Fedor Iwan den Hertog (20 April 194612 February 2011) was a Dutch

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. His sporting career began with De IJsselstreek Wezep. He won the Olympic 100 km team time trial in 1968 with Joop Zoetemelk, René Pijnen and Jan Krekels. He also won the national road championship in 1977.Fedor den Hertog
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Biography

Hertog was born to a Dutch father and Russian mother. As an amateur, he won the British

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in 1969 and 1971. His most outstanding performance was the Rheinland-Pfalz tour in Germany in 1969, when he won nine of 11 stages and overall, 36 minutes ahead of the field. He was national road champion in 1968 and pursuit champion in 1968 and 1971. He came third in the Olympic team time trial in 1972, but the team was disqualified for a doping offense. In 1969 and 1970, Hertog won the Grand Prix des Nations, and in 1969 won the Tour of Belgium. An accident with a car in the Belgian

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on 17 August 1967 came close to ending his career. Den Hertog was considered the best amateur of his time, and many professional teams wanted him, but he declined out of fear to lose his freedom. In 1974, Den Hertog finally turned professional but he had passed his peak. He first rode the

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in 1974. He rode three times for the Dutch team, Frisol, coming 27th, 18th and then not finishing, although in 1977 he won the stage to

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. He broke away from the field 21 km from the finish and won by 20 seconds. He dropped out with knee pain in the 13th stage. He also rode for Lejeune-BP and the Belgian team, IJsboerke-Warncke Eis, but never with the success he had as an

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. He won a stage in the

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in 1977 but retired soon afterwards. He opened a bicycle business in Dilsen in Belgium but closed it for "personal circumstances". In 2007, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, from which he died in February 2011. His brother, Nidi, was a professional cyclist from 1974 to 1980.Nidi den Hertog
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Major results

;1966 : National Militaries Road Championship ;1968 : National Amateur Track Pursuit Championship :

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Team Time Trial (with Jan Krekels, René Pijnen and Joop Zoetemelk) ;1969 :

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;1970 :Omloop der Kempen :Ronde van Limburg ;1971 :

: National Amateur Track Pursuit Championship ;1972 : Tour de l'Avenir :1st Overall DDR Rundfahrt ;1973 : Olympia's Tour ;1976 :Ronde van Midden-Zeeland ;1977 :Liedekerkse Pijl : Dutch National Road Race Championship :Schijndel :Trofee Jan van Erp :

: ::Winner stage 10 :

: ::Winner stage 3 ;1979 :GP Frans Verbeeck ;1980 :Maaslandse Pijl

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Official Tour de France results for Fedor den Hertog
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