Rob Harmeling

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Rob Harmeling (1986)

Lodewijk Johannes Harmeling , called "Rob", (born December 4, 1964 in Hellendoorn ) is a former Dutch cyclist .

In 1985 Harmeling was already at the fore; In 1986 he became world champion in the team time trial over 100 kilometers (with John Talen , Tom Cordes , Gerrit de Vries ). This world championship victory was unusual because Harmeling had to let go and the team had only crossed the finish line with the required three drivers. In 1988 he won one stage of the Peace Tour and three stages of the Tour of Greece . In the same year he also took part in the Olympic Games and finished 38th in the street race.

In 1989 Harmeling moved to the professional camp with the Histor-Sigma cycling team from Belgium. In 1991 he received a contract with the Dutch cycling team TVM and rode for this team until October 1995. In 1991, 1992 and 1994 he competed in the Tour de France . In 1991 he was 158th and last ( Lanterne Rouge ), in 1992 he won the third stage, but had to give up exhausted in the 16th stage to La Bourboule . In 1994 he was disqualified in the 14th stage because he is said to have clung to a car.

In 1995, during the Tour of Murcia , Harmeling had a serious accident that stopped him this season. In 1996 he started as an amateur , but could no longer achieve his old performance and ended his active cycling career.

successes

Summary
year success run
1985 2. 4th and 5th stage Olympia's Tour (Netherlands)
1986 winner Overall rating Flèche du Sud (Luxembourg)
winner World championship, road, 100 km team time trial
3. Overall rating Olympia's tour
1988 winner 7th stage Peace ride
winner 3rd, 5th and 6th stage Tour of Greece
38. Olympic games
1991 winner in Tiel (Netherlands)
2. 4th stage Paris – Nice
1992 winner 3rd and 4th stage Netherlands tour
winner 3rd stage Tour de France
1994 winner 3rd stage, part a Tour of Luxembourg
11. 2nd stage Tour de France
1996 2. South Holland tour

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dutch Team Loses Cyclist, Wins Trial on latimes.com v. 5 September 1986 (English.)
  2. ↑ wieiswie  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Dutch)@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.wieiswieinoverijssel.nl  

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personal data
SURNAME Harmeling, Rob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Harmeling, Lodewijk Johannes (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH 4th December 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Hellendoorn , Netherlands