Johannes Adrianus Janssen, popularly known as Jan Janssen (born May 19, 1940) is a Dutch former professional cyclist (1962 - 1973). He was world champion and winner of the Tour de France. May 19 is the 139th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (140th in leap years). ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... April 28 is the 118th day of the year (119th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 247 days remaining. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the CE era. ... May 19 is the 139th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (140th in leap years). ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The UCI Road World Championships, often referred to as the World Cycling Championships, is the annual world championship for bicycle road racing organized by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). ... The Tour de France is the worlds best known cycling race, a three week long road race that covers a circuit of most areas around France, and sometimes neighbouring countries. ...

Biography

Janssen was born at Nootdorp. Pijnacker-Nootdorp (population: 37,696 in 2004) is a municipality in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. ...

Initially he was a good sprinter. Later on he developed into a cyclist who could compete in all fields, especially by his winning determination and by his ability to oversee the situation.

Jan Janssen won most of the important contests. In 1964, in Sallanches, he became world champion. In 1968 he was the first Dutchman to win the Tour de France, having only 38 seconds over the runner-up, Herman Van Springel of Belgium. It remained the smallest winning margin until 1989, when Greg LeMond won with only 8 seconds ahead of Laurent Fignon. Both narrow wins came from the final stage into Paris, a time-trial. 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Sallanches is a commune of the Haute-Savoie département, in France. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday. ... Herman Van Springel was a Belgian cyclist (born 14 August 1943), from Grobbendonk, in the Flemish Campine region. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... LeMond at the start of the last stage in the 1990 Tour de France. ... Laurent Fignon (born August 12, 1960 in Paris) is a French cyclist, who won the Tour de France twice in 1983 and 1984, and missed winning it a third time, in 1989, by a very narrow margin. ...

In 1968 the Tour de France was for national teams rather than the trade teams that had been the centre of the race until 1967. The Tour organisers' decision to go back to national teams was popular with supporters but brought difficult pressures to riders, who had divided loyalty between their countries and to the leaders of their everyday commercial team, who could be from another country. The Dutch team was said to suffer from more invisible rivalry than most. Janssen, who rode normally for a team sponsored by the French brewer Pelforth, had to overcome these internal problems to win. Pelforth is a brand of French beer, part of the Heineken group. ...

Janssen was easily spotted in the peloton because of his fair hair but especially because of his glasses, which are unusual for racing cyclists. He retired from racing, he says, after being left behind in the Tour of Luxembourg and being ashamed to hear his name listed on the race radio service among other also-rans.

"I knew then that I was Jan Janssen, winner of the Tour de France and the championship of the world and that it was time for me to stop", he says.

He left the peloton to run a bicycle frame-building business in the south-western village of Putte, which is divided by the border with Belgium. His neighbours there included another world champion, Hennie Kuiper. Janssen continued to ride his bike in retirement as a member of the Zuid-West Hoek club. He continues to make personal appearances along with other Dutch riders of his era. Woensdrecht is a municipality and a town in the southern Netherlands. ... Hennie Kuiper (born February 3, 1949) is a Dutch former professional cyclist who is ranked in the top 50 greatest riders in the history of the sport. ...

Palmares

1962

• 1st – Züri-Metzgete

1963

• Stage 7 win – Tour de France

1964

• 1st – World Cycling Championship - Road Race Champion
• 1st – Paris-Nice
• Tour de France
  • Points classification (Green jersey)
  • Stage 7 win (Champagnole > Thonon)
  • Stage 10.01 win (Monaco > Hyères)

1965

• Tour de France
  • 9th overall
  • Points classification (Green jersey)
  • Stage 12 win (Barcelone > Perpignan)
• 1st – Ronde van Nederland

1966

• 1st – Bordeaux-Paris
• 1st – Brabantse Pijl
• 2nd overall – Tour de France
  • 1 day in overall leader's yellow jersey

1967

• Super Prestige Pernod International
• 1st – Paris-Roubaix
• Vuelta a España
  • 1st overall, General classification (golden jersey)
  • 1st, Points classification
  • 1 stage win
• Tour de France
  • 5th overall
  • 1st, Points classification (Green jersey)
  • Stage 13 win (Marseille > Carpentras)

1968

• Tour de France
  • 1st overall, General classification (yellow jersey)
  • Stage 14 win (Seo de Urgel > Canet-Plage)
  • Stage 22.02 win (Melun > Paris)
• Vuelta a España
  • 1st, Points classification
  • 2 stage wins

1969

• 1st – GP d'Isbergues
• 1st, Points classification – Tour de Suisse

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