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.

Maarten Ducrot
Ducrot (center) at the 2009 Tour de France
Personal information
Full nameMaarten Ducrot
Born (1958-04-08) 8 April 1958
Vlissingen, the Netherlands
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Amateur team
1984Driessen–Transvemij–Colnago
Professional teams
1985–1988Kwantum–Decosol–Yoko
1989Domex–Weinmann
1990–1991TVM
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
1 individual stage (1985)
Combativity award (1985)

Ducrot rode the Tour de France five times, of which he finished four times. In his first Tour in 1985, he won the 9th stage.[1] After the Tour, he was given the combativity award.[2] He also competed in the team time trial event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[3]

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.[4]

In January 2000, on the Dutch TV-show Reporter, he admitted that he had used cortisone and testosterone, as well as Synacthen, "a very bad medicine", and he still regrets using it. Ducrot said he used synacthen in 1982 when he was an amateur.[5]

Doping confession

On the Dutch TV-show Reporter, Steven Rooks, Peter Winnen and Ducrot admitted that they had doped in their careers.[6]

Major results

1982
1st Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
1983
3rd Overall Tour de l'Avenir
1984
2nd Overall Étoile des Espoirs
1985
Tour de France
1st Stage 9
Combativity award Stage 1 & Overall
1st Profronde van Wateringen
5th Overall Giro di Puglia
1986
1st Stage 2 Tour de Romandie
1st Stage 7a Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
1st Stage 8 Coors Classic
1987
1st Stage 5 (TTT) Tour of the Netherlands
8th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
1988
1st GP de la Liberté Fribourg
3rd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
7th Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem
7th Rund um den Henninger Turm
9th GP Stad Zottegem
1989
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
5th Overall Tour of the Netherlands
1990
1st Profronde van Oostvoorne
6th Druivenkoers-Overijse
1991
10th GP Stad Zottegem

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
Giro d'Italia 98
Tour de France 81 84 DNF 39 66
Vuelta a España 113

See also

References

  1. "Tour de France - Maarten Ducrot". Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original on 9 July 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
  2. Jacques Augendre (2009). "Guide Historique" (PDF) (in French). Amaury Sport Organisation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 October 2009. Retrieved 2 October 2009.
  3. "Maarten Ducrot Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  4. Maarten Ducrot. "Wie?". Archived from the original on 22 July 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
  5. "www.cyclingnews.presents the latest cycling news and analysis". Autobus.cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  6. Cyclingnews.com


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