch team at the UCI Road World Championships.

At the 2022 Giro d'Italia, Bouwman won two stages from the breakaway, giving him enough points to also win the mountains classification.[6][7]

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish
2018
2nd Individual pursuit, National Championships
2019
2nd Individual pursuit, National Championships
  1. ^ "Cheery Christmas for ambitious Team Jumbo-Visma". Team Jumbo–Visma. Team Oranje Road BV. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Team Jumbo-Visma 2020 roster presented in Amsterdam". Bianchi. F.I.V. Edoardo Bianchi S.p.A. 20 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Jumbo-Visma". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  4. ^ "71st Vuelta a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  5. ^ "2018: 101st Giro d'Italia: Start List". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Koen Bouwman takes second Giro D'Italia stage win in chaotic finish". Yahoo News. Yahoo. 27 May 2022. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  7. ^ Windsor, Richard (13 May 2022). "Koen Bouwman victorious in tightly fought Giro d'Italia 2022 stage seven". Cycling Weekly. Retrieved 16 September 2022.