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Gerardus Joseph "Joop"
Zoetemelk (pronounced [joːp ˈsutəmɛl(ə)k]; born 3
December 1946) is a
Dutch former professional racing cyclist. He
started and...
- the lead. Joop
Zoetemelk became the new leader, and
defended that
position successfully. Just as in 1979, when
Hinault and
Zoetemelk finished nearly...
- team classifications.
Remarkably Hinault and second-place
finisher Joop
Zoetemelk finished nearly a half hour
ahead of the
other GC Contenders, and in modern...
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trial on stage 4
again went
Zoetemelk's way, as his
Mercier team took back 41
seconds on Hinault's
Renault squad.
Zoetemelk now was only 12
seconds behind...
- Impe in a
battle with the
previous winner Bernard Thévenet and Joop
Zoetemelk.
Zoetemelk won
three high
mountain stages including Alpe d'Huez and Puy-de-Dôme...
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victory and
going into
stage 16 Van Impe
along with Eddy
Merckx and Joop
Zoetemelk were all
within about 1:00 of
Bernard Thévenet who had just
taken the...
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editions of the race for his use of performance-enhancing drugs. Joop
Zoetemelk and
Chavanel jointly hold the
record for the most
finishes with sixteen...
- 1970 a mere four
other riders were
within 20:00, with only
debutant Joop
Zoetemelk finishing inside 15:00 of Merckx. The Tour de
France started with 15 teams...
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minutes on
Zoetemelk, and more than
seven minutes on Fuente. In
stage seven, when the
first mountains were climbed, Ocaña attacked, and only
Zoetemelk could...
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Anquetil and
Laurent Jalabert, Low
Country riders Eddy
Merckx and Joop
Zoetemelk who each won the race
three times, and
Spaniards Miguel Induráin and Alberto...
