Steven Rooks Explained
Steven Rooks (born 7 August 1960) is a former Dutch professional road racing cyclist known for his climbing ability. His professional career ran from 1982 - 1995.
Career
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).[1] 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.[2]
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.
Doping confession
On the Dutch TV-show Reporter, Rooks admitted with Maarten Ducrot and Peter Winnen to doping. Rooks said he used testosterone and amphetamines during his 13-year career.[3] In 2009, he admitted using EPO after 1989.[4]
Major results
Source:
- 1982
8th Overall Deutschland Tour
10th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 1983
1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
3rd Overall Paris–Nice
3rd Overall Tour Méditerranéen 1st Stage 2b
8th Rund um den Henninger Turm
8th Grand Prix de Monaco
10th Amstel Gold Race
- 1984
1st Stage 7 (TTT) Ronde van Nederland
2nd Paris–Tours
4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
5th Rund um den Henninger Turm
5th Grand Prix Impanis
6th Road race, National Road Championships
6th Overall Tour de Romandie
9th Overall Paris–Nice
1st Stage 2b (TTT)
10th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
- 1985
1st Stage 4b Volta a Catalunya
1st Stage 4 Tour of Norway
1st Stage 5b (TTT) Ronde van Nederland
2nd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
1st Stage 7
3rd Overall Étoile de Bessèges
6th Binche-Tournai-Binche
8th Paris–Brussels
10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1986
1st Overall Tour de Luxembourg
1st Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
1st Prologue
1st Amstel Gold Race
1st Grand Prix de Wallonie
5th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
7th La Flèche Wallonne
7th Paris–Brussels
9th Overall Tour de France
9th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
- 1987
1st Stage 2 Tour de Suisse
2nd Overall Tour of Britain
2nd Amstel Gold Race
2nd Omloop Het Volk
6th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
6th Tour of Flanders
9th Overall Tour de Luxembourg
9th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
- 1988
1st Züri-Metzgete
2nd Overall Tour de France
1st Mountains classification
1st Combination classification
1st Stage 12
2nd Amstel Gold Race
3rd Milan–San Remo
3rd La Flèche Wallonne
3rd Clásica de San Sebastián
4th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
5th Tour of Flanders
- 1989
1st Overall Tour du Vaucluse
2nd La Flèche Wallonne
4th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
5th Tre Valli Varesine
6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
6th Baden-Baden (with Gert-Jan Theunisse)
7th Overall Tour de France
1st Combination classification
1st Stage 15
7th Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 1990
1st Stage 2 (TTT) Tour de France
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
2nd Overall Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali
3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
4th Overall Ronde van Nederland
5th La Flèche Wallonne
- 1991
1st Road race, National Road Championships
2nd Road race, UCI Road World Championships
2nd Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
6th Wincanton Classic
9th Overall Vuelta a España
- 1992
2nd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
5th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
5th Overall Tour of Galicia
1st Stage 4
7th Wincanton Classic
8th La Flèche Wallonne
10th Overall Vuelta a España
10th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
- 1993
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
4th Brabantse Pijl
9th Veenendaal–Veenendaal
10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
- 1994
1st Road race, National Road Championships
6th Amstel Gold Race
- 1995
8th Amstel Gold RaceGrand Tour general classification results timeline
Legend| — | Did not compete |
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| DNF | Did not finish | |
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Honors
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: 75ème Tour de France 1988. Memoire du cyclisme. fr. 1 March 2010.
- Web site: 76ème Tour de France 1989. Memoire du cyclisme. fr. 1 March 2010.
- http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/2000/jan00/jan1news.shtml
- Web site: Rooks admits to EPO use. 19 June 2009.
- Web site: Sportman van het jaar . 2010-03-01 . 2012-02-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120222041435/http://www.nocnsf.nl/nocnsf.nl/olympische-droom/verkiezingen/sportman-van-het-jaar . dead .
- http://www.stevenrooksclassic.nl/algemeen/index.html Steven Rooks Classic
