Jos Lammertink

Jos Lammertink (1979)

Jos Lammertink (born March 28, 1958 in Wierden ) is a former Dutch cyclist .

Jos Lammertink was a professional racing driver from 1980 to 1989 and was able to achieve 38 victories during this time. In 1986 he became Dutch road racing champion. As an amateur, he had won the Olympia's Tour in 1979 and had already won the amateur championship in 1978.

Lammertink was active as a water carrier for Eddy Planckaert and Eric Vanderaerden , for whom he put on the sprints. He himself was able to win two stages of the Vuelta a España (1980 and 1981) as well as the Kuurne – Brussels – Kuurne race .

In 2006 the Wierden criterion was named "GP Jos Lammertink", which he himself had won at its first event in 1982; however, the race was held for the last time in 2008.

Lammertink had health problems throughout his life: in 1985 he was sidelined for a long time because he was sick with Pfeifer's glandular fever ; since then he has suffered from thyroid problems. The following year he was hit by a car during the fourth stage of the Tour de France and suffered severe skull injuries. In 2004 it became known that Jos Lammertink suffered from the autoimmune disorder “Inclusion Body Myositis” (IBM).

Web links

Commons : Jos Lammertink  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Jos Lammertink in the Radsportseiten.net database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ elshout.nu: "Jos Lammertink is harder dan hard" (Dutch)