Fedor den Hertog

Fedor den Hertog was a Dutch racing cyclist, born on 20 April 1946 and died on 12 February 2011. He began his career with the club De IJsselstreek Wezep and became one of the best amateurs of his generation, winning the British Milk Race in 1969 and 1971 and the Rheinland-Pfalz tour in Germany in 1969, where he took nine of eleven stages. At the 1968 Olympic Games he was part of the Dutch team that won the 100 km team time trial, riding with Joop Zoetemelk, Rene Pijnen and Jan Krekels. He also won national road and pursuit titles and the Grand Prix des Nations in 1969 and 1970. He turned professional in 1974, rode the Tour de France, and won a stage into Rouen in 1977, the same year he won a stage of the Vuelta a Espana.