Rob Harmeling (born 4 December 1964) is a retired Dutch professional road bicycle racer. Harmeling rode the Tour de France three times: in 1991 he was the lanterne rouge, in 1992 he won a stage,[1] and in 1994 he was disqualified for hanging onto the team car. As amateur, Harmeling competed in the road race at the 1988 Summer Olympics and finished in 38th place.[2] He won the world title in team time trial at the 1986 UCI Road World Championships.
 Harmeling in 1986 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Rob Harmeling | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 December 1964 Nijverdal, the Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||
| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
| 1989 - 1990 | Histor–Sigma | ||||||||||||||
| 1991 - 1995 | TVM | ||||||||||||||
| Major wins | |||||||||||||||
| 100 km Team Time Trial World Championships 1 stage 1992 Tour de France | |||||||||||||||
Medal record
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In 2023 Harmeling joined the new Dutch continental tour team Tour de Tietema-Unibet as directeur sportif.[3]
Major results
edit- 1986
- Tijdrit Velddriel
- World Amateur 100km Team Time Trial Championship
- Ronde van Overijssel
- Flèche du Sud
- 1991
- Tiel
- 1992
- Steenwijk
- Tour de France:
- Winner stage 3
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Rob Harmeling at Cycling Archives (archived)
- ^ Rob Harmeling. sports-reference.com
- ^ "Selectie Tietema-Unibet telt 12 renners, Rob Harmeling ploegleider". Wielerflits.nl (in Dutch). 2022-12-07.
External links
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