Personal information | |
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Full name | Maarten Jan den Bakker |
Born | Abbenbroek, Netherlands | 26 January 1969
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 71 kg (157 lb; 11 st 3 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | All-rounder |
Professional teams | |
1990–1992 | PDM–Concorde–Ultima |
1992–1997 | TVM–Sanyo |
1998–2005 | Rabobank |
2006 | Team Milram |
2007–2008 | Skil–Shimano |
2009 | Van Vliet–EBH Elshof |
Major wins | |
National Road Race Championships (1996, 1999) |
Maarten Jan den Bakker (born 26 January 1969) is a retired road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who was a professional rider from 1990 to 2008. He won the Dutch National Road Race Championships twice and he participated in nine Tours de France, completing each of them. In 2008, Den Bakker ended his career. [1] He also competed in the team time trial at the 1988 Summer Olympics. [2]
Year | Giro d'Italia | Tour de France | Vuelta a España |
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1992 | 92nd | ||
1993 | 91st | 71st | |
1994 | Not finished | ||
1995 | 52nd | ||
1996 | 64th | 40th | |
1997 | 64th | Not finished | |
1998 | 33rd | ||
1999 | 84th | ||
2000 | 49th | ||
2001 | 75th | ||
2004 | 84th |
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