Erik Breukink

Erik Breukink, born on 1 April 1964 in Rheden, is a former Dutch professional road racing cyclist. He grew up in a cycling family, as his father directed the Gazelle bicycle factory, but first chose football and switched to cycling in 1980. He won the Dutch junior national pursuit title in 1982 and took fourth place in the team pursuit at the 1984 Olympic Games. A professional from 1986, he was a time trial specialist and a good climber. He won the young rider classification at the 1988 Tour de France, wore the yellow jersey for a day in 1989 after winning the prologue, and finished third overall in 1990 with two stage wins. After eleven Tours de France, four Tour stage wins and 61 career victories he ended his racing career in 1997, and later worked as a television commentator and as team manager of the Rabobank team.