Fedor the Hertog

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Fedor the Hertog

Fedor Iwan den Hertog (born April 20, 1946 in Utrecht ; † February 12, 2011 in Ermelo ) was a Dutch cyclist and Olympic champion.

Athletic career

From the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s, Fedor den Hertog, known as "Ivan the Terrible", was one of the best amateur drivers in the world. In 1967 he fell so badly in the Ardennes that the doctors advised him to give up the sport, and until the end of the year he could not contest any more races. In 1968 he became Olympic champion at the Games in Mexico City in the team time trial together with Jan Krekels , René Pijnen and Joop Zoetemelk .

In 1968 and 1971, Hertog won the Dutch championship in the single pursuit of amateurs on the track . In 1969 and 1971 he won the British Milk Race , 1969 the Tour of Belgium , 1970 the Tour of Bulgaria , 1972 the Tour de l'Avenir and 1973 the Olympia's Tour . In 1969 he won the overall ranking of the Rhineland-Palatinate Tour after winning all eight stages. In 1972 he also won the GDR tour without having won a stage.

In 1974 Hertog turned pro and won the Dutch road championship. He started three times in the Tour de France , in 1977 he won a stage, but later had to give up because of knee problems. In the same year he also won a stage in the Vuelta a España . As a professional, however, he was never able to build on his amateur successes.

Fedor den Hertog ended his career after a contract dispute with Team Puch when the Portuguese Marco Chagas got a contract in his place . After the end of his cycling career (1980), Hertog, which had a Ukrainian mother, ran a bicycle shop in Belgium. A book about him was published in 2009. At the Parel van de Veluwe race , the "Fedor den Hertog Trofee" has been awarded to the most aggressive driver since 1997.

Professional

Fedor den Hertog completed an apprenticeship as a ship works electrician.

literature

Web links

Commons : Fedor den Hertog  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b German Cycling Association of the GDR (Ed.): The cyclist . No. 34/1972 . Berlin, S. 2 .
  2. ↑ Frankfurter Rundschau . Frankfurt am Main January 15, 1980, p. 8 .
  3. ↑ wvdeijsselstreek.nl ( Memento of June 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (Dutch)
personal data
SURNAME Hertog, Fedor den
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hertog, Fedor Ivan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Utrecht
DATE OF DEATH February 12, 2011
Place of death Ermelo