# Rob Harmeling

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Dutch cyclist

Rob Harmeling Harmeling in 1986 Personal information Full name Rob Harmeling Born (1964-12-04) 4 December 1964 (age 61) Nijverdal, the Netherlands Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Weight 76 kg (168 lb) Team information Current team Retired Discipline Road Role Rider Professional teams 1989 - 1990 Histor–Sigma 1991 - 1995 TVM Major wins 100 km Team Time Trial World Championships 1 stage 1992 Tour de France Medal record Men's road bicycle racing Representing Netherlands World Championships 1986 Colorado Springs Team time trial

**Rob Harmeling** (born 4 December 1964) is a retired [Dutch](/source/Netherlands) professional [road bicycle racer](/source/Road_bicycle_racer). Harmeling rode the [Tour de France](/source/Tour_de_France) three times: in [1991](/source/1991_Tour_de_France) he was the [lanterne rouge](/source/Lanterne_rouge), in [1992](/source/1992_Tour_de_France) he won a stage,[1] and in [1994](/source/1994_Tour_de_France) he was disqualified for hanging onto the team car. As amateur, Harmeling competed in the road race at the [1988 Summer Olympics](/source/1988_Summer_Olympics) and finished in 38th place.[2] He won the world title in [team time trial](/source/Team_time_trial) at the [1986 UCI Road World Championships](/source/1986_UCI_Road_World_Championships).

In 2023 Harmeling joined the new Dutch continental tour team [Tour de Tietema-Unibet](/source/TDT-Unibet_Cycling_Team) as directeur sportif.[3]

## Major results

**1986**
- Tijdrit Velddriel

- World Amateur 100km Team Time Trial Championship

- Ronde van Overijssel

- [Flèche du Sud](/source/Fl%C3%A8che_du_Sud)

**1991**
- Tiel

**1992**
- Steenwijk

- [Tour de France](/source/1992_Tour_de_France): - Winner stage 3

## See also

- [List of Dutch Olympic cyclists](/source/List_of_Dutch_Olympic_cyclists)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-r2_1-0)** [Rob Harmeling](https://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche/coureuri/7335.html) at *Cycling Archives* ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/2023/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=7335))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-r1_2-0)** [Rob Harmeling](https://web.archive.org/web/20200418113653/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/rob-harmeling-1.html). sports-reference.com

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Selectie Tietema-Unibet telt 12 renners, Rob Harmeling ploegleider"](https://www.wielerflits.nl/nieuws/selectie-tdt-unibet-telt-12-renners-rob-harmeling-ploegleider/). *Wielerflits.nl* (in Dutch). 2022-12-07.

## External links

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- [Official Tour de France results for Rob Harmeling](http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/us/TDF/coureur/5033.html)

v t e Lanternes rouges of the Tour de France 1903–1919 1903: Arsène Millocheau 1904: Antoine Deflotrière 1905: Clovis Lacroix 1906: Georges Bronchard 1907: Albert Chartier 1908: Henri Anthoine 1909: Georges Devilly 1910: Constant Collet 1911: Lucien Roquebert 1912: Maurice Lartigue 1913: Henri Alavoine 1914: Henri Leclerc 1915–1918 World War I 1919: Jules Nempon 1920–1939 1920: Charles Raboisson 1921: Henri Catelan 1922–23: Daniel Masson 1924: Victor Lafosse 1925: Fernand Besnier 1926: André Drobecq 1927: Jacques Pfister 1928: Édouard Persin 1929: André Léger 1930: Marcel Ilpide 1931: Richard Lamb 1932: Rudolf Risch 1933: Ernest Neuhard 1934: Antonio Folco 1935: Willy Kutschbach 1936: Aldo Bertocco 1937: Aloyse Klensch 1938: Janus Hellemons 1939: Armand Le Moal 1940–1959 1940–1946 World War II 1947: Pietro Tarchini 1948: Vittorio Seghezzi 1949: Guido De Santi 1950: Fritz Zbinden 1951: Abdel-Kader Zaaf 1952: Henri Paret 1953: Claude Rouer 1954: Marcel Dierkens 1955: Tony Hoar 1956: Roger Chaussabel 1957: Guy Million 1958: Walter Favre 1959: Louis Bisilliat 1960–1978 1960: José Herrero Berrendero 1961: André Geneste 1962: Augusto Marcaletti 1963: Willy Derboven 1964: Anatole Novak 1965: Joseph Groussard 1966: Paolo Mannucci 1967: Jean-Pierre Genet 1968: John Clarey 1969: André Wilhelm 1970: Frits Hoogerheide 1971: Georges Chappe 1972: Alain Bellouis 1973: Jacques-André Hochart 1974: Lorenzo Alaimo 1975: Jacques Boulas 1976: Aad van den Hoek 1977: Roger Loysch 1978: Philippe Tesnière 1979–1999 1979–80: Gerhard Schönbacher 1981: Faustino Cueli 1982: Werner Devos 1983: Marcel Laurens 1984: Gilbert Glaus 1985: Manrico Ronchiato 1986: Ennio Salvador 1987: Mathieu Hermans 1988: Dirk Wayenberg 1989: Mathieu Hermans 1990: Rodolfo Massi 1991: Rob Harmeling 1992: Fernando Quevedo 1993: Edwig Van Hooydonck 1994: John Talen 1995: Bruno Cornillet 1996: Jean-Luc Masdupuy 1997: Philippe Gaumont 1998: Damien Nazon 1999: Jacky Durand 2000–2019 2000: Olivier Perraudeau 2001: Jimmy Casper 2002: Igor Flores 2003: Hans De Clercq 2004: Jimmy Casper 2005: Iker Flores 2006–2008: Wim Vansevenant 2009: Yauheni Hutarovich 2010: Adriano Malori 2011: Fabio Sabatini 2012: Jimmy Engoulvent 2013: Svein Tuft 2014: Ji Cheng 2015: Sébastien Chavanel 2016: Sam Bennett 2017: Luke Rowe 2018: Lawson Craddock 2019: Sebastian Langeveld 2020–2039 2020: Roger Kluge 2021: Tim Declercq 2022: Caleb Ewan 2023: Michael Mørkøv 2024: Mark Cavendish 2025: Simone Consonni

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