Fedor den Hertog

Fedor Iwan den Hertog (20 April 194612 February 2011) was a Dutch racing cyclist. His sporting career began with De IJsselstreek Wezep. He won the Olympic 100 km team time trial in 1968 with Joop Zoetemelk, René Pijnen and Jan Krekels. He also won the national road championship in 1977.

Biography Hertog was born to a Dutch father and Russian mother. He was national road champion in 1968 and pursuit champion in 1968 and 1971. He came third in the Olympic team time trial in 1972, but the team was disqualified for a doping offense. He also rode for Lejeune-BP and the Belgian team, IJsboerke-Warncke Eis, but never with the success he had as an amateur.

He won a stage in the Vuelta a España in 1977 but retired soon afterwards. He opened a bicycle business in Dilsen in Belgium but closed it for "personal circumstances".

Major results

1966 National Militaries Road Championship 1968 National Amateur Track Pursuit Championship Olympic Games Team Time Trial (with Jan Krekels, René Pijnen and Joop Zoetemelk) 1969 Milk Race Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt 1970 Omloop der Kempen Ronde van Limburg 1971 Milk Race National Amateur Track Pursuit Championship 1972 Tour de l'Avenir 1st Overall DDR Rundfahrt 1973 Olympia's Tour 1976 Ronde van Midden-Zeeland 1977 Liedekerkse Pijl Dutch National Road Race Championship Schijndel Trofee Jan van Erp Tour de France: Winner stage 10 Vuelta a España: Winner stage 3 1979 GP Frans Verbeeck 1980 Maaslandse Pijl