Английская Википедия:Gert-Jan Theunisse

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Gert-Jan Theunisse (born 14 January 1963) is a Dutch former road bicycle racer. He won the 1988 edition of the Clásica San Sebastián one-day race. In the 1989 Tour de France, he won the King of the Mountains competition.

Biography

Theunisse turned professional in 1984 with the Panasonic cycling team. That year he finished third in the Ronde van Nederland and had places of honour in races such as the Grand Prix de Fourmies and the Grand Prix d'Isbergues in 1986. However it was not until 1988 that he achieved great success. In the 1988 Tour de France he challenged his former teammate, Pedro Delgado. However he tested positive for testosterone and received a 10-minute penalty which moved him from fourth to 11th overall.[1] Theunisse returned the following year and won the mountains classification and the stage up Alpe d'Huez in the 1989 Tour de France .

In 1990 he also tested positive in the Flèche Wallonne[2] and Bicicleta Vasca.[3] He abandoned the second stage of the 1995 Tirreno–Adriatico and stopped his career after receiving medical advice for heart trouble.[4] He began advising Mario Gutte and then mountain biker Bart Brentjens from late 1995. The following year he drew up a training scheme for Brentjens for the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. Brentjens won the Dutch national championship, the world championship, the World Cup, the Tour de France VTT and then gold at the Olympic Games. Brentjens signed with the Specialized Mountain Bike team at the end of 1996 and stipulated in the contract that Theunisse would be team manager.

During this time, Theunisse rode occasional regional mountain bike races. On 8 September 1997 he was hit by a car while training with the team. He was diagnosed as having a paraplegia, the result of a spinal cord injury when the car hit him.[5] Theunisse was unable to walk but recovered over the six months and returned to coaching the Specialized team. In January 1999, he won a mountain bike race in the United Kingdom but could not walk for three days afterwards.[5] In June 1999 he had a heart attack. In 2000 he admitted using illegal substances but denied taking testosterone.[6]

Theunisse continued working with Specialized until the sponsor left the sport at the end of 2001. Theunisse then moved to Majorca, where he began riding his mountain bike 150 km a day. He won the European over-30 championship in 2002.[7] He competed from 2003 to 2005 despite consistent pain due to spinal damage, difficulty walking straight as well as involuntary muscle or spastic attacks.[8] Theunisse had twelve wins as an active Mountain bike cyclist. Theunisse was sponsored by PowerPlate-Giant and concentrated on the mountain bike marathons of the World and European championships.[9]

Theunisse rode his final mountain bike race in October 2005 at a race at Scheveningen, Netherlands[10] and discussed plans to build a sports centre for disabled competitors. Theunisse is said to be 13 per cent handicapped and aims to compete in the Paralympics.[10][11]

Major results

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1984
3rd Overall Ronde van Nederland
1st Stage 7 (TTT)
6th Züri-Metzgete
8th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
10th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
1986
2nd Grand Prix de Fourmies
3rd Grand Prix d'Isbergues
5th Overall Ronde van Nederland
6th Brabantse Pijl
1987
4th Road race, National Road Championships
7th Overall Ronde van Nederland
1988
1st Clásica de San Sebastián
9th Tour of Flanders
1989
1st Файл:Jersey blue.svg Overall Vuelta a Asturias
1st Stage 6
4th Overall Tour de France
1st Файл:Jersey polkadot.svg Mountains classification
1st Stage 17
4th Overall Tour de Trump
1st Stage 4
6th Baden-Baden (with Steven Rooks)
7th Clásica de San Sebastián
1990
3rd La Flèche Wallonne Шаблон:Refn
4th Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
8th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
1991
1st Файл:Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour de Luxembourg
1st Stage 1
1st Файл:Jersey yellow.svg Overall Vuelta a los Valles Mineros
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
1992
1st Stage 3a Tour de Luxembourg
2nd Overall Critérium International
7th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
10th Amstel Gold Race
1993
6th Wincanton Classic
8th Amstel Gold Race
8th La Flèche Wallonne
8th Veenendaal–Veenendaal
9th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
1994
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
1999
1st Egmond-pier-Egmond

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Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
A yellow jersey Vuelta a España 79 11 DNF
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 15
A yellow jersey Tour de France 48 11 4 13 13 DNF
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

See also

Notes

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References

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External links

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