Mathieu Hermans (born 9 January 1963 in Goirle) is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer. Mathieu Hermans was the Lanterne rouge of the Tour de France twice, in 1987 and 1989. He won a stage in the 1989 Tour de France. Hermans was more successful in the Vuelta a España, where he won 9 stages in total.
Major results
1981 1st Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland 1983 1st Stages 1 & 3 Triptyque Ardennais 1984 1st Ziklokross Igorre 1985 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Castilla y León 2nd Circuito de Getxo 1986 1st Stage 3 Tour de Romandie 2nd Overall Vuelta a Aragón 1st Stages 2 & 7 8th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía 1987 1st Paris–Camembert 1st Stages 1, 2 & 6 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 3rd Trofeo Masferrer 4th Overall Ronde van Nederland 1st Stage 4 5th Scheldeprijs 5th Omloop van het Leiedal 1988 1st Profronde van Maastricht 1st Profronde van Oostvoorne 1st Trofeo Masferrer Vuelta a España 1st Stages 3, 5, 6, 9, 15 & 20 1st GP San Froilan Lugo 1st GP Albacete 1st Stage 1, 2a & 2b Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme 1st Stages 1, 2, 3 & 4 Vuelta a Murcia 1st Stages 3 & 5 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 1st Stage 1 Volta a Catalunya 1st Stage 4 Ronde van Nederland 4th E3-Prijs Harelbeke 1989 1st Trofeo Luis Puig 1st Profronde van Pijnacker 1st Stage 11 Tour de France Vuelta a España 1st Stages 12, 13 & 18 1st Stage 1 Tour de Luxembourg 1st Stage 1 Volta a Catalunya 3rd Veenendaal–Veenendaal 3rd Overall Tour de l'Oise 5th Tour of Flanders 8th Ronde van Limburg 9th E3-Prijs Harelbeke 9th Grand Prix Cerami 1990 1st Stage 2 Volta a Catalunya 1st Stage 5 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme 1st Stage 6 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 1991 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Asturias 1st Stage 5 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme 1992 1st Circuito de Getxo 1st Clasica de Sabiñanigo 1st Stage 2a Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Murcia 1st Stage 1 Tour of Galicia 2nd Trofeo Masferrer 1993 7th Binche–Tournai–Binche
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 Giro d'Italia——DNF———DNF—— Tour de France—DNF135147138DNF——— Vuelta a España67——105140DNF115DNFDNF
References
External links
Official Tour de France results for Mathieu Hermans