Frans Maassen

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Franciscus ("Frans") Albertus Antonius Johannes Maassen (born 27 January 1965 in Haelen, Limburg) is a directeur sportif and former Dutch professional road racing cyclist between 1987 and 1995. He completed seven Tour de France stage races, twice won the Tour of Belgium and captured the 1994 Tour de Luxembourg.

Since 2005, Maasseen has served as the assistant directeur sportif for the Rabobank, a Netherlands-based UCI ProTour team.

[edit] Major achievements

1995 – Novell

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1994 – WordPerfect

• 1st, Overall, Tour de Luxembourg
• 3rd, Three Days of De Panne

1993 – WordPerfect

• 2nd, Ronde van Vlaanderen
• 2nd, Three Days of De Panne

1992 – Buckler

• 1st, Three Days of De Panne
• 5th, Ronde van Vlaanderen

1991 – Buckler

• 1st, Amstel Gold Race
• 2nd, Three Days of De Panne

1990 – Buckler

• 1st, Stage 1, Tour de France
• 1st, Overall, Tour of Belgium (and Prologue and Stage 5a wins)
• 1st, GP Eddy Merckx
• 1st, GP Fourmies

1989 – Superconfext

•  Netherlands National Road Cycling Championships
• 2nd, Milan-Sanremo

1988 – Superconfext

• 1st, Overall, Tour of Belgium (and Stage 3 win)
• 3rd, Three Days of De Panne

1987 – Superconfext

First year as a professional

[edit] Tour de France record

• 1995 - 97th overall
• 1993 - 106th overall
• 1992 - 91st overall
• 1991 - 129th overall
• 1990 - 64th overall; Stage 1 win (Futuroscope - Futuroscope, 138.5 km)
• 1989 - 103th overall
• 1988 - 126th overall