Marc de Maar

Marc de Maar (born 15 February 1984) is a Curaçaoan former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2006 and 2018.

Biography Amateur career At the age of 14, de Maar was ice skating in the winter and cycling in the summer, with better results in cycling. In 2000, de Maar won some criteriums in the Netherlands, and signed a youth contract for two years for .

In his first year as a junior for that team, de Maar won some races, and finished 18th in the World Road race championship for young riders. The second year was not so good, and after his contract ended in 2002, he did not get a new contract.

De Maar found a different team, "Löwik-Tegeltoko". In 2003, he performed better, although he had no victories. Still, the Rabobank team decided to sign him again. but moved to for the 2012 season.

In the 2012 Tour of Britain, de Maar took the victory on the fifth stage. With left, he hit the tarmac with two other riders after taking a corner too wide. He slowly picked himself up, got back on his bike and reintegrated the group. He rode away solo from the finish, and crossed the line with an advantage of 15 seconds on the chasers.

In September 2014 it was announced that de Maar would join the new squad for 2015.

Major results

1999 1st Classique del Alpes U19 2003 3rd Overall Triptyque Ardennais 6th Circuit de Wallonie 8th Rund um den Henninger Turm U23 9th Overall Flèche du Sud 2004 1st Rund um den Henninger Turm U23 1st Hasselt–Spa–Hasselt 2nd Internatie Reningelst 3rd Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 8th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships 8th Hel van het Mergelland 9th Overall Giro d'Abruzzo 2005

1st Stage 3

Olympia's Tour 1st Prologue & Stage 8 1st Stage 2 Tour de Gironde 5th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers 9th Ronde van Drenthe 2008 6th Trofeo Sóller 2009 7th Overall Tour of Hainan 2010 Netherlands Antilles Road Championships

3rd Overall Tour de Beauce 1st Stages 3 & 5 5th Chrono de Gatineau 2011

Curaçao National Road Championships

2012 Curaçao National Road Championships

1st Stage 5 Tour of Britain 2nd Amstel Curaçao Race 4th Overall Tour of the Gila 5th Volta Limburg Classic 6th Overall Tour de Beauce Pan American Road Championships 7th Road race 8th Time trial 2013 1st Stage 5 Tour de Beauce 3rd Amstel Curaçao Race 8th Volta Limburg Classic 10th Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche 2014

2nd Overall Tour of Norway 1st Stage 2 7th Overall Tour de San Luis 7th Overall Tour des Fjords 2015 2nd Overall Tour de Luxembourg 5th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana 2017 5th Overall Tour of China I 6th Overall Tour of Hainan 2018 1st Overall Tour de Kumano 1st Points classification 1st Mountains classification