Harry Steevens

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Harry Steevens (1966)

Harry Steevens (born April 27, 1945 in Elsloo , the Netherlands ) is a former Dutch cyclist .

Athletic career

Steevens made as a young amateur attention to himself when he age of 19 third in the Dutch stage race Olympia's Tour was. At the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964 , he was part of the Dutch national team and was used in individual road races in cycling competitions. As the youngest of the four Dutch starters, he reached the 40th place out of 107 drivers. In 1965, the 1.78 m tall Steevens won five races, including the Olympia's Tour and the one-day race around South Holland. He also took part in the Tour de l'Avenir , where he finished sixth in the overall standings and won the points classification . At the Tour de l'Avenir 1966 Steevens was also at the start and came in second place in the final bill. He was named the best sprinter on both tours. The first place in the 1966 one-day race Ronde van Limburg was Steeven's last victory in a major amateur race. At the UCI Road World Championships in 1966 on the Nürburgring , he finished 39th in the amateurs road race.

In the fall of 1966, Steevens signed a professional contract with the Dutch cycling team Caballero at the age of 21 and celebrated his first victory as a professional rider at a Kriterium in Ossendrecht . In addition to several victories in criteria and fair races, Steevens achieved third place in the Dutch one-day Amstel Gold Race in 1967 . In the same year he made his professional debut at the road world championships with 17th place. In the two following years he also competed at the world championships, but had little success with ranks 18 and 25. At the Tour of Andalusia in 1968 Steevens won a stage, but only came in 20th in the final ranking. His only significant victory in the 1968 season was the Amstel Gold Race. In 1969 he won again only in insignificant events. In addition to the World Championships, he also disappointed in such important races as the Amstel Gold Race (23rd), Paris – Tours (29th) and the Tour of Lombardy (31st). In 1970 Steevens took part in the two stage races Tour de Suisse and Tour de France . In Switzerland he won a stage and was 24th in the end. In France he was 45th out of 100 rated athletes. Also in 1971, now under contract with the Dutch team Goudsmit, he started again in both races and this time was 44th in the Tour de Suisse. In the Tour de France he got out early. Although he drove for Goudsmit in 1972, no more results were published for him.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 35/1966 . Deutscher Sportverlag Kurt Stoof, Cologne 1966, p. 10 .
personal data
SURNAME Steevens, Harry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH April 27, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Elsloo , Netherlands