Rob Harmeling (born 4 December 1964) is a retired

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professional

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. Harmeling rode the

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three times: in

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

he was the

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, in

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

he won a stage, and in

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

he was disqualified for hanging onto the team car. As amateur, Harmeling competed in the road race at the

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and finished in 38th place. He won the world title in

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at the 1986 UCI Road World Championships. In 2023 Harmeling joined the new Dutch continental tour team Tour de Tietema-Unibet as directeur sportif.

Major results

;1986 :Tijdrit Velddriel : World Amateur 100km Team Time Trial Championship :Ronde van Overijssel :

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;1991 :Tiel ;1992 :Steenwijk :

: ::Winner stage 3

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Official Tour de France results for Rob Harmeling
1964 births Living people People from Hellendoorn Dutch male cyclists Dutch Tour de France stage winners Cyclists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists for the Netherlands UCI Road World Champions (elite men) UCI Road World Championships cyclists for the Netherlands Cyclists from Overijssel 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-1960s-stub

Major results

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