Frans Maassen
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name |
Franciscus Albertus Antonius Johannes Maassen |
| Born |
January 27, 1965 Haelen, the Netherlands |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1987–1989 | Superconfext |
| 1990–1992 | Buckler |
| 1993–1994 | WordPerfect |
| 1995 | Novell |
|
Infobox last updated on September 7, 2008 | |
Franciscus ("Frans") Albertus Antonius Johannes Maassen (born 27 January 1965 in Haelen, Limburg) is a directeur sportif. He was a professional road racing cyclist between 1987 and 1995. He completed seven Tour de France stage races, twice won the Tour of Belgium,[1] and won the 1994 Tour de Luxembourg.
Since 2005, Maassen has been the assistant directeur sportif of the Rabobank, a Netherlands-based UCI ProTour team.
Major achievements
- 1987
First year as a professional
- 1988
- 1st, Overall, Tour of Belgium (and Stage 3 win)
- 3rd, Three Days of De Panne
- 1989
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Dutch National Road Race Championship - 1st, Wincanton Classic
- 2nd, Milan–San Remo
- 1990
- 1st, Stage 1, Tour de France
- 1st, Overall, Tour of Belgium (and Prologue and Stage 5a wins)
- 1st, Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
- 1st, Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 1st, Overall. Étoile de Bessèges
- 1991
- 1st, Amstel Gold Race
- 2nd, Three Days of De Panne
- 1st, Overall, Ronde van Nederland
- 1992
- 1st, Three Days of De Panne
- 5th, Tour of Flanders
- 1993
- 2nd, Tour of Flanders
- 2nd, Three Days of De Panne
- 1994
- 1st, Overall, Tour de Luxembourg
- 3rd, Three Days of De Panne
- 1995
- 1st Profronde van Heerlen
Tour de France record
- 1988 – 126th overall,
Intermediate sprints classification - 1989 – 103rd overall
- 1990 – 64th overall; Stage 1 win (Futuroscope – Futuroscope, 138.5 km)
- 1991 – 129th overall
- 1992 – 91st overall
- 1993 – 106th overall
- 1995 – 97th overall
References
- ↑ "Tour of Belgium past winners". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
External links
- Frans Maassen profile at Cycling Archives
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Peter Pieters |
Dutch National Road Race Champion 1989 |
Succeeded by Peter Winnen |
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