Hendrik Gerardus Joseph "Joop" Zoetemelk (pronounced [joːp ˈsutəmɛl(ə)k]; born 3 December 1946) is a Dutch former professional racing cyclist. He started...

W. Joop Zalm (1897–1969), Dutch weightlifter Joop Zeegers (born 2004), Dutch personal trainer and Rocket League player H. G. Jozef Joop Zoetemelk (born...

Jacques Anquetil and Laurent Jalabert, Low Country riders Eddy Merckx and Joop Zoetemelk who each won the race three times, and Spaniards Miguel Induráin and...

control and was disqualified. Due to this disqualification Dutch rider Joop Zoetemelk, who finished 3rd on the stage and would have climbed to 2nd in the...

trial, with a substantial margin of 3:15 minutes ahead of favourite Joop Zoetemelk. At the beginning of 1978, the Gitane team was taken over by its parent...

in the lead. Joop Zoetemelk became the new leader, and defended that position successfully. Just as in 1979, when Hinault and Zoetemelk finished nearly...

but had to pull out because of tendinitis, and the Tour was won by Joop Zoetemelk. Hinault returned in 1981 and won that race as well as the one after...

Impe in a battle with the previous winner Bernard Thévenet and Joop Zoetemelk. Zoetemelk won three high mountain stages including Alpe d'Huez and Puy-de-Dôme...

successful in classics and in stage races. Notable riders included Joop Zoetemelk, Jan Raas, Gerrie Knetemann, Hennie Kuiper, Urs Freuler, Henk Lubberding...

team classifications. Remarkably Hinault and second-place finisher Joop Zoetemelk finished nearly a half hour ahead of the other GC Contenders, and in...

Anquetil, Sean Kelly, Bernard Hinault, Miguel Induráin, Stephen Roche, Joop Zoetemelk, Laurent Fignon, Jens Voigt, Cadel Evans and Chris Froome. The Critérium...

2006 editions of the race for his use of performance-enhancing drugs. Joop Zoetemelk and Chavanel jointly hold the record for the most finishes with sixteen...

victory and going into stage 16 Van Impe along with Eddy Merckx and Joop Zoetemelk were all within about 1:00 of Bernard Thévenet who had just taken the...

on the other general classification contenders, former Tour winner Joop Zoetemelk compared the young Slovenian to Merckx. By the end of the Tour, which...

Pollentier left the race, and the overall victory became a battle between Joop Zoetemelk and Bernard Hinault. In the end, it was won by debutant Bernard Hinault...

total of 3,373 km (2,096 mi), and was won by Joop Zoetemelk of the Miko–Mercier cycling team. Zoetemelk won two of the three ITT's and Fons De Wolf won...

Luis Ocaña, crashed on the col de Mente in the Pyrenees. In 1980, Joop Zoetemelk did not wear the yellow jersey that passed to him when his rival, Bernard...

medals at the Summer Olympic Games and 110 at the Winter Olympic Games. Joop Zoetemelk won the 1979 Vuelta a Espana, the 1980 Tour de France, and the 1985...

competing, had picked José Manuel Fuente, Joop Zoetemelk and Raymond Poulidor for the podium. Indeed, Zoetemelk and Poulidor had finished first and second...

mountain stages and it was expected to be a battle between Van Impe, Joop Zoetemelk and defending champion Bernard Thevenet. Thevenet was no match for these...

Catalunya, Joop Zoetemelk Stage 4a, Joop Zoetemelk Paris–Tours, Joop Zoetemelk Overall À travers Lausanne, Joop Zoetemelk Stages 1 & 2, Joop Zoetemelk Stage...

Looy, Herman Van Springel, Freddy Maertens, Eddy Merckx, Sean Kelly, Joop Zoetemelk, Michel Pollentier, Walter Godefroot and Roger De Vlaeminck rode for...

and formed the new municipality of Kaag en Braassem. Joop Doderer (1921–2005) - actor Joop Zoetemelk (1946) - cyclist, winner of the Tour de France 1980...

classification, defending his title to win his third Tour de France in a row. Joop Zoetemelk (Flandria–Mars) finished second, 9:51 minutes behind, and Lucien Van...

having completed all but his first, Joop Zoetemelk and Chavanel share the record for the most finishes at 16, with Zoetemelk having completed all 16 of the...

Speed skater Annie Borckink (left) and cyclist Joop Zoetemelk (right) with their Jaap Eden statuettes in 1981...

1980–1999 1980:  Joop Zoetemelk (NED) 1981:  Bernard Hinault (FRA) 1982:  Bernard Hinault (FRA) 1983:  Laurent Fignon (FRA) 1984:  Laurent Fignon (FRA)...

1980–1999 1980:  Joop Zoetemelk (NED) 1981:  Bernard Hinault (FRA) 1982:  Bernard Hinault (FRA) 1983:  Laurent Fignon (FRA) 1984:  Laurent Fignon (FRA)...

1980–1999 1980:  Joop Zoetemelk (NED) 1981:  Bernard Hinault (FRA) 1982:  Bernard Hinault (FRA) 1983:  Laurent Fignon (FRA) 1984:  Laurent Fignon (FRA)...

Thévenet attacked on the lower slopes and Merckx was unable to counter. Joop Zoetemelk and Luis Ocaña went with Thévenet and wound up gaining fifteen seconds...