Rini Wagtmans

Rini Wagtmans

Personal information
Full name	Marinus Wagtmans
Born	September 26, 1946 (1946-09-26) (age 65)  Netherlands
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Major wins
3 stages Tour de France
Infobox last updated on July 15, 2008

Marinus ("Rini") Wagtmans (born December 26, 1946 in Sint Willebrord) is a former Dutch professional road bicycle racer. He was the nephew of Wout Wagtmans, a former professional who had won the Tour de Romandie stage race in 1952. His father was a masseur while Tour de France stage winner Wim van Est was his neighbour.^[1] In 1968 Rini turned professional. The following year he finished third overall in the 1969 Vuelta a España. He rode four editions of the Tour de France and won three stages, one in 1970, one in 1971 and one in 1972. In the 1970 Tour de France he finished fifth overall. In 1971 Tour de France while riding for Molteni, he wore the maillot jaune for one day but teammate and team leader Eddy Merckx took the jersey the following day. He also won two stages in the 1970 Vuelta a España. Wagtmans was known as one of the best descenders in the peloton and earned him the nickname "witte bles" which is translated as "white blaze". Wagtmans ended his career early due to heart problems. Afterwards he was a member for the Royal Dutch Cycling Union and then a successful businessman. In 2005, Wagtmans became a ridder or Dutch knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau.^[1] In 2006, Wagtmans’ biographie was published.

Palmarès

1966

Ronde van Midden-Zeeland

1967

Österreich Rundfahrt

1968

Roosendaal (NED)

Acht van Chaam

1969

Sint-Willebrord

Ulvenhout

Kortenhoef

Tour de France:

6th place overall classification

1970

Vuelta a España:

Winner stages 11 and 13

Koksijde

Tour de France:

Winner stage 15

5th place overall classification

Plumeliau

1971

Sint-Willebrord

Tour de France:

Winner stage 3

Wearing yellow jersey for one day

Acht van Chaam

1972

Tour de France:

Winner stage 18

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Ongekend genomineerd voor de Nico Scheepmaker Beker 2006". Rini Wagtmans.nl. Archived from the original on 2007-10-07. http://web.archive.org/web/20071007013937/http://www.riniwagtmans.nl/index.htm. Retrieved 2007-10-16. 

External links

• Website of Rini Wagtmans
• Rini Wagtmans profile at Cycling Archives
• Official Tour de France results for Rini Wagtmans

See also

• List of Dutch cyclists who have led the Tour de France general classification

Persondata
Name	Wagtmans, Rini
Alternative names
Short description	Road bicycle racer
Date of birth	1946-9-26
Place of birth	Sint-Willebrord
Date of death
Place of death