Steven Rooks (born 7 August 1960) is a former Dutch professional road racing cyclist known for his climbing ability. His professional career ran from 1982–1995.
 Rooks in 2010 | |||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Steven Rooks | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 August 1960 Oterleek, the Netherlands | ||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Climbing specialist | ||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
| 1982 | TI–Raleigh–Campagnolo | ||||||||||||||
| 1983 | Sem–France Loire–Reydel–Mavic | ||||||||||||||
| 1984–1985 | Panasonic–Raleigh | ||||||||||||||
| 1986–1989 | PDM–Ultima–Concorde | ||||||||||||||
| 1990 | Panasonic–Sportlife | ||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | Buckler–Colnago–Decca | ||||||||||||||
| 1993 | Festina–Lotus | ||||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | TVM–Bison Kit | ||||||||||||||
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Grand Tours
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Medal record
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Career
editIn the 1988 Tour de France, Rooks finished second and won a finish on L’Alpe d’Huez. He won the polka dot jersey for the mountains classification and the Présence Classification (or combination classification).[1] In the 1989 Tour, Rooks won Stage 15, a 39 km mountain top time trial to Orcières-Merlette; he finished seventh that year and again won the Présence Classification, the final year of that award.[2]
Other victories include the 1983 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, the 1986 Tour de Luxembourg and Amstel Gold Race, a stage at the 1987 Tour de Suisse, the 1988 Züri-Metzgete, and 1994 national championship. He finished second at the 1991 World Cycling Championships behind Italy's Gianni Bugno and ahead of Spain's Miguel Indurain.
Doping confession
editOn the Dutch TV-show Reporter, Rooks admitted with Maarten Ducrot and Peter Winnen to doping. Rooks said he used testosterone and amphetamines during his 13-year career.[3] In 2009, he admitted using EPO after 1989.[4]
Major results
editSource:[5]
- 1982
- 8th Overall Deutschland Tour
- 10th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 1983
- 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 3rd Overall Paris–Nice
- 3rd Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 1st Stage 2b
- 8th Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 8th Grand Prix de Monaco
- 10th Amstel Gold Race
- 1984
- 1st Stage 7 (TTT) Ronde van Nederland
- 2nd Paris–Tours
- 4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 5th Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 5th Grand Prix Impanis
- 6th Road race, National Road Championships
- 6th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 9th Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st Stage 2b (TTT)
- 10th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 1985
- 1st Stage 4b Volta a Catalunya
- 1st Stage 4 Tour of Norway
- 1st Stage 5b (TTT) Ronde van Nederland
- 2nd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1st Stage 7
- 3rd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
- 6th Binche-Tournai-Binche
- 8th Paris–Brussels
- 10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1986
- 1st
Overall Tour de Luxembourg - 1st
Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 1st Prologue
- 1st Amstel Gold Race
- 1st Grand Prix de Wallonie
- 5th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 7th La Flèche Wallonne
- 7th Paris–Brussels
- 9th Overall Tour de France
- 9th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
- 1987
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de Suisse
- 2nd Overall Tour of Britain
- 2nd Amstel Gold Race
- 2nd Omloop Het Volk
- 6th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 6th Tour of Flanders
- 9th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 9th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 1988
- 1st Züri-Metzgete
- 2nd Overall Tour de France
- 1st
Mountains classification - 1st
Combination classification - 1st Stage 12
- 1st
- 2nd Amstel Gold Race
- 3rd Milan–San Remo
- 3rd La Flèche Wallonne
- 3rd Clásica de San Sebastián
- 4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 5th Tour of Flanders
- 1989
- 1st Overall Tour du Vaucluse
- 2nd La Flèche Wallonne
- 4th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 5th Tre Valli Varesine
- 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 6th Baden-Baden (with Gert-Jan Theunisse)
- 7th Overall Tour de France
- 1st Combination classification
- 1st Stage 15
- 1st
- 7th Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 1990
- 1st Stage 2 (TTT) Tour de France
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 2nd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
- 3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 4th Overall Ronde van Nederland
- 5th La Flèche Wallonne
- 1991
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 2nd
Road race, UCI Road World Championships - 2nd Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 6th Wincanton Classic
- 9th Overall Vuelta a España
- 1992
- 2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 5th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 5th Overall Tour of Galicia
- 1st Stage 4
- 7th Wincanton Classic
- 8th La Flèche Wallonne
- 10th Overall Vuelta a España
- 10th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 1993
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 4th Brabantse Pijl
- 9th Veenendaal–Veenendaal
- 10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1994
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 6th Amstel Gold Race
- 1995
- 8th Amstel Gold Race
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
edit| Grand Tour | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 |
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| Vuelta a España
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— | — | DNF | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 10 | — | — | — |
 Giro d'Italia
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— | — | — | — | — | DNF | — | 75 | — | — | DNF | — | DNF |
| Tour de France
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DNF | — | 25 | 9 | DNF | 2 | 7 | 33 | 26 | 17 | DNF | DNF | — |
| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish |
Honors
edit- In 1988, Rooks was Dutch Sportsman of the year.[6]
- Since 2004, Maastricht, the Steven Rooks Classic, an amateur race, is organised in his honor.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "75ème Tour de France 1988" (in French). Memoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
- ^ "76ème Tour de France 1989" (in French). Memoire du cyclisme. Retrieved 1 March 2010.
- ^ http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/2000/jan00/jan1news.shtml [bare URL]
- ^ "Rooks admits to EPO use". 19 June 2009.
- ^ Steven Rooks at Cycling Archives (archived)
- ^ "Sportman van het jaar". Archived from the original on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
- ^ Steven Rooks Classic Archived 2010-02-09 at the Wayback Machine