8 January 1982(1982-01-08) (aged 48) Amsterdam, Netherlands
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In the 1952 Olympics, De Groot was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the men's 4,000 m team pursuit, alongside Adrie Voorting, Jan Plantaz and Jules Maenen.[1] In 1954, he became a professional road cyclist, which he remained until 1962.
During the 1955 Tour de France, De Groot was in the thirteenth initially dropped by the peloton, and had problems with the heat. When he passed a field with cabbage, he took two leaves and put them in his neck and on his head, to protect him from the sun. He regained his strength, and was able to get back to the peloton. The peloton was also suffering from the heat, and De Groot decided to go for his chance, and escaped from the peloton. Nobody answered his attack, so he went solo. After some time, he was told his advantage was "treize minutes" (thirteen minutes), but De Groot's knowledge of the French language was not perfect, and he thought his advantage was three minutes, and he increased his speed. In the end he won the stage by more than twenty minutes.[2]
His sister Jannie competed as a swimmer for the Netherlands at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1] De Groot committed suicide in 1982, a year after his wife had died.
daan, groot, daniël, daan, groot, 1933, january, 1982, road, bicycle, track, cyclist, from, netherlands, represented, native, country, 1952, summer, olympics, helsinki, finland, 1952personal, informationfull, namedaniël, grootborn, 1933, 1933amsterdam, netherl. Daniel Daan de Groot 25 May 1933 8 January 1982 was a road bicycle and track cyclist from the Netherlands who represented his native country at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki Finland 1 Daan de GrootDaan de Groot in 1952Personal informationFull nameDaniel de GrootBorn 1933 05 25 25 May 1933Amsterdam NetherlandsDied8 January 1982 1982 01 08 aged 48 Amsterdam NetherlandsTeam informationDisciplineRoadRoleRiderIn the 1952 Olympics De Groot was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the men s 4 000 m team pursuit alongside Adrie Voorting Jan Plantaz and Jules Maenen 1 In 1954 he became a professional road cyclist which he remained until 1962 During the 1955 Tour de France De Groot was in the thirteenth initially dropped by the peloton and had problems with the heat When he passed a field with cabbage he took two leaves and put them in his neck and on his head to protect him from the sun He regained his strength and was able to get back to the peloton The peloton was also suffering from the heat and De Groot decided to go for his chance and escaped from the peloton Nobody answered his attack so he went solo After some time he was told his advantage was treize minutes thirteen minutes but De Groot s knowledge of the French language was not perfect and he thought his advantage was three minutes and he increased his speed In the end he won the stage by more than twenty minutes 2 His sister Jannie competed as a swimmer for the Netherlands at the 1948 Summer Olympics 1 De Groot committed suicide in 1982 a year after his wife had died Contents 1 Major results 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksMajor results edit1954 Omloop der Kempen 1955 Tour de France Winner stage 13 dd 1956 Assen nbsp Netherlands national track pursuit championship 1957 Nuth 1959 Oostburg Alphen aan de RijnSee also editList of Dutch Olympic cyclistsReferences edit a b c Daan de Groot Olympic Results sports reference com Archived from the original on 14 December 2012 Retrieved 28 December 2012 De Haan Rob 11 August 2010 Dankzij de koolbladeren in Dutch NuSport Archived from the original on 14 September 2010 Retrieved 12 August 2010 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Daan de Groot Dutch Olympic Committee Archived from the original on 9 June 2007 Retrieved 26 May 2007 Daan de Groot at Cycling Archives Official Tour de France results for Daan de Groot permanent dead link nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to Dutch cycling is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Daan de Groot amp oldid 1160620373, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
