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- ↑ "Leontine van der Lienden Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ↑ "Niet één, maar twee zoons in de Tour" [Not one, but two sons in the Tour]. Eindhovens Dagblad (in Dutch). 17 January 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
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