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, including the 1990 Tour de France where he was involved in the Stage 1 breakaway that caused the rest of the race to be the most surprising Tour in over a decade. He was the only one of the four breakaway riders not to wear the maillot jaune, but he won the stage. He twice won the Tour of Belgium,[1] and won the 1994 Tour de Luxembourg.
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Franciscus Albertus Antonius Johannes Maassen |
| Born | 27 January 1965 Haelen, the Netherlands |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 1987–1989 | Superconfext |
| 1990–1992 | Buckler |
| 1993–1994 | WordPerfect |
| 1995 | Novell |
Since 2005, Maassen has been the assistant directeur sportif of the Rabobank, a Netherlands-based UCI ProTour team.
Major results
edit- 1986
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège Espoirs
- 2nd Overall Tour of Sweden
- 1987
- 1st Stage 2 Danmark Rundt
- 2nd GP du Canton d'Argovie
- 7th Brussels–Ingooigem
- 8th Tour Méditerranéen
- 1988
- 1st
Overall Tour of Belgium
- 1st Stages 3a & 3b (ITT)
- 1st Prologue Étoile de Bessèges
- 1st Stage 2 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 1st Stage 4a Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stage 6a Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 3rd Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 6th Overall Tour of Sweden
- 1989
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 1st Wincanton Classic
- 2nd Overall Tour of Belgium
- 1st Stage 3b (ITT)
- 2nd Milan–San Remo
- 3rd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 4th UCI Road World Cup
- 4th De Brabantse Pijl
- 1990
- 1st Overall Tour of Belgium
- 1st Prologue & Stage 5a (ITT)
- 1st
Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 1st Stage 6 (ITT)
- 1st De Brabantse Pijl
- 1st Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
- 1st Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de France
- 2nd Overall Tour of Sweden
- 1st Stages 2 & 3
- 3rd Druivenkoers Overijse
- 4th Gent–Wevelgem
- 6th Overall Nissan Classic
- 7th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 9th Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 1991
- 1st Overall Ronde van Nederland
- 1st Stage 2b (ITT)
- 1st Amstel Gold Race
- 1st Stage 5b Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 2nd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 2nd Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
- 3rd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 3rd Grand Prix Pino Cerami
- 4th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 1st Stage 5
- 5th Tour of Flanders
- 5th Circuit des Frontières
- 6th UCI Road World Cup
- 6th Grand Prix des Nations
- 10th Wincanton Classic
- 1992
- 1st
Overall Three Days of De Panne - Tour de Luxembourg
- 1st Stages 2 & 3b (ITT)
- 1st Stage 3 Grand Prix du Midi Libre
- 2nd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
- 1st Stage 4 (ITT)
- 2nd Paris–Brussels
- 2nd Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
- 2nd Grand Prix Pino Cerami
- 3rd Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 5th Tour of Flanders
- 5th GP Ouest–France
- 8th Paris–Tours
- 1993
- 1st Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 1st Stage 4 Grand Prix du Midi Libre
- 1st Stage 6 Vuelta a Andalucía
- 2nd Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 2nd Tour of Flanders
- 2nd Circuit des Frontières
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 5th De Brabantse Pijl
- 6th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 7th Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 10th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 1994
- 1st Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 1st Stage 3b (ITT)
- 3rd Overall Three Days of De Panne
- 1st Stage 3b (ITT)
- 3rd Veenendaal–Veenendaal Classic
- 1995
- 1st Profronde van Heerlen
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 2nd Rund um Köln
- 6th Overall Ronde van Nederland
References
edit- ^ "Tour of Belgium past winners". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 December 2010.
External links
edit- Frans Maassen at Cycling Archives (archived)