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Hendrik Gerardus Joseph "Joop"
Zoetemelk (pronounced [joːp ˈsutəmɛl(ə)k]; born 3
December 1946) is a
Dutch former professional racing cyclist. He started...
- team classifications.
Remarkably Hinault and second-place
finisher Joop
Zoetemelk finished nearly a half hour
ahead of the
other GC Contenders, and in modern...
- the lead. Joop
Zoetemelk became the new leader, and
defended that
position successfully. Just as in 1979, when
Hinault and
Zoetemelk finished nearly...
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victory and
going into
stage 16 Van Impe
along with Eddy
Merckx and Joop
Zoetemelk were all
within about 1:00 of
Bernard Thévenet who had just
taken the...
- Impe in a
battle with the
previous winner Bernard Thévenet and Joop
Zoetemelk.
Zoetemelk won
three high
mountain stages including Alpe d'Huez and Puy-de-Dôme...
- Catalunya, Joop
Zoetemelk Stage 4a, Joop
Zoetemelk Paris–Tours, Joop
Zoetemelk Overall À
travers Lausanne, Joop
Zoetemelk Stages 1 & 2, Joop
Zoetemelk Stage 1...
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editions of the race for his use of performance-enhancing drugs. Joop
Zoetemelk and
Chavanel jointly hold the
record for the most
finishes with sixteen...
- at the
Summer Olympic Games and 110 at the
Winter Olympic Games. Joop
Zoetemelk won the 1979
Vuelta a Espana, the 1980 Tour de France, and the 1985 UCI...
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trial on stage 4
again went
Zoetemelk's way, as his
Mercier team took back 41
seconds on Hinault's
Renault squad.
Zoetemelk now was only 12
seconds behind...
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Zoetemelk with the
mountains of the 1976 Tour de
France deciding who
would become champ.
Guimard claims it was his
order to
attack Zoetemelk that...
