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Hendrik Gerardus Joseph "Joop" Zoetemelk (pronounced [joːp ˈsutəmɛl(ə)k]; [a] born 3 December 1946) is a Dutch former professional racing cyclist. He started and finished the Tour de France 16 times, which were both records when he retired. He also holds the distance record in Tour de France history with 62,885 km ridden.
Joop Zoetemelk (born 1946-12-03 in The Hague) is a former professional road racing cyclist from Netherlands, active between 1968 and 1987. His best results are 10 stage wins in Tour de France and 3 wins in GC Paris-Nice.
Joop Zoetemelk (1968) Zoetemelk in de Ronde van Nederland 1979 Zoetemelk in 2017. Hendrik Gerardus Joseph (Joop) Zoetemelk (Den Haag, 3 december 1946) is een Nederlands oud-wielrenner, die geldt als een van de beste Nederlandse ronderenners ooit.
Nov 26, 2021 · In September 2020, former Tour de France winner Joop Zoetemelk was hit by a car while on a bike ride just outside Paris region. He was hospitalized for several days, receiving surgery on his...
After coming in second place in the Tour de France in 1979, 1982, and 1985, Zoetemelk won his best triumph in 1980. He is one of only six cyclists in history to have placed third or higher at least six times in the Tour de France.
Five times the runner-up, Joop Zoetemelk finally reached the peak with victory in cycling’s greatest event, the Tour de France in 1980. After so many times as the bridesmaid, how did the Raleigh...
Aug 7, 2023 · Not since 1985 in Italy had a Dutchman been crowned the World Championship road race winner before last Sunday. It was Joop Zoetemelk back then and he is as pleased as anyone...
In the days when only amateurs raced at the Olympics, “Joop” Zoetemelk was the only Tour de France winner to also have won an Olympic gold medal. His gold medal came in the 100 kilometre team time trial in 1968.
In the days when only amateurs raced at the Olympics, "Joop" Zoetemelk was the only Tour de France winner to also have won an Olympic gold medal. His gold medal came in the 100 kilometre team time trial in 1968.
Nov 18, 2011 · Joop Zoetemelk, gawky, shy and squeaky voiced, was never the object of the kind of adulation his sporting contemporaries Johan Cruijff and Ard Schenk received. But the professional cyclist whose nickname was ‘the eternal runner up’ should properly be called ‘the eternal number one’ say journalists Joop Holthausen, Jacob ...
