Maarten den Bakker

Maarten Jan den Bakker (born 26 January 1969) is a retired road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who was a professional rider from 1990 to 2008. He won the Dutch National Road Race Championships twice and he participated in nine Tours de France, completing each of them. In 2008, Den Bakker ended his career. He also competed in the team time trial at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Career achievements Major results

1989 2nd Overall Olympia's Tour 1990 5th Brussels–Ingooigem 1991 5th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico 1993 2nd Overall Tour de Luxembourg 1st Stage 4 2nd Veenendaal–Veenendaal 1994 1st Nationale Sluitingprijs 2nd Overall Tour de l'Avenir 1st Stage 3 2nd Brabantse Pijl 9th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía 10th Giro di Lombardia 1995 2nd Grand Prix de Wallonie 2nd Overall Tour of Galicia 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 5th Züri Metzgete 8th Overall Ronde van Nederland 10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège 10th Brabantse Pijl 1996

1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Andalucía 4th Brabantse Pijl 8th Overall Ronde van Nederland 1997 2nd Brabantse Pijl 4th GP Rik Van Steenbergen 6th Overall Route du Sud 7th GP de Suisse 1998 3rd Paris–Bourges 2nd Amstel Gold Race 4th La Flèche Wallonne 7th Rund um den Henninger Turm 8th Overall GP Tell 1st Stage 2 9th Liège–Bastogne–Liège 10th Overall Ronde van Nederland 1999

2nd La Flèche Wallonne 3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège 4th Amstel Gold Race 6th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli 6th Delta Profronde 6th Overall Paris–Nice 8th Overall Ronde van Nederland 1st Stage 5 8th Overall Three Days of Bruges–De Panne 9th Dwars door Vlaanderen 2000 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships 5th Overall Three Days of Bruges–De Panne 6th Rund um den Henninger Turm 7th GP Ouest-France 8th Liège–Bastogne–Liège 10th Overall Guldensporentweedaagse 2001 7th Omloop Het Volk 8th Overall Ronde van Nederland 10th Luk-Cup Bühl 2003

1st Stage 4 UNIQA Classic 5th Ronde van Midden-Zeeland 6th Overall Tour of Belgium 8th Tour Beneden-Maas 2004 8th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne 2005 4th Schaal Sels 2007 1st Profronde van Fryslan 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 7th Nationale Sluitingprijs 10th Overall Tour of Belgium 2008 1st Stage 1b (TTT) Brixia Tour

Grand Tour general classification results timeline Year Giro d'Italia Tour de France Vuelta a España 1992 92nd 1993 91st 71st 1994 Not finished 1995 52nd 1996 64th 40th 1997 64th Not finished 1998 33rd 1999 84th 2000 49th 2001 75th 2004 84th