Albert Timmer

Albert Timmer (born 13 June 1985) is a Dutch former road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 2007 and 2017, exclusively for Team Sunweb and its previous squad iterations.^[1] During his career, Timmer competed in – and finished all – eleven Grand Tours between 2009 and 2017, but did not win any professional races as an individual.

Albert Timmer

Timmer at the 2007 3-Länder-Tour.
Personal information
Full name	Albert Timmer
Nickname	Albi
Born	(1985-06-13) 13 June 1985 (age 40) Gramsbergen, Netherlands
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb; 12.0 st)
Team information
Current team	Team Picnic–PostNL (women)
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider (retired) Coach Directeur sportif
Rider type	All-rounder
Amateur team
2004–2006	Team Löwik Meubelen–Tegeltoko
Professional team
2007–2017	Skil–Shimano
Managerial teams
2019–2020	Development Team Sunweb
2021–	Team DSM (women)

Since retiring as a rider, he has worked as a coach and directeur sportif for Development Team Sunweb, and the Team Picnic–PostNL women's squad.^[2][3]

Major results

Source: ^[4]

2006

9th Overall Flèche du Sud

2007

6th Overall Tour of Qinghai Lake

2008

1st Stage 1b (TTT) Brixia Tour

2010

8th Hel van het Mergelland

2012

1st Mountains classification, Tour de Luxembourg

2013

6th Münsterland Giro

2014

4th Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem

7th Overall Ster ZLM Toer

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	—	129	87	—	121	—
Tour de France	130	—	—	148[5]	164	146	139	153	157
Vuelta a España	—	—	164	—	—	—	—	—	—

Legend

—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish