Jo de Haan

Jo de Haan, 1961

Johannes "Jo" de Haan (born December 25, 1936 in Klaaswaal , † April 19, 2006 in Huijbergen ) was a Dutch cyclist .

1958 Jo de Haan became Dutch amateur road racing champion. Then he got a contract as a professional . His greatest successes were the victories at Paris-Tours and the Tour de Picardie in 1960 and third place in the 1963 road world championships in Ronse . At the World Cup the following year, he was sixth. He started three times in the Tour de France , but without great success. 60th place at his start in 1964 for the Televizier team remained his best result.

De Haan was one of the first Dutch racing drivers to drive for French teams. In 1966 he ended his cycling career after having ridden for three years for the Dutch Televizier team under the sporting director Kees Pellenaars .

Web links

Jo de Haan in the Radsportseiten.net database

Jo de Haan in the Tour de France database(French / English )

Individual evidence

↑ Bürte Hoppe: Encyclopedia Tour de France . Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-89533-577-8 , p. 406 .

personal data
SURNAME	Haan, Jo de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Haan, Johannes de (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dutch cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	December 25, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH	Klaaswaal
DATE OF DEATH	April 19, 2006
Place of death	Huijbergen

[1] Bürte Hoppe: Encyclopedia Tour de France . Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-89533-577-8 , p. 406 .