Danny van der Tuuk

Danny van der Tuuk
Van der Tuuk during the 2022 Étoile de Bessèges
Personal information
Full nameDanny van der Tuuk
Born (1999-11-05) 5 November 1999 (age 25)
Assen, Netherlands
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Team information
Current teamEquipo Kern Pharma
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimber
Amateur team
2015–2017Forte Young
Professional teams
2018–2020Metec–TKH[1]
2021–Equipo Kern Pharma[2]
In this Dutch name, the surname is Van der Tuuk, not Tuuk.

Danny van der Tuuk (born 5 November 1999) is a Polish-Dutch professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Equipo Kern Pharma.[3][4]

Personal life

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He is the older brother of fellow racing cyclist Axel van der Tuuk. His mother Kaśka Rogulska is a former speed skater,[5] who competed for both Poland and the Netherlands. Outside of cycling, van der Tuuk owns a clothing company alongside his brother Axel, known as D&A.[6] He started cycling as a child initially to train for speed-skating but at 14 years old he started to cycle to compete.[7]

In 2024, van der Tuuk obtained Polish citizenship, which he now races under.[8]

Career

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Amateur (2015 to 2017)

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Van de Tuuk signed for the Forte Young Junior cycling team in July 2015 for one and half years through to the end of 2016.[9] In March 2017 van der Tuuk won the Trofeo Victor Cabedo after launching an attack in the final kilometres to win by less than a wheel to Enrique Gandía.[10][11] Van der Tuuk won the opening stage of Ronde des Vallées a junior stage-race held in France.[12] He lost the lead in the second stage time trial where he dropped to fourth overall. The final stage ended with van der Tuuk in fourth place moving him to third overall.[13]

Metec–TKH (2018 to 2020)

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Van de Tuuk started 2018, his first UCI continental season, with Metec–TKH. His goals for the year included; the Olympia's Tour, Ronde van Drenthe and Gouden Pijl.[14] His first race of the season was the Ronde van Drenthe where he was in the break of the day, unfortunately the effort was too much for van der Tuuk who pulled out of the race.[15] During stage 3 of the 2019 Czech Cycling Tour van der Tuuk attacked and was part of the early break. He was caught as the UCI WorldTour teams paced to endure the stage ended in a mass sprint, he finished in 76th last place in the peloton.[16][17]

Equipo Kern Pharma (2021 to present)

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After 3 years with Metec–TKH van der Tuuk joined Equipo Kern Pharma in 2021 to start his first professional season.[18] 2022 brought van der Tuuk his first Cycling monument participation, Liège–Bastogne–Liège, where he finished over 21 minutes down in 114th position.[19] Van der Tuuk was selected to ride the 2022 Presidential Tour of Turkey. During stage 1 he crashed heavily and was rushed to hospital.[20] The injuries were not serious and he was able to continue the race where he finished 37th overall.[21] With the 2022 Vuelta a España starting in van der Tuuk's home country he was on the shortlist to start.[22] His Equipo Kern Pharma team decided to go with a more Spanish focused team with van der Tuuk missing out.[23] In October 2022 van der Tuuk announced he had extended his contract with kern Pharma to the end of 2024.[24]

Major results

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Sources:[25][26][27]

2017
1st Trofeo Victor Cabedo
3rd Overall Ronde des Vallées
1st Stage 1
2024
4th Time trial, National Road Championships

References

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  1. ^ "Metec - TKH Continental Cyclingteam P / B Mantel". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 16 April 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Equipo Kern Pharma". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 5 January 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Equipo Kern Pharma". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  4. ^ Slagter, Merijn (15 March 2022). "Vuelta gloort voor Danny van der Tuuk: 'Kans om mee te doen nu dichterbij dan ooit'". rtvdrenthe.nl (in Dutch). RTV Drenthe. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  5. ^ Mulder, Karin (28 September 2018). "Zo vader, zo zoon, zo zoon..." [Like father, like son, like son...]. RTV Drenthe (in Dutch). Stichting RTV Drenthe. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Danny van der Tuuk (Equipo Kern Pharma) kleedt Team IKO". wielerrevue.nl (in Dutch). 15 February 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  7. ^ Ferrari, Fernando (19 November 2020). "Kern Pharma ficha al neerlandés Van der Tuuk". Ciclo21 (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  8. ^ IJnsen, Youri (9 February 2024). "Danny van der Tuuk zegt voortaan: "To wyścigi!"". WielerFlits (in Dutch). Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  9. ^ Vermeerbergen, Kurt (26 June 2015). "Nederlander Danny van der Tuuk kiest voor Young Cycling Team vanaf 1 juli". cyclingsite.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  10. ^ "Subir a lo más alto - Etapa Onda". YouTube. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  11. ^ "Danny Van Der Tuuk - First winner". Trofeo Víctor Cabedo (in Spanish). 4 March 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  12. ^ "Le Néerlandais Danny Van Der Tuuk premier leader". ouest-france.fr (in French). 13 August 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  13. ^ "Ronde des Vallées 2017 Stage 3 results". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  14. ^ "Danny van der Tuuk". First UCI Bikeregion (in Dutch). 25 January 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  15. ^ Ruiterkamp, Harry (13 March 2018). "Danny van der Tuuk toont zich bij Drents profdebuut". Metec-Solarwatt Continental Cyclingteam (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  16. ^ "Czech Cycling Tour 2019 Stage 3 results". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  17. ^ Ruiterkamp, Harry (17 August 2019). "Danny van der Tuuk kleurt etappe in Tsjechië". Metec-Solarwatt Continental Cyclingteam (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  18. ^ Ruiterkamp, Harry (19 November 2020). "Danny van der Tuuk tekent profcontract in Spanje". Metec-Solarwatt Continental Cyclingteam (in Dutch). Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  19. ^ "Profil of Danny VAN DER TUUK - EQUIPO KERN PHARMA - Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2022". www.liege-bastogne-liege.be. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  20. ^ "Australian cyclist Caleb Ewan wins 1st stage of Tour of Turkiye". www.tourexpi.com. 11 April 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  21. ^ "Tour of Turkey: Bevin wins stage 7 to take overall lead". cyclingnews.com. 16 April 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  22. ^ "Vuelta dawns for Danny van der Tuuk: 'Opportunity to participate is now closer than ever' - World News | TakeToNews". taketonews.com. 15 March 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  23. ^ "Equipo Kern Pharma reveal versatile Vuelta a Espana team". CyclingUpToDate.com. 16 August 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  24. ^ "Van der Tuuk langer bij Kern Pharma". www.cyclingonline.nl (in Dutch). 28 October 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  25. ^ "Danny van der Tuuk". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  26. ^ "Danny Van der Tuuk". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  27. ^ "Danny Van Der Tuuk". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
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