Jacobus "Jacques" van Meer (born 18 May 1958) is a retired cyclist from the Netherlands. As amateur, he won the
Ronde van Limburg (Netherlands)
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and Omloop der Kempen in 1979. Next year he won a national title in the road race in 1980 and competed in this event at the
1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...
, finishing in 33rd place.
[ After the Games he turned professional and competed through the 1980s. His best achievement in ]UCI World Tour
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races was 28th place in Vuelta a España
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in 1981. In 1983, he won Le Samyn
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and finished second in Paris–Camembert
Paris–Camembert (also Paris–Camembert Trophée Lepetit or Paris–Camembert Lepetit) is a semi classic held annually in April. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The route of the race has varied over th ...
, both rated as 1.1 races.[
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See also
* List of Dutch Olympic cyclists
This is a list of all Dutch cyclists who competed at the Summer Olympics. As of 2012 events in four cycling disciplines ( BMX, mountain biking, road cycling, and track cycling) have been contested at the Summer Olympics. Dutch cyclist did not com ...
References
1958 births
Living people
Cyclists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Dutch male cyclists
Olympic cyclists of the Netherlands
Sportspeople from Roosendaal
Cyclists from North Brabant
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