Martin van der Borgh (28 October 1934 – 12 February 2018) was a Dutch cyclist who was active between 1954 and 1964. He won the
Ronde van Limburg (1954),
Tour du Nord
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(1961) and individual stages of the
Tour de France
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(1960) and
Tour de Luxembourg
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(1958, 1963). He also won the bronze medal in the road race at the
1954 UCI Road World Championships.
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He was born in ]Koningsbosch
Koningsbosch (, ) is a village within the municipality of Echt-Susteren, in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg. Koningsbosch is located next to the Germany, German border, approximately 10 kilometres east of the to ...
and died, aged 83, in Brunssum
Brunssum (; ) is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality and a town in the province of Limburg (Netherlands), Limburg in the Netherlands. The municipality of Brunssum has residents as of .
Brunssum was a center of coal mining until 197 ...
.
References
1934 births
2018 deaths
Dutch male cyclists
People from Echt-Susteren
UCI Road World Championships cyclists for the Netherlands
Cyclists from Limburg (Netherlands)
20th-century Dutch sportsmen
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