Henk Poppe (born 12 July 1952) 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 com ...
. Poppe won a stage in the
1974 Tour de France
The 1974 Tour de France was the 61st edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place between 27 June and 21 July, with 22 stages covering a distance of . Eddy Merckx was attempting to win his fifth Tour de France in as ...
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Poppe was born in
Nijverdal
Nijverdal () is a town of approximately 25,000 inhabitants in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Overijssel. It is the commercial centre and largest town within the municipality Hellendoorn.
Nijverdal (which means ''Industrious Valley'') was fo ...
,
Overijssel
Overijssel (; ; ; ) is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands located in the eastern part of the country. The province's name comes from the perspective of the Prince-Bishopric of Utrecht, Episcopal principality of Utrecht ...
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Major results
;1969
: National Novice Road Race Championship
;1971
:Ronde van Limburg
;1972
: National Militaries Road Race Championship
;1974
:Belsele
:
Tour de France
The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...
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::Winner stage 2
References
External links
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Official Tour de France results for Henk Poppe
1952 births
Living people
People from Hellendoorn
Dutch male cyclists
Dutch Tour de France stage winners
Cyclists from Overijssel
20th-century Dutch sportsmen
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