Aad van den Hoek
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Aad van den Hoek (born 14 October 1951) is a former Dutch cyclist. He was professional between 1974 and 1983 and was good friends with Gerrie Knetemann. Together they won four Tour de France team time trial stages with their team TI-Raleigh. In 1976 he finished last in the general classification of the Tour de France and carried the Lanterne rouge.
Biography
In 1971 Van den Hoek won silver at the 1971 UCI Road World Championships, in the team time trial, with team mates Fedor den Hertog, Adri Duyker and Frits Schür.
In 1972 he finished third in the 100 km team time trial at the Munich Olympics. 25 Kilometers in the race, the Dutch had a lead of six seconds. After 40 km, a spoke snapped in Van den Hoek's back wheel, and Hennie Kuiper, Cees Priem and Fedor den Hertog went on without him. At the finish line they were only a minute and ten seconds behind.[1] After the race Van den Hoek tested positive for Coramine, a drug allowed by the Union Cycliste Internationale but not the IOC.[2][3] The whole Dutch team was disqualified.[4][5]
Van den Hoek rode nine seasons for team TI-Raleigh, which was famous for its success in team time trials. Together with the team he won four TTTs in the Tour de Frances of 1976, 1978 and 1981 (twice). He ended those Tours in 87th and last, 57th and 115th place. In 1977 he was one of a group of 30 riders that were sent home after finishing beyond the time limit in the toughest mountain stage Chamonix - Alpe d'Huez. Among those riders were points classification second Rik van Linden, stage winners Klaus-Peter Thaler and Patrick Sercu, and his team mates Piet van Katwijk and Bill Nickson.[6]
Major results
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- 1971
- 2nd File:Silver medal uci.svg 1971 UCI Road World Championships TTT
- 1972
- Ronde van Midden-Nederland
- Ronde van Gelderland
- stage 1 Rund um Düren
- stage 8 Tour of Austria
- 1973
- 2 stages (TTT/individually), points classification, 2nd overall Olympia's Tour
- 2 stages (TTT/individually) Milk Race
- 1974
- Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt
- 1 stage, points classification, 3rd overall Olympia's Tour
- 1975
- Étoile des Espoirs
- 1976
- stage 5a TTT Tour de France with TI-Raleigh
- Acht van Chaam
- 2nd Dutch National Road Race Championships
- 1977
- 7th stage Part B Route du Sol
- 1978
- stage 4 TTT Tour de France with TI-Raleigh
- 1st leg Part B Tour of the Netherlands
- 1979
- stage 1 Deutschland Tour
- 1981
- stages 1b and 4 TTTs Tour de France with TI-Raleigh
- stage 2b Volta a Catalunya
See also
References
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- ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1". EN: Cycling coach Middelink: "The four bronze medals in the time trial are as good as gold" / (quotes) from the scoreboard
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- ↑ Aad van den Hoek. sports-reference.com
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External links
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- 1951 births
- Living people
- Dutch male cyclists
- Dutch sportspeople in doping cases
- Doping cases in cycling
- People from Dirksland
- Competitors stripped of Summer Olympics medals
- Cyclists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic cyclists for the Netherlands
- UCI Road World Championships cyclists for the Netherlands
- Cyclists from South Holland
- 20th-century Dutch sportsmen
- Sportspeople from Goeree-Overflakkee