Fedor den Hertog

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Competitor for the Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands
Road bicycle racing
Olympic Games
Gold 1968 Mexico City Team time trial

Fedor Iwan den Hertog (born April 20, 1946 in Utrecht) is a Dutch former racing cyclist. He became Olympic champion of the Team 100k Time Trial in the 1968 Oympics along with Joop Zoetemelk, René Pijnen and Jan Krekels. He also won the Dutch Road Race Championship in 1977.

As an amateur, Den Hertog was a menace to other cyclists as he won races in a prolific manner. He won two editions of the British Milk Race, in 1969 and 1971. His most outstanding performance remains the Rheinland-Pfalz tour in Germany in 1974, when he won all eight stages, leaving the competition utterly devastated.

As a pro, he managed one Tour de France stage win in 1977, but soon retired as he could not settle in the professional ranks.

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Preceded by
Jan Raas		 Dutch National Road Race Champion
1977		 Succeeded by
Henk Lubberding


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