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Rob Harmeling

Rob Harmeling is a retired Dutch professional road bicycle racer. Harmeling rode the Tour de France three times: in 1991 he was the lanterne rouge, in 1992 he won a stage, and in 1994 he was disqualified for hanging onto the team car. As amateur, Harmeling competed in the road race at the 1988 Summer Olympics and finished in 38th place. He won the world title in team time trial at the 1986 UCI Road World Championships.

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Harmeling in 1986
Personal information
Full nameRob Harmeling
Born (1964-12-04) 4 December 1964
Nijverdal, the Netherlands
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1989 - 1990Histor–Sigma
1991 - 1995TVM
Major wins
100 km Team Time Trial World Championships
1 stage 1992 Tour de France
Medal record

Rob Harmeling (born 4 December 1964) is a retired Dutch professional road bicycle racer. Harmeling rode the Tour de France three times: in 1991 he was the lanterne rouge, in 1992 he won a stage,1 and in 1994 he was disqualified for hanging onto the team car. As amateur, Harmeling competed in the road race at the 1988 Summer Olympics and finished in 38th place.2 He won the world title in team time trial at the 1986 UCI Road World Championships.

In 2023 Harmeling joined the new Dutch continental tour team Tour de Tietema-Unibet as directeur sportif.3

Major results

1986
Tijdrit Velddriel
World Amateur 100km Team Time Trial Championship
Ronde van Overijssel
Flèche du Sud
1991
Tiel
1992
Steenwijk
Tour de France:
Winner stage 3
See also

See also

References

References

  1. Rob Harmeling at Cycling Archives (archive)
  2. Rob Harmeling. sports-reference.com
  3. "Selectie Tietema-Unibet telt 12 renners, Rob Harmeling ploegleider". Wielerflits.nl (in Dutch). 2022-12-07.
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