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Steven Rooks

Steven Rooks
Personal information
Full name Steven Rooks
Born (1960-08-07) 7 August 1960 (age 56)
Oterleek, the Netherlands
Team information
Current team Retired
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Climber
Major wins

Grand Tours

Tour de France
Mountains Classification (1988)
Combination classification (1988, 1989)
2 individual stages

Stage Races

Tour de Luxembourg (1986)

Single-Day Races and Classics

National Road Race Championships (1991, 1994)
Amstel Gold Race (1986)
Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1983)
Züri-Metzgete (1988)

Grand Tours

Stage Races

Single-Day Races and Classics

Steven Rooks (born 7 August 1960 in Oterleek, North Holland) is a former Dutch professional road racing cyclist known for his climbing ability. His professional career ran from 1982–1995.

In 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). 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.

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.


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