Erik Dekker

Erik Dekker is a retired Dutch professional road racing cyclist who rode for the Rabobank team from 1992 until 2006 and then served as one of its team managers from 2007 to 2015. As an amateur he finished second in the road race at the 1992 Summer Olympics, outsprinted by Fabio Casartelli, and turned professional straight afterwards. His best year was 2000, when he won three stages of the Tour de France, was voted the most combative rider and took the Clásica San Sebastián that autumn. In 2001 he won the Amstel Gold Race and the UCI Road World Cup and was named Dutch Sportsman of the year. He added a victory in Paris-Tours in 2004 and ended his career after a heavy crash in the 2006 Tour de France.