 Jo de Roo in 1967 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Johan de Roo |
| Born | (1937-07-05)5 July 1937 (age 87) Schore, theNetherlands |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | All Rounder |
| Amateur team | |
| 1954 - 1957 | Unknown |
| Professional teams | |
| 1958-1959 | Magneet-Vredestein |
| 1960-1961 | Helyett-Fynsec |
| 1962 | Saint-Raphael-Helyett |
| 1963-1964 | Saint-Raphael-Gitane |
| 1965 | Televizier |
| 1966 | Televizier-Batavus |
| 1967-1968 | Willem II-Gazelle |
| Major wins | |
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Johan De Roo (born 5 July 1937) is a Dutch former professionalroad racing cyclist between 1958 and 1968. During 11 seasons as a professional he had six victories in single-day classics, three stages of theTour de France and one stage of theVuelta a España. He had 46 wins as a professional. He was the most successful rider from Zeeland until the emergence ofJan Raas.
De Roo caught the eye in 1957 as a 20-year-old amateur when he took two stages in the Olympia’s Tour as well as winning the Omloop van de Kempen. The following year he turned professional with the Dutch Magneet-Vredestein team, with which he stayed for two seasons. In 1960 he moved to the Helyett, which hadJacques Anquetil as leader. He rode for five years with Anquetil at Helyett and then at St-Raphaël.
In 1960 he rode his first Tour de France, abandoning after stage 14 and saying the Tour was not for him. 1962 was De Roo’s best year as a professional. He won the Gerrit Schulte Trophy as Dutch cyclist of the year after winningParis–Tours, theGiro di Lombardia andBordeaux–Paris. De Roo’s Autumn Double of Paris–Tours and the Giro di Lombardia in the same year is a rare achievement as the races are different in style and topography. In winning the 1962 Paris–Tours, De Roo was awarded theRuban Jaune for setting a record speed for a professional race of 44.903kmh over 267 km. In 1962 De Roo also won theSuper Prestige Pernod, a season-long competition to find the best rider in the classics and top stage races.
De Roo did not go to the 1962 world championship after a disagreement over expenses with the Dutch cycling federation.
De Roo repeated the Autumn Double in 1963. In 1964 he was Dutch road race champion and then returned to the Tour de France after a three-year hiatus to win the stage betweenMontpellier andPerpignan. In 1965 De Roo left Anquetil’s team and signed a two-year contract with the Dutch Televizier squad, which includedGerben Karstens. 1965 saw victory in theTour of Flanders when he escaped withWard Sels on the Valkenberg and then won the sprint. Another stage win came at that year's Tour de France, intoBordeaux. 1966 saw victory at theOmloop "Het Volk"; he won another stage in the Tour de France on his birthday (between Montpellier andAubenas) and a stage in the Vuelta a España betweenMadrid andCalatayud.
De Roo spent the last two years of his career (1967 and 1968) with Willem II-Gazelle, riding in the company ofRik Van Looy andPeter Post in the last days of their careers. He rode the 1967 Tour de France as part of the Dutch national team and finished 76th. Jo de Roo retired at the end of 1968 at 31. His last victory was on 25 June 1968 inZomergem.
National Road Race ChampionNational Road Race Champion
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| Preceded by | Dutch National Road Race Champion 1964 | Succeeded by Jo de Roo |
| Preceded by Jo de Roo | Dutch National Road Race Champion 1965 | Succeeded by |
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