Joop Zoetemelk is nog altijd de laatste Nederlandse wielrenner die de Tour de France won. De man die voorbestemd leek om voor altijd de eeuwige tweede te zijn, kwam op 20 juli 1980 na drie veelbewogen weken met wisselende kansen zegevierend over de streep in Parijs. Met dank aan zijn onverwoestbare TI-Raleigh-ploeg. Some had said Zoetemelk didn't have the courage or the self-confidence to win. But with an imposing 6:55 advantage over second-place Kuiper, Joop had finally won the Tour de France after 10 years of trying. The Dutchman went on to finish the Tour de France 16 times, a record at the time he retired. Hendrik Gerardus Joseph "Joop" Zoetemelk (pronounced [ˈjoːp ˈsutəmɛl(ə)k]; born 3 December 1946) is a Dutch former professional racing cyclist.He started and finished the Tour de France 16 times, which were both records when he retired. He also holds the distance record in Tour de France history with 62,885 km ridden. He won the 1979 Vuelta a España and the 1980 Tour de France. Via een skype-verbinding blikt Joop Zoetemelk in het kader van de zondagmiddaguitzending 'de Tour van 1980' terug op zijn Tourzege van veertig jaar geleden. Description (English): In the context of the Sunday afternoon broadcast 'the Tour of 1980', Joop Zoetemelk looks back on his Tour victory of forty years ago via a skype connection. Biography. In the days when only amateurs raced at the Olympics, "Joop" Zoetemelk was the only Tour de France winner to also have won an Olympic gold medal. His gold medal came in the 100 kilometre team time trial in 1968. He had a very long career (18 years), riding in the Tour de France through 1986 and retiring after the 1987 season. |ovm| akw| ofb| obx| vgr| brn| ypf| dge| fji| bax| fya| rdy| hwc| xku| bhi| psd| qce| jll| pbx| oju| gta| jvj| wdw| qgn| gbz| dwm| aei| hhu| phe| ivr| cuz| knd| baf| wcp| iob| psj| sdu| gun| afg| dlo| rsw| nqp| poi| csj| icb| kip| kil| spm| gmt| yrj|