Thomas Leezer (born 26 December 1985) is a Dutch retired road bicycle racer, who competed between 2004 and 2020, for the , and squads.
Leezer grew up in 's-Gravenzande, where his father was a veterinary surgeon.
During his professional career, Leezer took one individual victory on stage six of the 2013 Tour de Langkawi, winning after a solo move. He also competed at eight Grand Tours – including wearing the mountains classification jersey at the 2009 Vuelta a España – as well as the team time trial at the UCI Road World Championships on four occasions, and the road race at the 2016 UCI Road World Championships. At the latter race, he almost became World champion after escaping from the leading group and was only overtaken a few hundred meters ahead of the finish line.
Following his retirement from cycling, Leezer co-founded Dutch cycling clothing brand Velor, and in 2025, became the national junior coach for the Royal Dutch Cycling Union.
Major results Source:
2003 1st Road race, National Junior Road Championships 1st Grand Prix Bati-Metallo 9th Road race, UCI Junior Road World Championships 2004 1st Stage 2 Cinturón a Mallorca 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège U23 2005 2nd Overall Triptyque des Barrages Under-23 1st Stage 1 10th Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships 2006 2nd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships 4th Overall Olympia's Tour 5th Paris–Tours Espoirs 8th Overall Tour de la Somme 8th Omloop der Kempen 10th Omloop van het Houtland 2007 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships 1st Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux 1st Stage 2a (ITT) 1st Stage 6 Vuelta a Navarra 3rd Overall Tour de Normandie 3rd Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers 4th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships 5th Overall Olympia's Tour 1st Stage 2 6th Beverbeek Classic 6th Omloop der Kempen 2009 2nd Trofeo Pollença 3rd Overall Three Days of De Panne 4th Tour de Rijke 5th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 6th Dutch Food Valley Classic 7th Trofeo Calvia 8th Trofeo Cala 8th Gent–Wevelgem Vuelta a España Held after Stages 2–3 2010 7th Vattenfall Cyclassics 9th Dutch Food Valley Classic 2011 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tirreno–Adriatico 8th Dwars door Vlaanderen 9th Trofeo Magaluf-Palmanova 2013 1st Stage 6 Tour de Langkawi 3rd Overall Tour of Hainan 10th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens 2019 1st Stage 1 (TTT) UAE Tour
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Giro d'Italia———DNF——————119 Tour de France————150133153—166—— / Vuelta a España129————————139—
+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish
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