Frits van Bindsbergen (born 18 August 1960 in

Babberich Babberich is a village in the Dutch province of Gelderland. It is in the municipality Zevenaar, about 3 km southeast of the centre of Zevenaar. It's located near the border with Germany. Until 1816, it was a part of the Duchy of Cleves. His ...

) is a

road cyclist Road cycling is the most widespread form of cycling in which cyclists ride on paved roadways. It includes recreational, racing, commuting, and utility cycling. As users of the road, road cyclists are generally expected to obey the same laws as ...

from

Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...

. He became world champion in the team time trial at the

1982 UCI Road World Championships The 1982 UCI Road World Championships took place between 4-5 September 1982 in Goodwood, Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the l ...

together with

Maarten Ducrot Maarten Ducrot (born 8 April 1958, in Vlissingen) is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer, and currently a cycling reporter for the Dutch television. Biography Ducrot rode the Tour de France five times, of which he finished four times ...

, Gerrit Solleveld and Gerard Schipper. He won a stage in the

Olympia's Tour The Olympia's Tour is a cycling stage race held 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, wi ...

in 1982.

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External links

profile at ''Cyclingarchives.com''
1960 births Living people Dutch male cyclists People from Zevenaar Cyclists from Gelderland {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-1960s-stub