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Historic Overview Ab Geldermans

Rider

Overall Rank602
NameAb GELDERMANS
Country
  Netherlands
Date of birth17-Mar-1935 - Beverwijk (Noord-Holland)
Date of death20-Apr-2025 - Beverwijk (Noord-Holland)

Biography

Ab Geldermans

Albertus "Ab" Geldermans (17 March 1935 – 20 April 2025) was a Dutch professional road bicycle racer and directeur sportif. He was professional from 1959 to 1966 and rode seven editions of the Tour de France. In 1962 he finished fifth overall and wore the yellow jersey for two days. In 1960 Geldermans won Liège–Bastogne–Liège and won the Deutschland Tour. In 1962 he was Dutch road race champion. Afterwards he became directeur sportif of the Dutch national cycling team that competed in the 1967 Tour de France and directed Jan Janssen to victory in the 1968 Tour de France.

Geldermans died on 20 April 2025, at the age of 90. He had been the oldest living Tour de France' yellow-jersey holder up until his death.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

2 3 13

Major Victories

4 Jours de Dunkerque 1961
Deutschland Rundfahrt 1960
Liège - Bastogne - Liège 1960
Menton - Genova - Roma 1961
Deutschland Rundfahrt - stages 1960 (1)
G.P. du Midi-Libre - stages 1963 (1)
Menton - Genova - Roma - stages 1961 (2)
Paris - Nice - stages 1966 (1)
Ronde van Nederland - stages 1961 (1)
Tour de Pologne - stages 1958 (1)
Vuelta a Andalucia - Ruta del Sol - stages 1965 (1)
Vuelta a España - stages 1962 (1)
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Seasons

Ab Geldermans - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1954 Individual 5 1061
2. 1957 Individual 3 1126
3. 1958 Radium - R.I.H. Sport 286 203
4. 1959 Saint Raphaël - R. Geminiani - Dunlop 311 177
5. 1960 Saint Raphaël - R. Geminiani - Dunlop 1775 15
6. 1961 Saint Raphaël - R. Geminiani - Dunlop 1216 37
7. 1962 Saint Raphaël - Helyett - Hutchinson 1505 21
8. 1963 Saint Raphaël - Gitane - R. Geminiani - V.C. 12ème 940 54
9. 1964 Saint Raphaël - Gitane - Campagnolo 610 80
10. 1965 Margnat - Paloma - Inuri - Dunlop 395 142
11. 1966 Molteni 351 143
Overall: 7397 602