Daan de Groot
File:Daan de Groot 1952.jpg
Daan de Groot in 1952
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Full name | Daniël de Groot |
Born | Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
25 May 1933
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
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Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Infobox last updated on 16 May 2011 |
Daniël ("Daan") de Groot (25 May 1933 – 8 January 1982) was a road bicycle and track cyclist from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.[1]
In the 1952 Olympics, De Groot was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the men's 4,000 m team pursuit, alongside Adrie Voorting, Jan Plantaz and Jules Maenen.[1] In 1954, he became a professional road cyclist, which he remained until 1962.
During the 1955 Tour de France, De Groot was in the thirteenth initially dropped by the peloton, and had problems with the heat. When he passed a field with cabbage, he took two leaves and put them in his neck and on his head, to protect him from the sun. He regained his strength, and was able to get back to the peloton. The peloton was also suffering from the heat, and De Groot decided to go for his chance, and escaped from the peloton. Nobody answered his attack, so he went solo. After some time, he was told his advantage was "treize minutes" (thirteen minutes), but De Groot's knowledge of the French language was not perfect, and he thought his advantage was three minutes, and he increased his speed. In the end he won the stage by more than twenty minutes.[2]
His sister Jannie competed as a swimmer for the Netherlands at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1] De Groot committed suicide in 1982, a year after his wife had died.
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Palmarès
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- 1954
- Omloop der Kempen
- 1955
- Tour de France:
- Winner stage 13
- 1956
- Assen
- Netherlands national track pursuit championship
- 1957
- Nuth
- 1959
- Oostburg
- Alphen aan de Rijn
See also
References
External links
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- Cyclists who committed suicide
- Dutch male cyclists
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