Hennie Kuiper
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Hendrikus Andreas "Hennie" Kuiper (born 3 February 1949) is a Dutch former professional road racing cyclist. His career includes a gold medal in the Olympic road race at Munich in 1972, becoming world professional road race champion in 1975, as well as winning four of the five "Monument" classics. He rode the Tour de France 12 times, finishing second twice and winning the stage to Alpe d'Huez on two occasions. Kuiper, Ercole Baldini and Paolo Bettini are the only riders to have won both the Olympic road race and the world professional road race.
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Full name | Hendrikus Andreas Kuiper | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1949-02-03) 3 February 1949 (age 75) Denekamp, Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||
Rider type | All-Rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||
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1973–1974 | Rokado–De Gribaldy | ||||||||||||||||||||
1975 | Frisol–G.B.C. | ||||||||||||||||||||
1976–1978 | TI–Raleigh–Campagnolo | ||||||||||||||||||||
1979–1980 | Peugeot–Esso–Michelin | ||||||||||||||||||||
1981–1983 | DAF Trucks–Côte d'Or | ||||||||||||||||||||
1984 | Kwantum–Decosol–Yoko | ||||||||||||||||||||
1985 | Verandalux–Dries | ||||||||||||||||||||
1986–1987 | Skala-Skil | ||||||||||||||||||||
1988 | Sigma–Fina | ||||||||||||||||||||
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