Hennie_Stamsnijder

Hennie Stamsnijder

Hennie Stamsnijder

Dutch cyclist

Hendrikus (Hennie) Johannes Maria Stamsnijder (born 21 July 1954 in Enter, Overijssel) is a Dutch former professional cyclo-cross and road racing cyclist.

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Stamsnijder was military cyclo-cross world champion in 1975. In 1976 he took part in the Olympic Games.[1] In 1979 he won the Essen cyclo-cross and the amateur Dutch road race championship. In 1980 he turned professional for DAF Trucks, finishing third in the cyclo-cross world championship.

Stamsnijder's greatest success was becoming cyclo-cross world champion in 1981 in Tolosa in the Basque Country. On a muddy course he left the Belgian Roland Liboton and the Swiss champion Albert Zweifel behind him to take the title. Stamsnijder was the first Dutch world cyclo-cross champion and that year he was named sportsman of the year.

Stamsnijder rode the Tour de France in 1980 and 1981, but it was cyclo-cross that brought his greatest victories, winning the Superprestige classification in 1983, 1984, 1987 and 1989 with 14 wins in Superprestige races.[2]

In 1989 Stamsnijder ended his career when his son fell ill. He became the coach of the Dutch cyclo-cross team and is now a manager of Shimano sports marketing. His son, Tom Stamsnijder, was a professional cyclist too.

References

  1. [1]
    Proulx, Daniel; Mollitt, J. James (1969). Chantigny, Louis (ed.). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XXI Olympiad – Volume 3 (PDF) (PDF). Vol. 3. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Organizing Committee of the Games of the XXI Olympiad. p. 657. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 January 2014. 184 Stamsnijder, Johannes HOL
  2. [2]
    "De 222 overwinningen in de Superprestige". Superprestige cyclocross. Retrieved 2008-02-20.


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