Bas Tietema

Bas Tietema (born 29 January 1995) is a Dutch former cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2017 to 2018 and again from 2022 to 2023.

Bas Tietema
Tietema at the 2014 Internationale Wielertrofee Jong Maar Moedig.
Personal information
Born (1995-01-29) 29 January 1995
Zwolle, Netherlands
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur teams
2013Vacansoleil Niederland Junioren
2014–2016BMC Development Team[1]
2019–2020Allinq–Krush–de IJsselstreek
2021Tour de Tietema Cycling Team
Professional teams
2017An Post–Chain Reaction
2018BEAT Cycling Club
2022Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB[2]
2023TDT–Unibet Cycling Team[3]

Career

Tietema originally played football in his childhood, but began cycling in 2010. After a fairly successful junior and under-23 career, Tietema retired from competition in 2019 due to skin allergies and loss of motivation. He then started a YouTube channel known as Tour de Tietema, where he uploads cycling videos with friends Josse Wester and Devin van der Wiel. As of May 2022, the channel has more than 133,000 subscribers. In 2021, the group started an amateur team known as the Tour de Tietema Cycling Team, as a challenge to attempt to win local races. Tietema gained back his desire to race, and then came in contact with UCI ProTeam Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB after reportedly seeing improvements in his fitness.[4] In February 2022, he returned to professional cycling after officially joining Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB.[4][5]

In 2023, Tietema founded his own UCI Continental team, TDT–Unibet Cycling Team, partnering with Unibet.[6]

Major results
2013
Keizer der Juniores
1st Mountains classification
1st Stage 1
4th Overall Ronde des Vallées
1st Stage 2 (ITT)
6th Overall Driedaagse van Axel
7th Grand Prix Bati-Metallo
2014
3rd Paris–Roubaix Espoirs
2015
10th Paris–Roubaix Espoirs
2016
8th Overall Tour de Berlin
1st Prologue (TTT)
2017
Tour Alsace
1st Points classification
1st Combativity classification
1st Km 70 classification
3rd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships

References
  1. "Bas Tietema". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  2. "Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
  3. "Bas Tietema » TDT-Unibet Cycling Team". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  4. Been, José (25 February 2022). "Bas Tietema: From YouTube star to the professional peloton". cyclingtips.com. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  5. Long, Jonny (13 February 2022). "From racing to YouTube and back to racing: Bas Tietema finally makes pro debut aged 27". cyclingweekly.com. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  6. "Unibet signs partnership with Dutch cycling team Tour de Tietema". www.prnewswire.com. 9 November 2022. Retrieved 5 May 2023.


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