Henk Lubberding

Henk Lubberding

Personal information
Full name	Henk Lubberding
Born	(1953-08-04) 4 August 1953 (age 70) Voorst, Netherlands
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1977–1983	TI–Raleigh
1984–1992	Panasonic–Raleigh
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France Young rider classification (1978) 3 individual stages (1978, 1980, 1983) 6 TTT stages (1980, 1981, 1982, 1988) One-day races and Classics National Road Race Championships (1978, 1979) Gent–Wevelgem (1980)

Henk Lubberding (born 4 August 1953 in Voorst) is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer. He was a professional from 1977 to 1992.

As an amateur, he finished third in the 1976 Tour de l'Avenir. The following year he turned professional with the Dutch cycling team TI–Raleighof Peter Post. Lubberding stayed his entire career in teams directed by Post. In 1978, Lubberding was road race champion of the Netherlands and won a stage in the 1978 Tour de France, finishing eighth overall and best young rider. He was a good mountain climber despite being tall, and from the low lands of Holland.

After team leader Hennie Kuiper left, Lubberding and Paul Wellens became co-leaders and Lubberding performed well throughout 1979 with high placings in Paris–Nice, the Amstel Gold Race, Gent–Wevelgem, Tour de Romandie, Rund um den Henninger-Turm and the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. He won the Dutch road race title again and finished 18th in the 1979 Tour de France. His role of team leader ended in 1979.

Lubberding helped Jan Raas win the world championship in 1979. He also helped Joop Zoetemelk win the 1980 Tour de France. He won two more stages in the Tour de France and wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification in 1988.

Lubberding worked on his farm, even during his racing period.

He retired at the end of 1992 with 58 victories including Gent–Wevelgem.

Major results

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	97
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	96	69	69	69	—	—
Tour de France	26	8	18	10	54	46	10	40	82	DNF	95	DNF	119	—	—

See also

• List of Dutch cyclists who have led the Tour de France general classification

External links

• "Palmarès of Henk Lubberding". Archived from the original on 2007-10-17. Retrieved 2017-03-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
• Henk Lubberding at Cycling Archives
• Henk Lubberding at ProCyclingStats
• Henk Lubberding at CycleBase
• Official Tour de France results for Henk Lubberding