Marc de Maar
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| Full name | Marc de Maar | ||||||||||||
| Born |
15 February 1984 Assen, the Netherlands | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Current team | UnitedHealthcare | ||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||
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| 2001–2002<br/ >2003<br/ >2004–2005 | Rabobank<br/ >Löwik-Tegeltoko<br/ >Rabobank | ||||||||||||
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| 2006–2009 2010 2011 2012– |
Rabobank UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis Quick Step UnitedHealthcare | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Marc de Maar (born 15 February 1984) is a Curaçaoan professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Professional Continental Team UnitedHealthcare.[1]
Biography
At the age of 14, De Maar was ice skating in the winter and cycling in the summer. He had better results in cycling. In 2000, De Maar won some criteriums in the Netherlands, and signed a youth contract for two years for the Rabobank youth team.[2]
In his first year as a junior for that team, De Maar won some races, and finished 18th in the World Road race championship for young riders. The second year was not so good, and after his contract ended in 2002, he did not get a new contract.
De Maar found a different team, "Löwik-Tegeltoko". In 2003, he performed better, although he had no victories. Still, the Rabobank team decided to sign him again.[2]
In 2004 and 2005 he rode in the Rabobank Continental Team. In those years, he won some races, and in 2006 he became a member of the professional division of Rabobank.
De Maar signed with Quick Step for the 2011 season,[3] but moved to UnitedHealthcare for the 2012 season.[1]
In the 2012 Tour of Britain, de Maar took the victory on the fifth stage. With 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) left, he hit the tarmac with two other riders after taking a corner too wide. He slowly picked himself up, got back on his bike and reintegrated the group. He rode away solo 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) from the finish, and crossed the line with an advantage of 15 seconds on the chasers.[4]
Palmares
- 1999
- 1st Classique del Alpes U19
- 2004
- 1st Rund um den Henninger Turm U23
- 1st Hasselt–Spa–Hasselt
- 2nd Internatie Reningelst
- 3rd Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
- 2005
- 1st Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
- 1st Overall Tour du Loir-et-Cher
- 1st Stage 3
- Olympia's Tour
- 1st Prologue & Stage 8
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de Gironde
- 2009
- 7th Overall Tour of Hainan
- 2010
- 1st
Netherlands Antilles National Road Race Championships - 1st Netherlands Antilles National Time Trial Championships
- 3rd Overall Tour de Beauce
- 1st Stages 3 & 5
- 5th Chrono de Gatineau
- 2011
- 1st
Pan American Games – Road race - 1st
Curaçao National Road Race Championships - 1st Curaçao National Time Trial Championships
- 2012
- 1st Curaçao National Road Race Championships
- 1st Curaçao National Time Trial Championships
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of Britain
- 2nd Amstel Curaçao Race
- 4th Overall Tour of the Gila
- 5th Hel van het Mergelland
- 6th Overall Tour de Beauce
- 2013
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de Beauce
- 3rd Amstel Curaçao Race
- 8th Volta Limburg Classic
- 10th Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche
- 2014
- 7th Overall Tour de San Luis
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "De Maar returns to UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling". Cycling News (Future Publishing Limited). 6 September 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Biografie Marc de Maar op Marcdemaar.nl (Dutch), 5 oct. 2008
- ↑ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/de-maar-signs-with-quick-step-for-2011
- ↑ Ben Atkins (13 September 2012). "Tour of Britain: Marc de Maar escapes the break to win in Stoke-on-Trent". VeloNation (VeloNation LLC). Retrieved 14 September 2012.
External links
- Official website
- Profile at Rabobank official website
- Marc de Maar profile at Cycling Archives
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