Jan van Houwelingen
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Jan van Houwelingen is a retired road bicycle racer from the Netherlands
, who was a professional rider from 1979 to 1987. His older brother Adri
(born 1953) was also a professional cyclist in the 1980s.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, who was a professional rider from 1979 to 1987. His older brother Adri
Adri van Houwelingen
Adriaan van Houwelingen is a retired road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who was a professional rider from 1978 to 1987. He won the 18th stage at the 1982 Tour de France and the 1983 Ronde van Nederland...
(born 1953) was also a professional cyclist in the 1980s.
Teams
- 1979: Lano - Boule d'Or (Belgium)
- 1980: Boule d'Or (Belgium)
- 1981: Boule d'Or (Belgium)
- 1982: Vermeer Thijs (Belgium)
- 1983: Boule d'Or (Belgium)
- 1984: Kwantum Hallen - Yoko (Netherlands)
- 1985: Verandalux - Dries (Belgium)
- 1986: Skala - Skil (Netherlands)
- 1987: Transvemij - Van Schilt (Netherlands)
Tour de France
- 19811981 Tour de FranceThe 1981 Tour de France was the 68th Tour de France, taking place June 25 to July 19, 1981. The total race distance was 24 stages over 3753 km, with riders averaging 38.96 km/h....
– 99th - 19831983 Tour de FranceThe 1983 Tour de France was the 70th Tour de France, run from 1 to 22 July 1982 in 22 stages and a prologue, over a total distance of 3862 km., won by French rider Laurent Fignon. Sean Kelly of Ireland won the green jersey, and Lucien Van Impe of Belgium won the polka dot jersey...
– 80th - 19851985 Tour de FranceThe 1985 Tour de France was the 72nd Tour de France, taking place June 28 to July 21, 1985, over 4109 km in 22 stages and a prologue.Bernard Hinault would attempt to equal the records of Jacques Anquetil and Eddy Merckx who had each won the Tour de France five times. Hinault was unable to...
– 104th