Mathieu Hermans (born 9 January 1963 in Goirle) is a Dutch former professional

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. Mathieu Hermans was the

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of the

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twice, in 1987 and 1989. He won a stage in the 1989 Tour de France. Hermans was more successful in the

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, where he won 9 stages in total.

Major results

;1981 : 1st Overall

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;1983 : 1st Stages 1 & 3 Triptyque Ardennais ;1984 : 1st

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;1985 : 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Castilla y León : 2nd Circuito de Getxo ;1986 : 1st Stage 3 Tour de Romandie : 2nd Overall Vuelta a Aragón ::1st Stages 2 & 7 : 8th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía ;1987 : 1st Paris–Camembert : 1st Stages 1, 2 & 6

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: 3rd

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: 4th Overall Ronde van Nederland ::1st Stage 4 : 5th Scheldeprijs : 5th

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;1988 : 1st

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: 1st Profronde van Oostvoorne : 1st

::1st Stages 3, 5, 6, 9, 15 & 20 : 1st GP San Froilan Lugo : 1st GP Albacete : 1st Stage 1, 2a & 2b Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme : 1st Stages 1, 2, 3 & 4 Vuelta a Murcia : 1st Stages 3 & 5

: 1st Stage 1 Volta a Catalunya : 1st Stage 4 Ronde van Nederland : 4th E3-Prijs Harelbeke ;1989 : 1st Trofeo Luis Puig : 1st Profronde van Pijnacker : 1st Stage 11

::1st Stages 12, 13 & 18 : 1st Stage 1 Tour de Luxembourg : 1st Stage 1 Volta a Catalunya : 3rd Veenendaal–Veenendaal : 3rd Overall Tour de l'Oise : 5th Tour of Flanders : 8th Ronde van Limburg : 9th E3-Prijs Harelbeke : 9th Grand Prix Cerami ;1990 : 1st Stage 2 Volta a Catalunya : 1st Stage 5 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme : 1st Stage 6

;1991 : 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Asturias : 1st Stage 5 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme ;1992 : 1st Circuito de Getxo : 1st Clasica de Sabiñanigo : 1st Stage 2a Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme : 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Murcia : 1st Stage 1 Tour of Galicia : 2nd

;1993 : 7th Binche–Tournai–Binche

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

References

External links

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Official Tour de France results for Mathieu Hermans
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