Jan Raas

Jan Raas (born 8 November 1952) is a Dutch former professional cyclist whose 115 wins include the 1979 World Road Race Championship in Valkenburg, he also won the Tour of Flanders in 1979 and 1983, Paris–Roubaix in 1982 and Milan–San Remo in 1977. He won ten stages in the Tour de France. In six starts, Raas won the Amstel Gold Race five times.^[1]

Raas was a tactician and clever sprinter. He struggled on the long steep climbs but excelled on the short climbs characteristic of the northern classics.

Career

Born in Heinkenszand, near Goes in Zeeland, Raas was the son of a farmer and one of 10 children. He showed no interest in cycling until leaving school at 16 when he acquired his first racing bike and started competing as a junior category, taking his first victory in Damme in Belgium on the 21 July 1969. Further success as an amateur, including stage wins in the Olympia Tour and the national championship, prompted Peter Post, the manager of TI-Raleigh, to offer Raas a contract for 1975

The 22-year-old had a good first season with two small victories and fourth in the Tour of Belgium. The following year (1976) saw him become national champion, but at the end of that year Raas parted company with TI-Raleigh, looking for more freedom to race.^[2]

Raas wearing the yellow jersey at the 1978 Tour de France

In 1977 he rode for Frisol. Victories in Milan–San Remo and the Amstel Gold Race made Post rethink and Raas was back with TI-Raleigh for 1978. Raas became the influence behind the success of the team in the late seventies and early eighties. He was joint leader with Gerrie Knetemann, heading members such as Joop Zoetemelk, Ludo Peeters, Cees Priem and Henk Lubberding.

Raas’ highlights for the rest of his career included his 1979 world championship on home soil in Valkenburg, where he outsprinted German "Didi" Thurau in front of 200,000 spectators (even with the help from team-mates that push him during the climb, grabbing service vehicle, and the fall of Giovanni Battaglin caused by Thurau and Raas himself on the last 200m). He had four more victories in the Amstel Gold Race to give a record of five. Raas regarded the Amstel Gold as his favourite race: “The Gold Race was made for me, I had no ability as a climber, but the short and hard Limburg hills were made for me”, he said. He won Paris–Roubaix at his seventh attempt in 1982 thanks to work by his team, especially Peeters.

Raas crashed in the 1984 Milan–San Remo, injuring his back and internal organs and was never the same, although he took a stage in the 1984 Tour de France. He found the training and recovery hard and retired on 28 May 1985 after a criterium at Hansweert the preceding day.

Raas’ know-how made for a natural move into team management and he became sporting director of Kwantum team. Raas found sponsors when old ones pulled out and the team received backing from SuperConfex, Buckler, WordPerfect, Novell and finally Rabobank.

Raas and his wife Anja suffered an armed raid on their house in March 1994^[3] and Raas decided he could no longer spend long periods away from home. He changed from sporting director to manager when Rabobank became the main sponsor in 1995. He spent eight years in this capacity until the end of 2003, the sponsor indicating that insoluble differences prompted Raas' departure.^[4]

Career achievements

Major results

Source:^[5]^[6]

1972

1st Stage 5 Olympia's Tour

1973

1st Ronde van Midden-Nederland

1974

Olympia's Tour

1st Stage 7a

1st Stage 8 Olympia's Tour

2nd Ronde van Drenthe

1975

1st Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem

5th Paris - Tours

6th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

6th Tour of Flanders

8th Omloop Het Volk

1976

1st

National Road Race Championship

1st Stage 4 Tour of Belgium

2nd Amstel Gold Race

2nd Tour du Haut Var

4th Brabantse Pijl

7th Paris–Roubaix

9th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

1977

1st Milan–San Remo

1st Amstel Gold Race

1st Stage 6 Tour de France

4th Overall Tour Méditerranéen

1st Stage 1

2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

3rd Tour of Flanders

5th Brabantse Pijl

6th Paris–Roubaix

7th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

8th Paris - Tours

10th Gent–Wevelgem

1978

1st Amstel Gold Race

1st Stage 2 Ronde van Nederland

1st Stage 3 Tour de Suisse

1st Stage 4 Four Days of Dunkirk

Tour de France

1st Prologue

1st Stage 1a

1st Stage 21

1st Paris – Brussels

1st Paris - Tours

2nd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

3rd Paris–Roubaix

3rd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

4th Gent–Wevelgem

1979

1st

Road race, Road World Championships

1st

Overall Ronde van Nederland

1st Prologue

1st Stage 2

1st Amstel Gold Race

1st E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

1st Tour of Flanders

1st Stage 5 Tour de France

1st Stage 3 Paris–Nice

1st Stage 4 Deutschland Tour

1st Stage 1b Tour of Belgium

Tour Méditerranéen

1st Prologue

1st Stage 5a

2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

3rd Gent–Wevelgem

3rd Paris - Tours

5th Paris–Roubaix

1980

Tour de France

1st Stage 1a

1st Stage 1b (TTT)

1st Stage 7b

1st Stage 9

1st Amstel Gold Race

1st E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

1st Stage 3 Ronde van Nederland

1st Stage 1b Paris–Nice

1st Stage 3 Tour of Belgium

Tour Méditerranéen

1st Prologue (with Gerrie Knetemann)

1st Stage 2

1st Stage 3b

1st Stage 3 Étoile de Bessèges

Tour de Luxembourg

1st Prologue

1st Stage 1

1st Stage GP de Cannes

1st Six Days of Rotterdam (track) (with René Pijnen)

3rd Milan–San Remo

3rd Tour of Flanders

3rd Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen

4th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

6th Gent–Wevelgem]

1981

1st E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

1st Omloop Het Volk

1st Gent–Wevelgem

1st Grote Prijs Jef Scherens

1st

Overall Étoile de Bessèges

1st Prologue

1st Stage 1

1st Stage 3

1st Stage 3b Tour Méditerranéen

3rd Tour of Flanders

5th Amstel Gold Race

1982

1st Amstel Gold Race

1st Paris–Roubaix

1st Dwars door Vlaanderen

2nd Overall Ronde van Nederland

1st Prologue

1st Prologue Étoile de Bessèges

Tour de France

1st Stage 6

1st Stage 9a (TTT)

5th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

6th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

1983

1st

National Road Race Championship

1st Tour of Flanders

1st Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

1st Ronde van Midden-Zeeland

1st Stage 1a Three Days of De Panne

2nd Gent–Wevelgem

2nd Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

3rd Milan–San Remo

3rd Amstel Gold Race

1984

1st

National Road Race Championship

1st Stage 9 Tour de France

Monuments results timeline

Source:^[5]

Monument	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985
Milan–San Remo	—	—	1	105	12	3	—	14	3	—	93
Tour of Flanders	6	11	3	22	1	3	3	13	1	—	—
Paris–Roubaix	40	7	6	3	5	—	—	1	—	—	—
Liège–Bastogne–Liège	—	—	13	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Giro di Lombardia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

DNF = Did not finish
— = Did not compete

Awards

Dutch Sportsman of the year: 1979

References

↑ John Wilcockson (2010-04-16) Amstel Gold Race preview: Horner and Hesjedal are North America’s best chance. Velonews.competitor.com. Retrieved on 2013-01-16.
↑ Boyce, Barry (2006). "Top 20 All Time Major Classics: Milan–San Remo 1977: Youthful Dutchman Wins a Monument". Cycling revealed. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
↑ "Jan Raas" by Noel Truyers, ISBN 90-74128-45-9, Pages 39 and 40
↑ Anthony Tan (2003-12-10) "I just want to kick ass!". Autobus.cyclingnews.com. Retrieved on 2013-01-16.
1 2 "Jan Raas (Netherlands)". The-Sports.org. Québec, Canada: Info Média Conseil. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
↑ "Jan Raas". Cycling Archives. de Wielersite. Retrieved 23 April 2013.

External links

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Jan Raas profile at Cycling Archives

Sporting positions
Preceded by Hennie Kuiper	Dutch National Road Race Champion 1976	Succeeded by Fedor den Hertog
Preceded by Johan van der Velde	Dutch National Road Race Champion 1983–1984	Succeeded by Jacques Hanegraaf
Awards
Preceded by Gerrie Knetemann	Dutch Sportsman of the Year 1979	Succeeded by Joop Zoetemelk

UCI Road World Champions – Men's road race

1927: Binda
1928–29: Ronsse
1930: Binda
1931: Guerra
1932: Binda
1933: Speicher
1934: Kaers
1935: Aerts
1936: Magne
1937: Meulenberg
1938: Kint
1946: Knecht
1947: Middelkamp
1948: Schotte
1949: Van Steenbergen
1950: Schotte
1951: Kübler
1952: Müller
1953: Coppi
1954: Bobet
1955: Ockers
1956–57: Van Steenbergen
1958: Baldini
1959: Darrigade
1960–61: Van Looy
1962: Stablinski
1963: Beheyt
1964: Janssen
1965: Simpson
1966: Altig
1967: E. Merckx
1968: Adorni
1969: Ottenbros
1970: Monseré
1971: E. Merckx
1972: M. Basso
1973: Gimondi
1974: E. Merckx
1975: Kuiper
1976: Maertens
1977: F. Moser
1978: Knetemann
1979: Raas
1980: B. Hinault
1981: Maertens
1982: Saronni
1983: LeMond
1984: Criquielion
1985: Zoetemelk
1986: Argentin
1987: S. Roche
1988: Fondriest
1989: LeMond
1990: Dhaenens
1991: Bugno–92: Bugno
1993: Armstrong
1994: Leblanc
1995: Olano
1996: Museeuw
1997: Brochard
1998: Camenzind
1999: Freire
2000: Vainšteins
2001: Freire
2002: Cipollini
2003: Astarloa
2004: Freire
2005: Boonen
2006–07: Bettini
2008: Ballan
2009: Evans
2010: Hushovd
2011: Cavendish
2012: Gilbert
2013: Costa
2014: Kwiatkowski
2015: Sagan

Milan–San Remo winners

1900–1919	Lucien Petit-Breton (1907) Cyrille van Hauwaert (1908) Luigi Ganna (1909) Eugène Christophe (1910) Gustave Garrigou (1911) Henri Pélissier (1912) Odile Defraye (1913) Ugo Agostoni (1914) Ezio Corlaita (1915) (1916, not held) Gaetano Belloni (1917) Costante Girardengo (1918) Angelo Gremo (1919)

1920–1939	Gaetano Belloni (1920) Costante Girardengo (1921) Giovanni Brunero (1922) Costante Girardengo (1923) Pietro Linari (1924) Costante Girardengo (1925–1926) Pietro Chesi (1927) Costante Girardengo (1928) Alfredo Binda (1929) Michele Mara (1930) Alfredo Binda (1931) Alfredo Bovet (1932) Learco Guerra (1933) Jef Demuysere (1934) Giuseppe Olmo (1935) Angelo Varetto (1936) Cesare Del Cancia (1937) Giuseppe Olmo (1938) Gino Bartali (1939)

1940–1959	Gino Bartali (1940) Pierino Favalli (1941) Adolfo Leoni (1942) Cino Cinelli (1943) (1944–1945, not held) Fausto Coppi (1946) Gino Bartali (1947) Fausto Coppi (1948–1949) Gino Bartali (1950) Louison Bobet (1951) Loretto Petrucci (1952–1953) Rik Van Steenbergen (1954) Germain Derycke (1955) Fred De Bruyne (1956) Miguel Poblet (1957) Rik Van Looy (1958) Miguel Poblet (1959)

1960–1979	René Privat (1960) Raymond Poulidor (1961) Emile Daems (1962) Joseph Groussard (1963) Tom Simpson (1964) Arie den Hartog (1965) Eddy Merckx (1966–1967) Rudi Altig (1968) Eddy Merckx (1969) Michele Dancelli (1970) Eddy Merckx (1971–1972) Roger De Vlaeminck (1973) Felice Gimondi (1974) Eddy Merckx (1975–1976) Jan Raas (1977) Roger De Vlaeminck (1978–1979)

1980–1999	Pierino Gavazzi (1980) Alfons De Wolf (1981) Marc Gomez (1982) Giuseppe Saronni (1983) Francesco Moser (1984) Hennie Kuiper (1985) Sean Kelly (1986) Erich Maechler (1987) Laurent Fignon (1988–1989) Gianni Bugno (1990) Claudio Chiappucci (1991) Sean Kelly (1992) Maurizio Fondriest (1993) Giorgio Furlan (1994) Laurent Jalabert (1995) Gabriele Colombo (1996) Erik Zabel (1997–1998) Andrei Tchmil (1999)

2000–2019	Erik Zabel (2000–2001) Mario Cipollini (2002) Paolo Bettini (2003) Óscar Freire (2004) Alessandro Petacchi (2005) Filippo Pozzato (2006) Óscar Freire (2007) Fabian Cancellara (2008) Mark Cavendish (2009) Óscar Freire (2010) Matthew Goss (2011) Simon Gerrans (2012) Gerald Ciolek (2013) Alexander Kristoff (2014) John Degenkolb (2015)

Tour of Flanders winners

1900–1919	Paul Deman (1913) Marcel Buysse (1914) (1915–1918, not held) Henri Van Lerberghe (1919)

1920–1939	Jules Vanhevel (1920) René Vermandel (1921) Léon Devos (1922) Heiri Suter (1923) Gérard Debaets (1924) Julien Delbecque (1925) Denis Verschueren (1926) Gérard Debaets (1927) Jan Mertens (1928) Joseph Dervaes (1929) Frans Bonduel (1930) Romain Gijssels (1931–1932) Alphonse Schepers (1933) Gaston Rebry (1934) Louis Duerloo (1935) Louis Hardiquest (1936) Michel D'Hooghe (1937) Edgard de Caluwé (1938) Karel Kaers (1939)

1940–1959	Achiel Buysse (1940–1941) Briek Schotte (1942) Achiel Buysse (1943) Rik Van Steenbergen (1944) Sylvain Grysolle (1945) Rik Van Steenbergen (1946) Emiel Faignaert (1947) Briek Schotte (1948) Fiorenzo Magni (1949–1951) Roger Decock (1952) Wim van Est (1953) Raymond Impanis (1954) Louison Bobet (1955) Jean Forestier (1956) Fred De Bruyne (1957) Germain Derycke (1958) Rik Van Looy (1959)

1960–1979	Arthur Decabooter (1960) Tom Simpson (1961) Rik Van Looy (1962) Noël Foré (1963) Rudi Altig (1964) Jo de Roo (1965) Edward Sels (1966) Dino Zandegù (1967) Walter Godefroot (1968) Eddy Merckx (1969) Eric Leman (1970) Evert Dolman (1971) Eric Leman (1972–1973) Cees Bal (1974) Eddy Merckx (1975) Walter Planckaert (1976) Roger De Vlaeminck (1977) Walter Godefroot (1978) Jan Raas (1979)

1980–1999	Michel Pollentier (1980) Hennie Kuiper (1981) René Martens (1982) Jan Raas (1983) Johan Lammerts (1984) Eric Vanderaerden (1985) Adri van der Poel (1986) Claude Criquielion (1987) Eddy Planckaert (1988) Edwig Van Hooydonck (1989) Moreno Argentin (1990) Edwig Van Hooydonck (1991) Jacky Durand (1992) Johan Museeuw (1993) Gianni Bugno (1994) Johan Museeuw (1995) Michele Bartoli (1996) Rolf Sørensen (1997) Johan Museeuw (1998) Peter Van Petegem (1999)

2000–2019	Andrei Tchmil (2000) Gianluca Bortolami (2001) Andrea Tafi (2002) Peter Van Petegem (2003) Steffen Wesemann (2004) Tom Boonen (2005–2006) Alessandro Ballan (2007) Stijn Devolder (2008–2009) Fabian Cancellara (2010) Nick Nuyens (2011) Tom Boonen (2012) Fabian Cancellara (2013–2014) Alexander Kristoff (2015)

Paris–Roubaix winners

1880–1899	Josef Fischer (1896) Maurice Garin (1897–1898) Albert Champion (1899)

1900–1919	Émile Bouhours (1900) Lucien Lesna (1901–1902) Hippolyte Aucouturier (1903–1904) Louis Trousselier (1905) Henri Cornet (1906) Georges Passerieu (1907) Cyrille van Hauwaert (1908) Octave Lapize (1909–1911) Charles Crupelandt (1912) François Faber (1913) Charles Crupelandt (1914) (1915–1918, not held) Henri Pélissier (1919)

1920–1939	Paul Deman (1920) Henri Pélissier (1921) Albert Dejonghe (1922) Heiri Suter (1923) Jules Vanhevel (1924) Félix Sellier (1925) Julien Delbecque (1926) Georges Ronsse (1927) André Leducq (1928) Charles Meunier (1929) Julien Vervaecke (1930) Gaston Rebry (1931) Romain Gijssels (1932) Sylvère Maes (1933) Gaston Rebry (1934–1935) Georges Speicher (1936) Jules Rossi (1937) Lucien Storme (1938) Émile Masson Jr. (1939)

1940–1959	(1940–1942, not held) Marcel Kint (1943) Maurice Desimpelaere (1944) Paul Maye (1945) Georges Claes (1946–1947) Rik Van Steenbergen (1948) André Mahé, Serse Coppi (1949) Fausto Coppi (1950) Antonio Bevilacqua (1951) Rik Van Steenbergen (1952) Germain Derycke (1953) Raymond Impanis (1954) Jean Forestier (1955) Louison Bobet (1956) Fred De Bruyne (1957) Leon Vandaele (1958) Noël Foré (1959)

1960–1979	Pino Cerami (1960) Rik Van Looy (1961–1962) Emile Daems (1963) Peter Post (1964) Rik Van Looy (1965) Felice Gimondi (1966) Jan Janssen (1967) Eddy Merckx (1968) Walter Godefroot (1969) Eddy Merckx (1970) Roger Rosiers (1971) Roger De Vlaeminck (1972) Eddy Merckx (1973) Roger De Vlaeminck (1974–1975) Marc Demeyer (1976) Roger De Vlaeminck (1977) Francesco Moser (1978–1979)

1980–1999	Francesco Moser (1980) Bernard Hinault (1981) Jan Raas (1982) Hennie Kuiper (1983) Sean Kelly (1984) Marc Madiot (1985) Sean Kelly (1986) Eric Vanderaerden (1987) Dirk Demol (1988) Jean-Marie Wampers (1989) Eddy Planckaert (1990) Marc Madiot (1991) Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle (1992–1993) Andrei Tchmil (1994) Franco Ballerini (1995) Johan Museeuw (1996) Frédéric Guesdon (1997) Franco Ballerini (1998) Andrea Tafi (1999)

2000–2019	Johan Museeuw (2000) Servais Knaven (2001) Johan Museeuw (2002) Peter Van Petegem (2003) Magnus Bäckstedt (2004) Tom Boonen (2005) Fabian Cancellara (2006) Stuart O'Grady (2007) Tom Boonen (2008–2009) Fabian Cancellara (2010) Johan Vansummeren (2011) Tom Boonen (2012) Fabian Cancellara (2013) Niki Terpstra (2014) John Degenkolb (2015)

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Jan Raas

Career

Career achievements

Major results

Monuments results timeline

Awards

See also

References

External links