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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Franciscus Albertus Antonius Johannes Maassen |
| Born | 27 January 1965 Haelen, the Netherlands |
| Team information | |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 1987–1989 | Superconfext |
| 1990–1992 | Buckler |
| 1993–1994 | WordPerfect |
| 1995 | Novell |
Franciscus ("Frans") Albertus Antonius Johannes Maassen (born 27 January 1965 in Haelen, Limburg) is a directeur sportif. He was a professional road racing cyclist between 1987 and 1995. He completed seven Tour de France stage races, including the 1990 Tour de France where he was involved in the Stage 1 breakaway that caused the rest of the race to be the most surprising Tour in over a decade. He was the only one of the four breakaway riders not to wear the maillot jaune, but he won the stage. He twice won the Tour of Belgium,[1] and won the 1994 Tour de Luxembourg.
Since 2005, Maassen has been the assistant directeur sportif of the Rabobank, a Netherlands-based UCI ProTour team.
- ^ "Tour of Belgium past winners". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 28 December 2010.