Max van Heeswijk

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Max van Heeswijk
Personal information
Full nameMax Lambert Peter van Heeswijk
Born (1973-03-02) 2 March 1973 (age 51)
Hoensbroek, the Netherlands
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeSprinter
Amateur team
1994Motorola (stagiaire)
Professional teams
1995–1996Motorola
1997–1998Rabobank
1999–2000Mapei–Quick-Step
2001–2002Domo–Farm Frites–Latexco
2003–2006U.S. Postal Service
2007Rabobank
2008Willems Verandas
Major wins
Grand Tours
Vuelta a España
2 individual stages (1997, 2005)

One-day races and Classics

Hel van het Mergelland (1995)
Nokere Koerse (2004)
Paris-Brussels (2000)

Max Lambert Peter van Heeswijk (born 2 March 1973 in Hoensbroek, Limburg) is a Dutch retired professional road racing cyclist.[1] He finished 15th road race at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 17th in the road race at the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Career achievements[edit]

Major results[edit]

1992
1st Omloop Alblasserwaard
1993
2nd Overall Sachsen-Tour
2nd Ronde van Limburg
1994
1st Stages 2, 12, 13 & 15 Commonwealth Bank Classic
1st Stage 1 Teleflex Tour
2nd Ronde van Vlaanderen U23
1995
1st Hel van het Mergelland
1st Stages 2 & 4 Tour of Galicia
1st Stage 3 Tour de Luxembourg
1st Stage 3 Niederösterreich Rundfahrt
9th Paris–Brussels
1996
1st Stage 2 Tour of the Netherlands
1st Stage 4 Tour of Galicia
3rd Overall Tour of Sweden
1997
1st Stage 22 Vuelta a España
2nd Clásica de Almería
9th GP Rik Van Steenbergen
1998
1st Profronde van Heerlen
1st Stage 3 Tour of Austria
1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Andalucía
3rd Trofeo Luis Puig
4th Omloop Het Volk
6th Pari–Tours
9th Rund um den Henninger Turm
9th Veenendaal–Veenendaal
1999
1st GP de la Ville de Rennes
1st Stage 5 Tour Méditerranéen
2nd Paris–Camembert
3rd Route Adélie
6th Veenendaal–Veenendaal
2000
1st Paris–Brussels
1st Stage 1 Hessen Rundfahrt
1st Stage 6 Tour of the Netherlands
1st Stage 5 Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt
1st Stages 1 & 2 Volta ao Distrito de Santarém
3rd GP de la Ville de Rennes
7th Grote Prijs Jef Scherens
10th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
2001
1st Stage 2 Volta a Catalunya
8th GP Rudy Dhaenens
9th Overall Guldensporentweedaagse
2002
1st Stage 2 Route du Sud
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
6th Veenendaal–Veenendaal
7th Sparkassen Giro Bochum
8th Overall Circuit Franco-Belge
9th Paris–Roubaix
2003
1st Stage 4 Tour de l'Ain
2nd Omloop Het Volk
3rd Classic Haribo
2nd Nationale Sluitingprijs
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
3rd Dwars door Vlaanderen
9th Gent–Wevelgem
10th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
2004
1st Stage 6 Volta a Catalunya
Tour of the Netherlands
1st Stages 1 & 2
1st Points classification
Vuelta a Andalucía
1st Stages 2 & 4
1st Points classification
1st Stages 1 & 3 Vuelta a Murcia
1st Nokere Koerse
1st Nationale Sluitingprijs
1st Wachovia Invitational
3rd Overall Tour of Belgium
1st Stage 3
5th Milan–San Remo
5th Overall Danmark Rundt
1st Points classification
6th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk
1st Stage 6
Held after Stage 2 Vuelta a España
2005
Vuelta a España
1st Stage 7
Held after Stages 1 & 2
1st Stages 1 & 5 Eneco Tour of Benelux
3rd Road race, National Road Championships
4th Nationale Sluitingprijs
5th Trofeo Luis Puig
8th Omloop Het Volk
2006
1st Stage 1 Tour of Poland
3rd Veenendaal–Veenendaal
3rd Overall Tour of Belgium
2007
1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Andalucía
7th Gent–Wevelgem

Grand Tour general classification results timeline[edit]

Grand Tour 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia DNF DNF
A yellow jersey Tour de France 103 134
A red jersey Vuelta a España DNF 83 94 139 DNF DNF
Legend
DSQ Disqualified
DNF Did not finish

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Van Heeswijk: Rabobank is een kloteploeg". Wielernieuws (in Dutch). 7 July 2008. Archived from the original on 23 March 2012.

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