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Antoon van Schendel (
Lage Zwaluwe Lage Zwaluwe is a village in the municipality Drimmelen, North Brabant, the Netherlands. The Lage Zwaluwe railway station and the Moerdijk bridges lie to the west of the village. History The village was first mentioned in as 1291 Zwaluwe, and ...
, 9 May 1910 —
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,
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, 6 August 1990) was a Dutch professional
road bicycle racer Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...
. Born in the Netherlands, Antoon van Schendel became a professional cyclist in France. The highlight of his career was his stage victory in the
1938 Tour de France The 1938 Tour de France was the 32nd edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 5 to 31 July. It was composed of 21 stages over .The race was won by Italian cyclist Gino Bartali, who also won the mountains classification. Innovations and c ...
. Antoon van Schendel was an older brother of cyclist Albert van Schendel, who also won one stage in the Tour de France.


Major results

;1935 :Circuit de Samatan :GP Beauville :GP Peugeot ;1938 :
Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consist ...
: ::Winner stage 10A


External links

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Official Tour de France results for Antoon van Schendel
1910 births 1990 deaths Dutch male cyclists Dutch Tour de France stage winners People from Drimmelen Cyclists from North Brabant {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-stub