What professional road bicycle racer from the country known informally as Holland, won one stage in the 1954 Tour de France?
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Henk Faanhof Henk Faanhof (29 August 1922 – 27 January 2015) was a Dutch professional road bicycle racer from Amsterdam. Faanhof won one stage in the 1954 Tour de France. In 1947 Faanhof was disqualified in the Dutch National Road Race Championship after changing bicycles with a teammate. The rule that bicycle changes were not allowed was new and Faanhof did not know about it. He also competed in three events at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Faanhof died in Amsterdam on 27 January 2015, aged 92, less than a week before two other members of the Dutch men's team pursuit squad, Gerrit Voorting and Joop Harmans.
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Netherlands The Netherlands ( ; Dutch: "Nederland" ] ; West Frisian: "Nederlân" ), also known informally as Holland, is a densely populated country in Western Europe, also incorporating three island territories in the Caribbean. It is the main constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The European portion of the Netherlands borders Germany to the east, Belgium to the south, and the North Sea to the northwest, sharing maritime borders in the North Sea with Belgium, the United Kingdom, and Germany. The four largest cities in the Netherlands are Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht. Amsterdam is the country's capital, while The Hague holds the Dutch seat of parliament and government. The port of Rotterdam is the largest port in Europe and the world's largest outside east Asia. Utrecht is a central node for road and railway communications, commerce, and cultural events.
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Willy Derboven Willy Derboven (Leuven, 19 September 1939 — Tenerife, Spain, 22 November 1996) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. In 1963, Derboven was the lanterne rouge of the 1963 Tour de France. In 1964, he beat German Rudi Altig in the fifth stage of the 1964 Tour de France.
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Alfred Haemerlinck Alfred Haemerlinck (Assenede, 27 September 1905 – Ghent, 10 July 1993) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer, who won many small races in his career (493 according to some newspapers). He won two stages in the 1931 Tour de France, and wore the yellow jersey for one day.
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List of cyclists in the 1906 Tour de France There were 100 cyclists signed up for the 1906 Tour de France, but only 76 of them came to the start. One of the absentees was Henri Cornet, winner of the 1904 Tour de France. Four cyclists were Belgian, one was Luxembourgian (later winner François Faber), one was German, and the rest were French. Louis Trousselier, winner of the 1905 Tour de France, was present. The riders were not grouped in teams, but some cyclists had the same sponsor, even though they were not allowed to work together. Before the race started, most was expected from Cadolle, Aucouturier, Georget, Pottier, Trousselier, Dortignac and Petit-Breton.
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La Française (cycling team) La Française (English: The French) was a French professional cycling team that existed from 1901 to 1955. Maurice Garin won the 1903 Tour de France with the team. Their rider Léon Scieur won the 1921 Tour de France when riders participated as individuals.
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1964 Tour de France The 1964 Tour de France was the 51st edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place between 22 June and 14 July, with 22 stages covering a distance of 4504 km . Stages 3, 10 and 22 were all two-part stages with the first half being a regular stage and the second half being a team or individual time trial. It was the only Tour de France to include a mid-stage climb to the L'Alpe D'Huez ski resort. The race was eventually won by Jacques Anquetil following an epic shoulder-to-shoulder battle with Raymond Poulidor during Stage 20.
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Piet Damen Piet Damen (born 20 July 1934) is a Dutch former professional racing cyclist. He rode the Tour de France in 1958–1961 and 1964 with the best result of 11th place in 1958.
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Maurice De Waele Maurice De Waele (] ; 27 December 1896 – 14 February 1952) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer.
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2000 Holland Ladies Tour The 3rd edition of the annual Holland Ladies Tour was held from September 5 to September 9, 2000. The women's stage race with an UCI rating of 2.9.2 started in Bergeijk, and ended in Dronten.
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René Pedroli René Pedroli (Montignies-sur-Sambre, Belgium, 19 July 1914 — Charleroi, Belgium, 17 July 1986) was a Swiss professional road bicycle racer. Although Pedroli was born and raised in Belgium, his parents were of Swiss nationality, and so was Pedroli. Pedroli was the winner of stage 12B in the 1937 Tour de France.
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Rinus Paul Marinus Cornelis "Rinus" Paul (born 17 August 1941) is a retired Dutch road and track cyclist. On track, he placed fourth in the 2 km tandem event at the 1960 Summer Olympics. On the road, he won the Ronde van Zuid-Holland in 1960 and Ronde van Noord-Holland in 1963, as well as one stage of the Olympia's Tour in 1963.
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Robert Wierinckx Robert Wierinckx (12 April 1915, Ixelles — 29 December 2002, Rixensart) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. In 1936, he was the winner of the second stage in the Tour de France.
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Eddy Verstraeten Eddy Verstraeten (15 September 1948, in Leuven – 7 December 2005, in Booischot) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Verstraeten won stage 2B of the 1973 Tour de France.
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Mathieu Hermans Mathieu Hermans (born 9 January 1963 in Goirle) is a former Dutch professional road bicycle racer. Mathieu Hermans was the Lanterne rouge of the Tour de France twice, in 1987 and 1989. He won a stage in the 1989 Tour de France. Hermans was more successful in the Vuelta a España, where he won 9 stages in total.
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Schalk Verhoef Schalk Verhoef (5 August 1935 – 18 January 1997) was a Dutch cyclist who won a bronze medal in the road race at the 1957 UCI Road World Championships. He also won the Ronde van Zeeland in 1957 and individual stages of the Olympia's Tour (1956, 1957) and Ronde van Nederland (1960).
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1956 Tour of Flanders The 40th running of the Tour of Flanders cycling classic was held on Easter Monday, 2 April 1956. French rider Jean Forestier won the race after a late breakaway from a 30-strong group in Wetteren. Sprint specialist Stan Ockers won the sprint for second place; Leon Van Daele was third. 37 of 122 riders finished.
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Peter Winnen Peter Johannes Gertrudis Winnen (born 5 September 1957) is a Dutch former road racing cyclist. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in road racing and finished in 26th place. After the Games he turned professional in 1981. Among his 14 victories were two stages at Alpe d'Huez in the Tour de France and a national championship. He came third in the Tour de France in 1983.
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Albert Bourlon Albert Bourlon (23 November 1916 – 16 October 2013) was a French professional road bicycle racer. He was born in Sancergues. In 1947, Bourlon won the 14th stage of the Tour de France. Almost directly from the start, he broke away, and rode solo for 253 km , the longest solo in post-war Tour de France history.
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Dwars door Vlaanderen Dwars door Vlaanderen "(English: Across Flanders )" is a semi-classic road bicycle race in Belgium, held annually since 1945. The race starts in Roeselare and finishes in Waregem, both in West Flanders. As from 2017 the event will be included in the UCI World Tour.
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1952 Tour de France The 1952 Tour de France was the 39th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 25 June to 19 July. It was composed of 23 stages over 4898 km . Newly introduced were the arrivals on mountain peaks.
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Bernard Van Rysselberghe Bernard Van Rysselberghe (5 October 1905 – 25 September 1984) was a Belgian professional road bicycle racer. Van Rysselberghe won one stage in the 1929 Tour de France, and was the winner of the 1931 edition of Bordeaux–Paris.