Marc de Maar
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Marc de Maar is a professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam .
s in the Netherlands, and signed a youth contract for two years for the Rabobank youth team.
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.
In 2004 and 2005 he rode in the Rabobank Continental Team. In those years, he won some races, and in 2006 he became a member of the professional division of .
De Maar has signed with for the 2011 season.
Biography
At the age of 14, De Maar was ice skating in the winter and cycling in the summer. He had better results in cycling. In 2000, De Maar won some criteriumCriterium
A criterium, or crit, is a bike race held on a short course , often run on closed-off city center streets....
s in the Netherlands, and signed a youth contract for two years for the Rabobank youth team.
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.
In 2004 and 2005 he rode in the Rabobank Continental Team. In those years, he won some races, and in 2006 he became a member of the professional division of .
De Maar has signed with for the 2011 season.
Palmares
- Panamerican Games - Gold medal (2011) National Road Race Champion (2011) National Time Trial Champion (2011) National Road Race Champion2010 national cycling championshipsThe 2010 national road cycling championships began in January in Australia and New Zealand. Most of the European national championships take place in June.-Jerseys:...
(2010) National Time Trial Champion2010 national cycling championshipsThe 2010 national road cycling championships began in January in Australia and New Zealand. Most of the European national championships take place in June.-Jerseys:...
(2010) - Mount Hood Cycling Classic - 1 stage & overall (2010)
- Tour de BeauceTour de BeauceTour de Beauce is a men's elite professional road bicycle racing multi-day event held each June in the Beauce region of Quebec, Canada since 1986...
- 2 stages (2010) - Tour du Loir-et-Cher - 1 stage & Overall (2005)
- Le Triptyque des Monts et ChâteauxLe Triptyque des Monts et ChâteauxLe Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux is a Belgian cycling road race. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 2.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour.-List of winners:-External links:*...
- Overall (2005) - Olympia's TourOlympia's TourThe Olympia's Tour is a cycling stage race held in May in the Netherlands.-History:A.S.C. Olympia was founded in Amsterdam on 27 November 1898. It ran one-day races but wanted a race through all the Netherlands. The first Olympia’s Tour was in 1909, with three stages and one rest day...
- 2 stages (2005) - Tour de Gironde - 1 stage (2005)
- Rund um den Henninger Turm - U23 version (2004)
- Classique des AlpesClassique des AlpesClassique des Alpes was a classic taking place as a mountainous single-day cycling race. It took place in Chartreuse Mountains, beginning in Chambéry and finishing in Aix-les-Bains....
- U19 version (2001)