Erik Dekker
 Dekker at the2005 Tour de France | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Hendrik Dekker | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 August 1970 Hoogeveen,Drenthe,Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft11+1⁄2in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb; 10 st 6 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||
| Current team | Rabobank | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Directeur sportif | ||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Classics specialist | ||||||||||||||
| Professional team | |||||||||||||||
| 1992–2006 | Buckler–Colnago–Decca | ||||||||||||||
| Managerial team | |||||||||||||||
| 2007–2015 | Rabobank | ||||||||||||||
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Hendrik "Erik" Dekker(born 21 August 1970) is a retiredDutchprofessionalroad racing cyclistactive from 1992 until 2006. He was a member of theRabobank cycling teamfrom 1992 till 2006. From 2007 to 2015 he was one of Rabobank's team managers.
Cycling career
[edit]Amateur career
[edit]Dekker rode his first race at eight, and soon became successful. In 1985 he was invited to join the national selection for juniors. As an amateur, his most important results were second places at the youth world championships inBergamoin 1987 and at the road race in the1992 Summer Olympics. In thatOlympic road race,Dekker got away at 30 km before the finish, together withFabio CasartelliandDainis Ozols.[1][2]Dekker was outsprinted by Casartelli, but was so happy that he won a medal that he also finished with his arms in the air.[3]
Directly after the Olympic Games, he became professional, and rode his first race a few weeks later in theTour de l'Avenir.[3]
Professional career
[edit]His first win as a professional was a stage of theTour of the Basque Countryof 1994, the year he rode his firstTour de France.In 1997 Dekker won theRonde van Nederland,but a large part of 1998 was lost because of injuries.
The year 2000 was Dekker's best. He won three stages in the2000 Tour de France,although neither a sprinter nor a favourite for the overall win, and was votedmost combative cyclist.In the autumn of that year, Dekker won his first classic, theClásica de San Sebastián.
In 2001 Dekker won theAmstel Gold Raceand theUCI Road World Cup.In the2001 Tour de Francehe took a stage, after having helped his teammateMarc Wautersto a stage win. At the end of the year he was namedDutch Sportsman of the year.
The years 2002 and 2003 were less successful because of injuries. He came back in 2004 in the spring classics and a victory inParis–Tours.He had announced his retirement for the autumn of 2006, but he crashed heavily in the2006 Tour de Franceand decided to stop.
Managing career
[edit]In 2007, Dekker started as team manager of the Rabobank team. At the end of the 2015 season, he left the team.[4]
Major results
[edit]- 1991
- 2nd OverallOlympia's Tour
- 1st Stage 5b (ITT)
- 3rdRonde van Overijssel
- 7th OverallTour of Sweden
- 1992
- Tour de l'Avenir
- 1st Stages 8 & 10
- 2nd
Road race,Olympic Games - 3rd OverallGP Tell
- 1st Prologue
- 8thMilano–Torino
- 10thGP des Amériques
- 1994
- 1st
OverallTour of Sweden
- 1st Prologue & Stage 6b (ITT)
- 1st Stage 1Tour of the Basque Country
- 7th OverallTour de Luxembourg
- 1995
- 1stOverallTour of Sweden
- 1st Prologue & Stage 3a (ITT)
- 1stGrote Prijs Jef Scherens
- 1stRund um Köln
- 6th OverallTour de Luxembourg
- 1996
- National Road Championships
- 1st
Time trial - 3rdRoad race
- 1st
- 1stSeraing-Aachen-Seraing
- 5th OverallRonde van Nederland
- 6th OverallRegio-Tour
- 1st Prologue
- 10thGrand Prix des Nations
- 1997
- 1stOverallRonde van Nederland
- 1st Stage 3b (ITT)
- 2ndTime trial,National Road Championships
- 7th OverallRoute du Sud
- 10thGP Rik Van Steenbergen
- 1998
- 2nd OverallTour de Luxembourg
- 10thTime trial,UCI Road World Championships
- 1999
- 1stGrand Prix Eddy Merckx(withMarc Wauters)
- 2nd OverallRheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt
- 1st Stages 2b (ITT) & 6
- 2nd OverallRonde van Nederland
- 2ndTime trial,National Road Championships
- 2ndTrofeo Calvià
- 3rdVeenendaal–Veenendaal
- 7th OverallKBC Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde
- 7thClásica de San Sebastián
- 7thHEW Cyclassics
- 8thTime trial,UCI Road World Championships
- 9th OverallVuelta a Andalucía
- 10thCoppa Sabatini
- 2000
- 1stOverallRonde van Nederland
- 1st Prologue
- Tour de France
- 1st Stages 8, 11 & 17
Combativity awardOverall
- 1stClásica de San Sebastián
- 1st Josef Voegeli Memorial
- National Road Championships
- 1stTime trial
- 3rdRoad race
- 1st
- 2nd OverallTour of Sweden
- 1st Prologue & Stage 3
- 3rdGrand Prix Eddy Merckx(withMarc Wauters)
- 4thLe Samyn
- 7thClásica de Almería
- 2001
- 1st
UCI Road World Cup - 1stAmstel Gold Race
- 1stGrand Prix Eddy Merckx(withMarc Wauters)
- 1stOverallGuldensporentweedaagse
- 1st Stage 1
- 1stOverallRheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st
OverallVuelta a Andalucía - 1st Stage 8Tour de France
- 2ndTour of Flanders
- 2nd OverallRonde van Nederland
- 1st Stage 6
- 2nd OverallKBC Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde
- 3rdHEW Cyclassics
- 4thRoad race,UCI Road World Championships
- 5thZüri-Metzgete
- 5thRund um Köln
- 8thLiège–Bastogne–Liège
- 9thClásica de San Sebastián
- 2002
- 1st
OverallTirreno–Adriatico
- 1st Stage 4 (ITT)
- 1stOverallGuldensporentweedaagse
- 1st Stage 3
- 1stTime trial,National Road Championships
- 1stTrofeo Calvià
- 2nd OverallRonde van Nederland
- 3rdGrand Prix Eddy Merckx(withMarc Wauters)
- 6th OverallVuelta a Andalucía
- 1st Stage 5
- 6th OverallVolta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 2003
- 1st OverallGrote Prijs Erik Breukink
- 2ndTour Beneden-Maas
- 2004
- 1stOverallRonde van Nederland
- 1st Stage 6
- 1stRoad race,National Road Championships
- 1stParis–Tours
- 1stRonde van Drenthe
- 1stNoord-Nederland Tour
- 5thTour of Flanders
- 5thLiège–Bastogne–Liège
- 7thAmstel Gold Race
- 8th OverallVuelta a Andalucía
- 2005
- 2nd OverallEneco Tour
- 2ndTime trial,National Road Championships
- 7thE3 Prijs Vlaanderen
- 2006
- 1st Stage 2Ster Elektrotoer(ITT)
- 1stEgmond-pier-Egmond
- 2nd OverallCritérium International
- 1st Stage 1
- National Road Championships
- 2ndTime trial
- 6thRoad race
- 7th OverallParis–Nice
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Official Report 1992 Olympic GamesArchived8 May 2009 at theWayback Machine
- ^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;Mallon, Bill;et al."Erik Dekker Olympic Results".Olympics at Sports-Reference.Sports Reference LLC.Archived fromthe originalon 13 August 2016.Retrieved24 July2016.
- ^ab"Tour de France 2009 – Key Moments – Stage 6".letour.fr. 8 July 2009. Archived fromthe originalon 7 July 2009.Retrieved8 July2009.
- ^"Ploegleider Dekker vertrekt bij Team LottoNL"[Team manager Dekker leaves Team LottoNL].Algemeen Dagblad(in Dutch). 29 November 2015.
External links
[edit]- Erik DekkeratCycling Archives
- Erik Dekker Classic,a cycling race for amateurs that supportsFoundation KiKa,named after and organised by Erik Dekker
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- Dutch cycling time trial champions
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