{{Short description|Dutch road cyclist (born 1983)}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Martijn Maaskant | image = Martijn Maaskant 2010 (cropped).jpg | caption = Maaskant at the 2010 Amstel Gold Race | fullname = Martijn Maaskant | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|7|27|df=y}} | birth_place = Zuidland, South Holland, Netherlands | height = {{height|m=1.85|precision=0}} | weight = {{convert|76|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | currentteam = Retired | discipline = Road | role = Rider | ridertype = Classics specialist | amateuryears1 = 2003–2005 | amateurteam1 = {{UCI team code|RIJ|2003}} | amateuryears2 = 2006–2007 | amateurteam2 = {{UCI team code|RB3|2006}} | proyears1 = 2008–2013 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|GRM|2008a}} | proyears2 = 2014 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|UHC|2014}} | majorwins = }} '''Martijn Maaskant''' (born 27 July 1983) is a retired Dutch professional road racing cyclist. Maaskant competed professionally between 2008 and 2014.<ref name="done">{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/maaskant-ends-cycling-career|title=Maaskant ends cycling career|website=Cyclingnews.com|date=29 October 2014|accessdate=29 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="edd">{{cite news|url=http://www.nieuwsblad.be/sportwereld/cnt/dmf20141029_01348591|title=Martijn Maaskant (31) hangt fiets aan de haak|trans-title=Martijn Maaskant (31) retires from professional cycling|language=Dutch|date=29 October 2014|accessdate=31 October 2013|work=Het Nieuwsblad}}</ref>
==Biography== Maaskant turned professional with {{UCI team code|GRM|2008a}} in 2008.<ref name="profileh">{{cite news|url=http://www.slipstreamsports.com/2007/08/31/slipstream-sports-llc-announces-team-slipstreamchipotle-2008-roster-chipotle-mexican-grill-increases-sponsorship-signs-on-as-presenting-sponsor/|title=Slipstream Sports LLC announces Team Slipstream/Chipotle 2008 roster; Chipotle increases sponsorship, signs on as presenting sponsor|date=28 December 2012|accessdate=10 November 2014|work={{UCI team code|GRS}}|publisher=Slipstream Sports LLC|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141111041027/http://www.slipstreamsports.com/2007/08/31/slipstream-sports-llc-announces-team-slipstreamchipotle-2008-roster-chipotle-mexican-grill-increases-sponsorship-signs-on-as-presenting-sponsor/|archive-date=11 November 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/features.php?id=features/2007/team_slipstream_launchnov07|title=Team Slipstream/Chipotle presents 'The New Face of American Cycling|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|date=19 November 2013|website=cyclingnews.com|accessdate=30 October 2014}}</ref> Following a six-year stint with the renamed {{UCI team code|GRS|2013|nolink=yes}} squad, Maaskant signed with {{UCI team code|UHC|2014}} for the 2014 season.<ref name="newbegining">{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/maaskant-signs-with-unitedhealthcare|title=Maaskant signs with UnitedHealthcare|website=Cyclingnews.com|date=12 September 2013|accessdate=29 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="UHC">{{cite news|url=http://velonews.competitor.com/2014/04/news/maaskant-hoping-roubaix-revival-uhc_323338|title=Maaskant hoping for Roubaix revival with UnitedHealthcare|work=VeloNews|date=8 April 2013|accessdate=29 October 2014}}</ref> After the 2014 season, Maaskant retired from professional cycling.<ref name="done"/><ref name="edd"/>
Born in Zuidland, South Holland, Netherlands, Maaskant currently resides in Lanaken, Flanders, Belgium.<ref name="profile1">{{cite news|url=http://uhcprocycling.com/mens-team/martijn-maaskant/|title=Martijn Maaskant at UnitedHealthcare|date=28 December 2012|accessdate=27 December 2013|work={{UCI team code|UHC}}|publisher=Momentum Sports Group, LLC|location=Oakland, California|url-status=usurped|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029192303/http://uhcprocycling.com/mens-team/martijn-maaskant/|archivedate=29 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="live">{{cite news|url=http://www.nieuwsblad.be/article/detail.aspx?articleid=4P38B2JA|title=Lien Crapoen is het bloemenmeisje van de Ronde|trans-title=Lien Crapoen is the flower girl at the Tour of Flanders|language=Dutch|date=1 April 2014|accessdate=31 October 2013|work=Het Nieuwsblad}}</ref>
==Career achievements== ===Major results=== '''Sources''':<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.siteducyclisme.net/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=1827|title=Martijn Maaskant at Cycling Archives|date=|accessdate=7 March 2013|work=Cycling Archives|publisher=|location=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingbase.com/palcoureurs.php?id=4687&idtitle=1|title=Martijn Maaskant at Cycling Base|date=|accessdate=6 January 2013|work=Cycling Base|publisher=|location=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/rider.asp?riderid=1583|title=Martijn Maaskant at Cycling Quotient|date=|accessdate=7 March 2014|work=Cycling Quotient|publisher=|location=}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=30em}} ;2003 : 1st Stage 3 Olympia's Tour ;2005 : 6th Beverbeek Classic : 7th Overall Olympia's Tour : 9th Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem : 9th Paris–Roubaix Espoirs ;2006 : 1st Stage 4 Tour de Normandie : 2nd Hel van het Mergelland : 10th GP Herning : 10th Overall Olympia's Tour ;2007 : 1st Ronde van Drenthe : 1st Stage 1 Circuito Montañés : 1st Overall Tour de Normandie : 2nd Overall Olympia's Tour ::1st Stage 2 : 2nd Overall Circuit de Lorraine ::1st Stage 4 : 2nd Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux : 2nd Beverbeek Classic : 6th Grand Prix Pino Cerami : 10th Schaal Sels-Merksem ;2008 : 4th Paris–Roubaix : 4th Monte Paschi Eroica : 7th Dutch Food Valley Classic ;2009 : 1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour of Qatar : 4th Tour of Flanders : 7th Overall Three Days of De Panne ;2011 : 7th Omloop Het Nieuwsblad {{div col end}}
===Grand Tour general classification results timeline===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- ! scope="col" | Grand Tour ! scope="col" | 2008 ! scope="col" | 2009 ! scope="col" | 2010 ! scope="col" | 2011 ! scope="col" | 2012 |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A pink jersey Giro d'Italia |— |— |— |— |— |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A yellow jersey Tour de France |133 |95 |138 |— |— |- style="text-align:center;" ! scope="row" | 20px|link=|alt=A red jersey Vuelta a España |— |135 |— |— |150 |}
{| class="wikitable" |+ Legend |- ! scope="row" | — | Did not compete |- ! scope="row" | DNF | Did not finish |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{official website|http://www.martijnmaaskant.nl/}} *{{cycling archives|1827}} *[http://www.cyclingbase.com/Martijn-Maaskant.html Cycling Base: Martijn Maaskant] *[http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/rider.asp?riderid=1583 Cycling Quotient: Martijn Maaskant] *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20141029192303/http://uhcprocycling.com/mens-team/martijn-maaskant/ UnitedHealthcare: Martijn Maaskant]}}
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