Sander Kleikers: Eurosport Commentator and Eurosport’s Communication Manager at Team Jumbo-Visma

Kleikers has been part of the core group of commentators and reporters at Eurosport since January 2018. Over the past six years he has been a voice at various major international cycling races, from classics to monuments, and presented cycling shows such as Kop over kop.

Kleikers was also regularly on the road as a reporter during the Grand Tours. During various editions of the Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a España, he followed the peloton to report and conduct interviews. And otherwise he would present the studio show.

Sander Kleikers conducts an interview on behalf of Eurosport

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Eurosport’s face in front of the camera

This and much more was reason enough for Jumbo-Visma to choose Kleikers in its search for a new strong man in the communications field. He will succeed Bierens on December 1 and will not only have press matters in his portfolio at the most successful cycling team in recent years, but will also be responsible for the strategic aspect of communication.

Apart from his work as a commentator, interviewer and reporter, Kleikers was also the face of various Eurosport programs surrounding the Olympic Games as a presenter. Consider programs such as MedalZone, TokyoToday and BeijingToday in which all medal moments were shown. Before that he was a program maker, editor and presenter at L1, among others.

Sander Kleikers analyzes together with Alberto Contador

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Passions come together at Jumbo-Visma

“I’m going to do something new. Although it may not be completely new. I am going to unite my two professional loves, cycling and communication, even more in a new challenge: communications manager at Team Jumbo-Visma,” Kleikers himself responds.

“Up until now I had already started working on both loves. On the one hand as a cycling commentator and presenter at Eurosport, on the other hand as a communications advisor or trainer for various clients on behalf of my own company. The two will come together on December 1, with the best cycling team in the world.”

Fantastic experiences

“I am also going to leave behind nice people and nice assignments. My work for Eurosport, where I have had fantastic experiences with very talented, driven and fun people. Or my clients at Sander Kleikers Media. With a variety of themes: from politics to culture and from economics to sports. That variety of knowledge and broad network has taught me a lot and brought me to the step I will now take.”

The last job on behalf of Eurosport for Kleikers will be the presentation of the National Cycling Gala 2023 from the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht. This broadcast starts Monday, November 27 at 6:15 PM on Eurosport 1 and discovery+.

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Eurosport thanks Kleikers for years of dedication

Eurosport is grateful to the multifunctional Kleikers for his hard work in recent years. Gijs Poortman – Head of Sports at Eurosport Benelux: “We thank Sander for his great commitment to Eurosport. Eurosport is the Home of Cycling and Sander has put his heart and soul into helping us in recent years.”

“In addition to his commentary work, Sander was also the face of our Kop over Kop previews and afterthoughts, the cycling gala and our international productions such as the Vuelta a España. In addition, Sander was one of the presenters of our Olympic bridging program MedalZone during the Olympic Games of Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022. We congratulate Team Jumbo-Visma on their addition to the team and look forward to a new chapter in our collaboration.”

2023-11-21 19:44:00
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