Maarten Ducrot (born 8 April 1958, in

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) is a Dutch former professional

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, and currently a cycling reporter for the Dutch television.

Biography

Ducrot rode the

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five times, of which he finished four times. In his first Tour in 1985, he won the 9th stage. After the Tour, he was given the

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. He also competed in the

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event at the

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. Ducrot ended his professional cycling career in 1991, after which he worked as organisation advisor. Since 2004, he is a cycling reporter for the Dutch television program Studio Sport. In January 2000, on the Dutch TV-show ''Reporter'', he admitted that he had used cortisone and testosterone, as well as

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, "a very bad medicine", and he still regrets using it. Ducrot said he used synacthen in 1982 when he was an amateur.Cyclingnews.com
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Major results

;1982 : 1st Jersey_rainbow

Team time trial,

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;1983 : 3rd Overall

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;1984 : 2nd Overall

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;1985 :

::1st Stage 9 :: Jersey red number

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Stage 1 & Overall : 1st Profronde van Wateringen : 5th Overall

Giro di Puglia The Giro di Puglia ( en, Tour of Apulia) was a road bicycle racing stage race. It consisted of three or four stages. It was first held in 1972, but last took place in 1998. Cycle races in Italy Recurring sporting events established in 197 ...

;1986 : 1st Stage 2

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: 1st Stage 7a Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré : 1st Stage 8

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;1987 : 1st Stage 5 (TTT)

Tour of the Netherlands The Tour of the Netherlands ''(Dutch: Ronde van Nederland)'' was a road bicycle racing stage-race in the Netherlands, founded in 1948. It's an annual race since 1975. Because of the start of the UCI ProTour in 2005, it was replaced by the Enec ...

: 8th Overall

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;1988 : 1st GP de la Liberté Fribourg : 3rd Overall

: 7th

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: 7th

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: 9th

GP Stad Zottegem Egmont Cycling Race is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in August in Zottegem, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competit ...

;1989 : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 5th Overall

;1990 : 1st

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: 6th

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;1991 : 10th

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

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Official Tour de France results for Maarten Ducrot
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