Thomas Matthijs Adrianus Cordes (born 30 May 1966) is a retired Dutch cyclist. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the individual road race and 100 km team time trial and finished in 42nd and 11th place, respectively.[1] During his career he won two world titles, in the road race (junior, 1985) and team time trial (senior, 1986). He also won the Hel van het Mergelland (1987), Ronde van Overijssel (1987) and Vuelta a Murcia (1990), as well as individual stages of the Tour de Pologne (1985), Tour of Sweden (1988), Tour of Galicia (1989), Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana (1989), Vuelta a España (1992) and Olympia's Tour (1997, 1998, 1999).[2]
 Tom Cordes in 1986 | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Thomas Matthijs Adrianus Cordes | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 May 1966 Wilnis, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||
| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Amateur teams | |||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Tegeltoko | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Piels–Timmers | ||||||||||||||
| 2001–2005 | Cyclingteam Bert Story–Piels | ||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
| 1989–1990 | Superconfex–Yoko–Opel–Colnago | ||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | PDM–Concorde–Ultima | ||||||||||||||
| 1993 | Amaya Seguros | ||||||||||||||
| 1994 | WordPerfect–Colnago–Decca | ||||||||||||||
| 1995 | Asfra Racing Team–Orlans–Blaze | ||||||||||||||
| 1995–1996 | Castellblanch | ||||||||||||||
| Major wins | |||||||||||||||
Grand Tours
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Medal record
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Major results
edit- 1984
- 1st
Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships - 1985
- 1st Stage 7 Tour de Pologne
- 1986
- 1st Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
- 1st Stage 2 Tour of Austria
- 1st Stage 3a Grand Prix François Faber
- 1987
- 1st Ronde van Overijssel
- 1st Hel van het Mergelland
- 1988
- 1st Prologue Tour of Sweden
- 7th Overall Tour of Hellas
- 1989
- 1st Stage 4 Tour of Galicia
- 1st Stage 2 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 5th Overall Tour of Sweden
- 1990
- 1st
Overall Vuelta a Murcia
- 1st Stage 3a
- 1st Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 1st Trofeo Luis Puig
- 1st Trofeo Baracchi (with Rolf Gölz)
- 5th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 7th Druivenkoers Overijse
- 9th Overall Critérium International
- 10th Overall Vuelta a Asturias
- 1991
- 7th Overall Ronde van Nederland
- 9th Overall Vuelta a Aragón
- 1992
- 1st Stage 16 Vuelta a España
- 1993
- 5th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 6th Overall Vuelta a Aragón
- 9th Overall Ronde van Nederland
- 1994
- 9th Overall Ronde van Nederland
- 1995
- 5th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 1997
- 1st Stage 6 Olympia's Tour
- 1998
- 1st Stage 1 Olympia's Tour
- 1999
- 1st Prologue Olympia's Tour
- 5th Time trial, National Road Championships
- 6th Ronde van Noord-Holland
- 2001
- 1st Groningen–Münster
See also
editReferences
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- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tom Cordes". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ Tom Cordes. cyclingarchives.com
External links
edit- Tom Cordes at UCI
- Tom Cordes at Cycling Archives
- Tom Cordes at ProCyclingStats
- Tom Cordes at Olympedia
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