Jasper Ockeloen

Jasper Ockeloen
	Ockeloen in 2014.
Personal information
Full name	Jasper Ockeloen
Born	10 May 1990; Dordrecht, Netherlands
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Team information
Current team	Sockeloen Cycling Club
Discipline	Road; Mountain biking;
Role	Rider
Amateur teams
2012–2013	Parkhotel Rooding Valkenburg
2019	WASp
2019–	Sockeloen Cycling Club
Professional teams
2009–2010	Rabobank Continental Team
2011	Donckers Koffie–Jelly Belly
2014–2016	Parkhotel Valkenburg Continental Team
2017–2018	Monkey Town Continental Team

Jasper Ockeloen (born 10 May 1990 in Dordrecht) is a Dutch cyclist, who rides for Dutch amateur team Sockeloen Cycling Club.[1]

He is the founder of Sockeloen, a company that designs and makes cycling socks, and of the Sockeloen Cycling Club as a means to promote mountain bike marathons and beach racing.[2] Those two disciplines have races where professionals and amateurs can ride together and bond. He himself was introduced to beach racing by his girlfriend Riejanne Markus, a professional cyclist.[3]

Major results

Road

2008: 1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships; 9th Overall Giro della Lunigiana
2010: 8th Ronde van Midden-Nederland
2014: 9th Overall Sibiu Cycling Tour; 9th Arno Wallaard Memorial
2015: 2nd Overall Tour d'Azerbaïdjan (behind Primož Roglič); 2nd Overall Flèche du Sud; 3rd Overall Tour of Fuzhou; 7th Overall Tour de Taiwan; 9th Rutland–Melton CiCLE Classic

Mountain bike

2014

1st

National Beach Race Championships

2016

1st

UEC European Beach Race Championships

1st

Cross-country marathon, National Championships

2017

1st

UEC European Beach Race Championships

National Championships

2nd Cross-country marathon

5th Cross-country

2018

1st

National Beach Race Championships

References

Rolandus, Dan (2 December 2019). "Sockeloen Cycling Club start in 2020 met elite-team" [Sockeloen Cycling Club starts in 2020 with elite team]. CyclingOnline.nl (in Dutch). Manieu. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
"Interview Jasper Ockeloen: Ik ga de UCI-koersen en het NK met de profs missen" [Interview with Jasper Ockeloen: "I'm going to miss the UCI races and the national championship with the pros"]. Racefietsblog.nl (in Dutch). Racefietsblog. 22 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2020.
"Het leuke aan strandracen is dat iedereen kan instappen" [The nice thing about beach racing is that everyone can take part]. KNWU.nl (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Cycling Union. Retrieved 16 February 2020.

External links

Jasper Ockeloen at ProCyclingStats
Jasper Ockeloen profile at the Royal Dutch Cycling Union website

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[1] Rolandus, Dan (2 December 2019). "Sockeloen Cycling Club start in 2020 met elite-team" [Sockeloen Cycling Club starts in 2020 with elite team]. CyclingOnline.nl (in Dutch). Manieu. Retrieved 16 February 2020.

[2] "Interview Jasper Ockeloen: Ik ga de UCI-koersen en het NK met de profs missen" [Interview with Jasper Ockeloen: "I'm going to miss the UCI races and the national championship with the pros"]. Racefietsblog.nl (in Dutch). Racefietsblog. 22 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2020.

[3] "Het leuke aan strandracen is dat iedereen kan instappen" [The nice thing about beach racing is that everyone can take part]. KNWU.nl (in Dutch). Royal Dutch Cycling Union. Retrieved 16 February 2020.