Gerard Vroomen
Gerard Vroomen | |
|---|---|
| Born | 20 July 1971 (age 53) Nijmegen |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Occupation(s) | Founder of Open Cycle Co-founder of Cervélo |
| Known for | Designer of Cervelo bicycles |
Gérard Vroomen (born 20 July 1971, Nijmegen)[1] is a Dutch-born mechanical engineer and the owner of Open Cycle. He was previously the co-founder of Cervélo & the now-defunct Cervélo TestTeam. He left the operational side of Cervelo in May 2011. Since February 2012, he has been the part-time business development advisor for Cervelo’s new owner, the Pon Bicycle Group.
Cervélo
Phil White and Gérard Vroomen founded Cervélo in 1995 when their design for a new time trial bicycle failed to garner interest from traditional bicycle manufacturers. Today, Cervélo is the largest triathlon bike manufacturer in the world[citation needed] and partnered with the triathlon team, Team TBB, and the road cycling team, Garmin–Cervélo.
Readers of VeloNews, CycleSport, Inside Triathlon and Slowtwitch voted Cervélo as the #1 brand they intended to purchase in 2011.[2]
Open Cycle
Gerard Vroomen (Co-founder of Cervélo) and Andy Kessler (Former CEO of BMC), have partnered together in a business called Open. They claim the O-1.0 to be the lightest 29-inch production hardtail on the market.[3]
3T
In March 2015, three years after selling his stake in Cervélo, Vroomen announced to have teamed up with 3T CEO René Wiertz to acquire all shares in 3T. Under Vroomen and Wiertz, 3T presented their first complete bicycle; the 3T Exploro gravel racer.
External links
- Interviews
- Gerard Vroomen with Adam Tranter for CycloSport, 20 April 2012
References
- ^ Interview at VKbanen.nl, 26 July 2008 (in Dutch)
- ^ Roethenbaugh, Gary. "Cervélo joins Pon Bicycle Group". TriathlonBusiness.com. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
- ^ Rouse, Kevin. "First Look: Open Cycles O-1.0". Bike Magazine. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
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