Timo Fransen (born 3 June 1987) is a Dutch Paralympic cyclist competing in tandem events for the Netherlands, serving as a sighted pilot for blind cyclist Vincent ter Schure.

Career

Ter Schure and Fransen represented the Netherlands at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and they won one gold medal and two silver medals. They won the gold medal in the men's road race B event and the silver medals in the men's road time trial B and men's individual pursuit B events.

Timo Fransen

At the 2019 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships held in Emmen, Netherlands, Fransen and ter Schure won the gold medal in the time trial event. In January 2020, together with Imke Brommer, Larissa Klaassen and ter Schure, he won the team sprint at the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships and finished third in the pursuit.

Timo Fransen

References

1987 births

Living people

People from Westervoort

Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Cyclists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Medalists at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Paralympic gold medalists for the Netherlands

Paralympic silver medalists for the Netherlands

Paralympic medalists in cycling

Dutch male cyclists

Paralympic cyclists for the Netherlands

Cyclists from Gelderland

21st-century Dutch people

Timo Fransen