12 Facts About Erik Breukink

Erik Breukink was born on 1 April 1964 and is a former Dutch professional road racing cyclist.

In 1988, Breukink won the youth competition in the Tour de France.

In 1985, Erik Breukink won 2 time trial stages in Olympia's Tour, and finished 3rd place overall.

Erik Breukink made his debut as a pro in 1986 for the Skala-Gazelle team.

Erik Breukink turned out to be a time trial specialist and was a good climber.

In 1990, Erik Breukink wanted to focus on the Tour de France, so he switched to the PDM team, that allowed him to do so.

The result could even have been better, but Erik Breukink suffered from some bad luck: in the climb to the Tourmalet Erik Breukink had to switch bicycles three times.

In 1993, Erik Breukink switched to the ONCE team, where his performance improved again.

Erik Breukink rode the Tour de France four times afterwards, but never reached his old level.

On 13 January 2004, it was announced that Erik Breukink started as a team manager for the Rabobank team.

Thanks to his ONCE-years, Erik Breukink speaks Spanish fluently, which is helpful to communicate with the Spanish cyclists in the Rabobank team and cyclist Denis Menchov, who speaks Spanish better than English.

On, 20 July 2006, Erik Breukink received the "medaille de la fidelite" from the Tour de France organisation, because he had been present in the Tour de France for 20 years.