Born Jentinus (Tino) Johannes Tabak in Egmond aan Zee in the Netherlands on 6 May 1946, he emigrated with his father Gerben and mother Hendrika to New Zealand in December 1952, aged 6. Tino's younger brother Corrie was born in New Zealand. From the age of 10 he aspired to race in the Tour de France.
At the age of 19, Tabak won the 1965 Senior New Zealand Road Cycling Championships. He won the Tour of Southland (youngest rider ever) in 1965, then again in 1966 and 1967. He also won the Tour of Manawatu in 1966 and 1967. And he won the Dulux Six-day Tour of the North Island in 1966 and 1967.
Tabak is the only rider ever to win all three major New Zealand tours (Manawatu, Dulux and Southland) in one year – twice; in 1966 and 1967.
He left New Zealand for Europe "to learn how to ride a bike" in December 1967. In Europe he raced as an amateur from 1968 to 1970, winning several races, including the 1970 Tour of North Holland (beating future world champion Hennie Kuiper).
In 1971 he turned professional and rode in the Tour de France, placing in the top ten in two stages, and is reported as "The Revelation of the Tour" by Jock Wadley.[2]
Kennett, Jonathan (2009). Tino Tabak: Dreams and Demons of a New Zealand Cycling Legend. Wellington, New Zealand: Kennett Brothers Limited. ISBN978-0-9582673-5-9.
Wadley, J.B. (1971). Eddy Merckx, Luis Ocana and the 1971 Tour de France. Silsden, England: Kennedy Brothers.
Des Williams (2006). Born to Thunder: Champions of New Zealand Cycling. Last Side Publishing, Hamilton. pp. 265–277. ISBN0-473-10929-8. Tino Tabak: Rebel with a cause
External links
Tino Tabak: Dreams and Demons biography
Tino Tabak at Cycling Archives
Tino Tabak at ProCyclingStats
Tino Tabak at CycleBase
February 04, 2023
tino, tabak, dutch, born, zealand, cyclist, raced, tour, france, 1970s, home, september, 2008, personal, informationfull, namejentinus, tino, johannes, tabaknicknamede, bataaf, blond, born, 1946, 1946, egmond, netherlandsteam, informationcurrent, teamretireddi. Tino Tabak is a Dutch born New Zealand cyclist who raced in the Tour de France in the 1970s Tino TabakTino Tabak at home 19 September 2008 Personal informationFull nameJentinus Tino Johannes TabakNicknameDe Bataaf The blond Born 1946 05 06 6 May 1946 age 76 Egmond aan Zee the NetherlandsTeam informationCurrent teamRetiredDisciplineRoadRoleRiderMajor winsTour of SouthlandTour of North HollandAcht van Chaam Contents 1 Biography 2 Teams 3 Notes 4 References 5 External linksBiography EditBorn Jentinus Tino Johannes Tabak in Egmond aan Zee in the Netherlands on 6 May 1946 he emigrated with his father Gerben and mother Hendrika to New Zealand in December 1952 aged 6 Tino s younger brother Corrie was born in New Zealand From the age of 10 he aspired to race in the Tour de France At the age of 19 Tabak won the 1965 Senior New Zealand Road Cycling Championships He won the Tour of Southland youngest rider ever in 1965 then again in 1966 and 1967 He also won the Tour of Manawatu in 1966 and 1967 And he won the Dulux Six day Tour of the North Island in 1966 and 1967 In the 1966 Commonwealth Games he competed in the Road Race coming 15th 1 Tabak is the only rider ever to win all three major New Zealand tours Manawatu Dulux and Southland in one year twice in 1966 and 1967 He left New Zealand for Europe to learn how to ride a bike in December 1967 In Europe he raced as an amateur from 1968 to 1970 winning several races including the 1970 Tour of North Holland beating future world champion Hennie Kuiper In 1971 he turned professional and rode in the Tour de France placing in the top ten in two stages and is reported as The Revelation of the Tour by Jock Wadley 2 In 1972 Tabak won the Dutch National Road Race Championships That year he came 18th in 1972 Tour de France which is still the best result of any New Zealander second best was George Bennett who came 24th in 2019 and third best was Harry Watson cyclist who came 28th in 1928 He won the major Dutch criterium Acht van Chaam in 1972 and 1975 3 In 1977 he came 7th in the 597 km French Classic Bordeaux Paris Tino Tabak retired from cycling after crashing in the 1978 Tour of Holland He returned in 1995 to live quietly in Canterbury New Zealand Teams Edit1969 Dutch National Team 1970 Dutch National Team 1971 Flandria Mars 1972 Goudsmit Hoff 1973 Sonolor 1974 TI Raleigh 1975 TI Raleigh 1976 Flandria Velda 1977 De Onderneming 1978 Zoppas ZeusNotes Edit Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee website Wadley 1971 Acht Van Chaam official siteReferences EditKennett Jonathan 2009 Tino Tabak Dreams and Demons of a New Zealand Cycling Legend Wellington New Zealand Kennett Brothers Limited ISBN 978 0 9582673 5 9 Wadley J B 1971 Eddy Merckx Luis Ocana and the 1971 Tour de France Silsden England Kennedy Brothers Des Williams 2006 Born to Thunder Champions of New Zealand Cycling Last Side Publishing Hamilton pp 265 277 ISBN 0 473 10929 8 Tino Tabak Rebel with a causeExternal links EditTino Tabak Dreams and Demons biography Tino Tabak at Cycling Archives Tino Tabak at ProCyclingStats Tino Tabak at CycleBase Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tino Tabak amp oldid 1097097422, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
