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Tom Cordes

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Tom Cordes
Tom Cordes in 1986
Personal information
Full nameThomas Matthijs Adrianus Cordes
Born (1966-05-30) 30 May 1966 (age 58)
Wilnis, Netherlands
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight70 kg (154 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
1998Tegeltoko
1999–2000Piels–Timmers
2001–2005Cyclingteam Bert Story–Piels
Professional teams
1989–1990Superconfex–Yoko–Opel–Colnago
1991–1992PDM–Concorde–Ultima
1993Amaya Seguros
1994WordPerfect–Colnago–Decca
1995Asfra Racing Team–Orlans–Blaze
1995–1996Castellblanch
Major wins
Grand Tours
Vuelta a España
1 individual stage (1992)
Medal record
Representing the  Netherlands
UCI Road World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1986 Colorado Springs Team time trial
Gold medal – first place 1984 Beuvron Junior road race

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]

Major results

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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

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Tom Cordes. cyclingarchives.com
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