He was born in Groningen but moved to Italy at the age of six with his family. He started his career at mapei bianchi but the moved to NJ Procycling a team. He got few U23 results and a 4th place in Kuala Lumpur Classic in Division 1 but he moved to Andeby, another big team in the game. However, his career skyrocketed when was signed by Manisaspor in Season 45.
He won Lappi Sea GP, a Division 2 Classic for the first time in Season 45. His contributions in the succeeding eight seasons helped the Turkish team to rise to the Division 1. He is one of the two riders to win Lappi Sea GP three times, Aleksander Hetland is the only rider matching his three-peat in this difficult Finnish classic. He also won Bergen-Bergen multiple times and added results in the hill races of at the highest level, top two divisions.
He moved to CARO BIKE TEAM as part of the rebuilding process of Manisasp...
Read moreHe was born in Groningen but moved to Italy at the age of six with his family. He started his career at mapei bianchi but the moved to NJ Procycling a team. He got few U23 results and a 4th place in Kuala Lumpur Classic in Division 1 but he moved to Andeby, another big team in the game. However, his career skyrocketed when was signed by Manisaspor in Season 45.
He won Lappi Sea GP, a Division 2 Classic for the first time in Season 45. His contributions in the succeeding eight seasons helped the Turkish team to rise to the Division 1. He is one of the two riders to win Lappi Sea GP three times, Aleksander Hetland is the only rider matching his three-peat in this difficult Finnish classic. He also won Bergen-Bergen multiple times and added results in the hill races of at the highest level, top two divisions.
He moved to CARO BIKE TEAM as part of the rebuilding process of Manisaspor and contributed to the Argentinian team’s rise before joining team futerko. However after voicing his wish to end his career in Turkey, Manisaspor signed him as a veteran.
Known to be a ferocious hiller, in his prime he could survive the short but steep climbs. However, he was resistant to long flat profiles nit he hilly classics and he was able to match some of the sprinters in the game. These made him a very good hilly sprinter but his versatility in hill races made him a top notch rider despite not excelling in any of his specialized traits.
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