Hennie Kuiper
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Hendrikus Andreas "Hennie" Kuiper is a Dutch former professional road racing cyclist. His career includes a gold medal in the Olympic road race at Munich in 1972, becoming world professional road race
Kuiper in 1988
Hennie Kuiper, Tour de France 1978
1980 Tour de France
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The 1980 Tour de France was the 67th edition of the Tour de France. The total distance was 3,842 km over 22 stages. In the first half of the race, Bernard Hinault started out strong by winning the pro
Hennie Kuiper
…admitted using steroids. Kuiper won the mountain stage at Alpe d'Huez, a feat he repeated in 1978. Kuiper finished fourth in the 1979 Tour and second in 1980 behind fellow Dutchman Joop Zoetemelk. That second place ended his best years as a stage race rider and in 1981 he moved to DAF Trucks and reinvented…
Joop Zoetemelk (pictured in 1979), winner of the general classification