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The Internationale Jeugdtour Assen is the largest youth
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event held in
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. It has been held annually since 1960 in the city of
Assen Assen () is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Northeastern Netherlands, and is the capital (politics), capital of the province of Drenthe. It received City rights in ...
in the
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. Each year it attracts hundreds of racing cyclists, many of whom go on to success in later years.
Erik Dekker Hendrik "Erik" Dekker (born 21 August 1970) is a retired Netherlands, Dutch professional road racing cyclist active from 1992 until 2006. He was a member of the Rabobank (cycling), Rabobank cycling team from 1992 till 2006. From 2007 to 2015 he ...
is an example of a well known Dutch cycle racer who started in the Jeugdtour. In 2009 the Jeugdtour will be associated with the
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which is also starting in the city of Assen.


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*http://www.jeugdtourassen.nl/ Cycling in Assen Cycle races in the Netherlands {{cycling-stub