Jan Raas is a Dutch former professional cyclist whose 115 wins include the 1979 world road race championship in Valkenburg, the Tour of Flanders in 1979 and 1983, Paris-Roubaix in 1982 and Milan-San Remo in 1977. He won ten stages of the Tour de France and, in six starts, won the Amstel Gold Race five times. Across his career he rode 23 of the five Monument classics, finishing first four times and third six times, almost half on the podium. A tactician and clever sprinter, he struggled on long steep climbs but excelled on the short climbs typical of the northern classics.
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(born 8 November 1952)
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He won ten stages in the Tour de France.
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Raas won the Amstel Gold Race five times
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is a Dutch former professional cyclist
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He won ten stages in the Tour de France.
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