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Rob Harmeling

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Rob Harmeling
Harmeling in 1986
Personal information
Full nameRob Harmeling
Born (1964-12-04) 4 December 1964 (age 59)
Nijverdal, the Netherlands
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight76 kg (168 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1989 - 1990Histor–Sigma
1991 - 1995TVM
Major wins
100 km Team Time Trial World Championships
1 stage 1992 Tour de France
Medal record
Men's road bicycle racing
Representing  Netherlands
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1986 Colorado Springs Team time trial

Rob Harmeling (born 4 December 1964) is a retired Dutch professional road bicycle racer. Harmeling rode the Tour de France three times: in 1991 he was the lanterne rouge, in 1992 he won a stage,[1] and in 1994 he was disqualified for hanging onto the team car. As amateur, Harmeling competed in the road race at the 1988 Summer Olympics and finished in 38th place.[2] He won the world title in team time trial at the 1986 UCI Road World Championships.

In 2023 Harmeling joined the new Dutch continental tour team Tour de Tietema-Unibet as directeur sportif.[3]

Major results

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1986
Tijdrit Velddriel
World Amateur 100km Team Time Trial Championship
Ronde van Overijssel
Flèche du Sud
1991
Tiel
1992
Steenwijk
Tour de France:
Winner stage 3

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Rob Harmeling at Cycling Archives (archive)
  2. ^ Rob Harmeling. sports-reference.com
  3. ^ "Selectie Tietema-Unibet telt 12 renners, Rob Harmeling ploegleider". Wielerflits.nl (in Dutch). 2022-12-07.
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