Daniël ("Daan") de Groot (25 May 1933 – 8 January 1982) was a

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and

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from the

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, who represented his native country at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

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. In the 1952 Olympics, De Groot was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the men's 4,000 m team pursuit, alongside

Adrie Voorting Adrianus ("Adri" or "Adrie") Voorting (15 February 1931 – 1 August 1961) was a road bicycle and track cyclist from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. There he was eliminated ...

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and

Jules Maenen Julius "Jules" Hermanus Maenen (15 January 1932 – 11 February 2007) was a road and track cyclist from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. There he was eliminated in the quarterf ...

. 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 "'" (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. His sister

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competed as a swimmer for the Netherlands at the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...

. De Groot committed

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in 1982, a year after his wife had died.

Major results

;1954 :Omloop der Kempen ;1955 :

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: ::Winner stage 13 ;1956 :Assen : national track pursuit championship ;1957 :Nuth ;1959 :Oostburg :Alphen aan de Rijn

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Official Tour de France results for Daan de Groot
1933 births 1982 suicides Cyclists at the 1952 Summer Olympics Dutch male cyclists Dutch Tour de France stage winners Olympic cyclists of the Netherlands Cyclists from Amsterdam Suicides in the Netherlands Dutch track cyclists 20th-century Dutch people {{netherlands-cycling-bio-stub

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