Steven Rooks

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Steven Rooks
Rooks in 2010
Personal information
Full nameSteven Rooks
Born (1960-08-07) 7 August 1960 (age 63)
Oterleek, the Netherlands
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClimbing specialist
Professional teams
1982TI–Raleigh–Campagnolo
1983Sem–France Loire–Reydel–Mavic
1984–1985Panasonic–Raleigh
1986–1989PDM–Ultima–Concorde
1990Panasonic–Sportlife
1991–1992Buckler–Colnago–Decca
1993Festina–Lotus
1994–1995TVM–Bison Kit
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
Mountains classification (1988)
Combination classification (1988, 1989)
2 individual stages (1988, 1989)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (1991, 1994)
Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1983)
Amstel Gold Race (1986)
Medal record
Men's road bicycle racing
Representing the  Netherlands
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1991 Stuttgart Elite Men's Road Race

Steven Rooks (born 7 August 1960) is a former Dutch professional road racing cyclist known for his climbing ability. His professional career ran from 1982–1995.

Career[edit]

In the 1988 Tour de France, Rooks finished second and won a finish on L’Alpe d’Huez. He won the polka dot jersey for the mountains classification and the Présence Classification (or combination classification).[1] In the 1989 Tour, Rooks won Stage 15, a 39 km mountain top time trial to Orcières-Merlette; he finished seventh that year and again won the Présence Classification, the final year of that award.[2]

Other victories include the 1983 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, the 1986 Tour de Luxembourg and Amstel Gold Race, a stage at the 1987 Tour de Suisse, the 1988 Züri-Metzgete, and 1994 national championship. He finished second at the 1991 World Cycling Championships behind Italy's Gianni Bugno and ahead of Spain's Miguel Indurain.

Doping confession[edit]

On the Dutch TV-show Reporter, Rooks admitted with Maarten Ducrot and Peter Winnen to doping. Rooks said he used testosterone and amphetamines during his 13-year career.[3] In 2009, he admitted using EPO after 1989.[4]

Major results[edit]

Source:[5]

1982
8th Overall Deutschland Tour
10th Overall Volta a Catalunya
1983
1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
3rd Overall Paris–Nice
3rd Overall Tour Méditerranéen
1st Stage 2b
8th Rund um den Henninger Turm
8th Grand Prix de Monaco
10th Amstel Gold Race
1984
1st Stage 7 (TTT) Ronde van Nederland
2nd Paris–Tours
4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
5th Rund um den Henninger Turm
5th Grand Prix Impanis
6th Road race, National Road Championships
6th Overall Tour de Romandie
9th Overall Paris–Nice
1st Stage 2b (TTT)
10th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
1985
1st Stage 4b Volta a Catalunya
1st Stage 4 Tour of Norway
1st Stage 5b (TTT) Ronde van Nederland
2nd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
1st Stage 7
3rd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
6th Binche-Tournai-Binche
8th Paris–Brussels
10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
1986
1st Overall Tour de Luxembourg
1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
1st Prologue
1st Amstel Gold Race
1st Grand Prix de Wallonie
5th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
7th La Flèche Wallonne
7th Paris–Brussels
9th Overall Tour de France
9th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
1987
1st Stage 2 Tour de Suisse
2nd Overall Tour of Britain
2nd Amstel Gold Race
2nd Omloop Het Volk
6th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
6th Tour of Flanders
9th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
9th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
1988
1st Züri-Metzgete
2nd Overall Tour de France
1st Mountains classification
1st Combination classification
1st Stage 12
2nd Amstel Gold Race
3rd Milan–San Remo
3rd La Flèche Wallonne
3rd Clásica de San Sebastián
4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
5th Tour of Flanders
1989
1st Overall Tour du Vaucluse
2nd La Flèche Wallonne
4th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
5th Tre Valli Varesine
6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
6th Baden-Baden (with Gert-Jan Theunisse)
7th Overall Tour de France
1st Combination classification
1st Stage 15
7th Rund um den Henninger Turm
1990
1st Stage 2 (TTT) Tour de France
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
2nd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
4th Overall Ronde van Nederland
5th La Flèche Wallonne
1991
1st Road race, National Road Championships
2nd Road race, UCI Road World Championships
2nd Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
6th Wincanton Classic
9th Overall Vuelta a España
1992
2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
5th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
5th Overall Tour of Galicia
1st Stage 4
7th Wincanton Classic
8th La Flèche Wallonne
10th Overall Vuelta a España
10th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
1993
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
4th Brabantse Pijl
9th Veenendaal–Veenendaal
10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
1994
1st Road race, National Road Championships
6th Amstel Gold Race
1995
8th Amstel Gold Race

Grand Tour general classification results timeline[edit]

Grand Tour 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
A yellow jersey Vuelta a España DNF 9 10
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia DNF 75 DNF DNF
A yellow jersey Tour de France DNF 25 9 DNF 2 7 33 26 17 DNF DNF
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

Honors[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "75ème Tour de France 1988" (in French). Memoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
  2. ^ "76ème Tour de France 1989" (in French). Memoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
  3. ^ http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/2000/jan00/jan1news.shtml[bare URL]
  4. ^ "Rooks admits to EPO use". 19 June 2009.
  5. ^ Steven Rooks at Cycling Archives
  6. ^ Sportman van het jaar
  7. ^ Steven Rooks Classic Archived 2010-02-09 at the Wayback Machine

External links[edit]

Awards
Preceded by Dutch Sportsman of the Year
1988
Succeeded by
Sporting positions
Preceded by Dutch National Road Race Champion
1991
1994
Succeeded by