Martijn Maaskant

Martijn Maaskant

Personal information
Full name	Martijn Maaskant
Nickname	Rocky on the Bike
Born	July 27, 1983 (1983-07-27) (age 28)  Netherlands
Team information
Current team	Garmin-Cervélo
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Professional team(s)
2003 2004–2005 2006–2007 2008–	Van Vliet-EBH-Gazelle Van Vliet-EBH Advocaten Rabobank continental team Slipstream-Chipotle
Infobox last updated on November 7, 2007

Martijn Maaskant (born 27 July 1983 in Zuidland) is a Dutch professional road racing cyclist currently riding for Garmin-Cervélo. Garmin's directeur sportif, Jonathan Vaughters was able to lure Maaskant to his team away from Dutch UCI ProTour team Rabobank. Maaskant turned pro in 2008, and immediately showed good results in the classics Ronde van Vlaanderen (12th) and Paris–Roubaix (4th).

Cycling career

2003

1st Stage 3, Olympia's Tour

2006

1st Stage 4, Tour de Normandie

2nd Hel van het Mergelland

2007

1st Ronde van Drenthe

1st Stage 1, Circuito Montañés

1st Stage 2, Olympia's Tour

2nd Overall, Circuit de Lorraine

1st Stage 4

1st Overall, Tour de Normandie

2008

4th Paris–Roubaix

12th Ronde van Vlaanderen

2009

4th Ronde van Vlaanderen

Stage 14, Combativity award Tour de France

External links

• Personal website
• Palmarès by cyclingbase.com (French)

Persondata
Name	Maaskant, Martijn
Alternative names
Short description	Road bicycle racer
Date of birth	1983-07-27
Place of birth	Zuidland, Netherlands
Date of death
Place of death