Personal information | |
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Full name | Max Lambert Peter van Heeswijk |
Born | Hoensbroek, the Netherlands | 2 March 1973
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Sprinter |
Amateur team | |
1994 | Motorola (stagiaire) |
Professional teams | |
1995–1996 | Motorola |
1997–1998 | Rabobank |
1999–2000 | Mapei–Quick-Step |
2001–2002 | Domo–Farm Frites–Latexco |
2003–2006 | U.S. Postal Service |
2007 | Rabobank |
2008 | Willems Verandas |
Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Max Lambert Peter van Heeswijk (born 2 March 1973 in Hoensbroek, Limburg) is a Dutch retired professional road racing cyclist. [1] He finished 15th road race at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 17th in the road race at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Grand Tour | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
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Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF |
Tour de France | — | — | — | — | 103 | 134 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Vuelta a España | DNF | 83 | 94 | — | — | — | — | 139 | DNF | DNF | — | — |
DSQ | Disqualified |
DNF | Did not finish |
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