Mathieu Hermans

Mathieu Hermans (born 9 January 1963 in Goirle) is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer. Mathieu Hermans was the Lanterne rouge of the Tour de France twice, in 1987 and 1989. He won a stage in the 1989 Tour de France. Hermans was more successful in the Vuelta a España, where he won 9 stages in total.

Major results

1981 1st Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland 1983 1st Stages 1 & 3 Triptyque Ardennais 1984 1st Ziklokross Igorre 1985 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Castilla y León 2nd Circuito de Getxo 1986 1st Stage 3 Tour de Romandie 2nd Overall Vuelta a Aragón 1st Stages 2 & 7 8th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía 1987 1st Paris–Camembert 1st Stages 1, 2 & 6 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 3rd Trofeo Masferrer 4th Overall Ronde van Nederland 1st Stage 4 5th Scheldeprijs 5th Omloop van het Leiedal 1988 1st Profronde van Maastricht 1st Profronde van Oostvoorne 1st Trofeo Masferrer Vuelta a España 1st Stages 3, 5, 6, 9, 15 & 20 1st GP San Froilan Lugo 1st GP Albacete 1st Stage 1, 2a & 2b Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme 1st Stages 1, 2, 3 & 4 Vuelta a Murcia 1st Stages 3 & 5 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 1st Stage 1 Volta a Catalunya 1st Stage 4 Ronde van Nederland 4th E3-Prijs Harelbeke 1989 1st Trofeo Luis Puig 1st Profronde van Pijnacker 1st Stage 11 Tour de France Vuelta a España 1st Stages 12, 13 & 18 1st Stage 1 Tour de Luxembourg 1st Stage 1 Volta a Catalunya 3rd Veenendaal–Veenendaal 3rd Overall Tour de l'Oise 5th Tour of Flanders 8th Ronde van Limburg 9th E3-Prijs Harelbeke 9th Grand Prix Cerami 1990 1st Stage 2 Volta a Catalunya 1st Stage 5 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme 1st Stage 6 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 1991 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Asturias 1st Stage 5 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme 1992 1st Circuito de Getxo 1st Clasica de Sabiñanigo 1st Stage 2a Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Murcia 1st Stage 1 Tour of Galicia 2nd Trofeo Masferrer 1993 7th Binche–Tournai–Binche

Grand Tour general classification results timeline