Frans Maassen

Frans Maassen

Personal information
Full name	Franciscus Albertus Antonius Johannes Maassen
Born	(1965-01-27) January 27, 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, twice won the Tour of Belgium, 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.

Major results

1987

First year as a professional

1988

1st, Overall, Tour of Belgium (and Stage 3 win)

3rd, Three Days of De Panne

1989

Dutch National Road Race Championship

1st, Wincanton Classic

2nd, Milan–San Remo

1990

1st, Stage 1, Tour de France

1st, Overall, Tour of Belgium (and Prologue and Stage 5a wins)

1st, Grand Prix Eddy Merckx

1st, Grand Prix de Fourmies

1st, Overall. Étoile de Bessèges

1991

1st, Amstel Gold Race

2nd, Three Days of De Panne

1st, Overall, Ronde van Nederland

1992

1st, Three Days of De Panne

5th, Tour of Flanders

1993

2nd, Tour of Flanders

2nd, Three Days of De Panne

1994

1st, Overall, Tour de Luxembourg

3rd, Three Days of De Panne

1995

1st Profronde van Heerlen

Tour de France record

• 1988 – 126th overall, Intermediate sprints classification
• 1989 – 103rd overall
• 1990 – 64th overall; Stage 1 win (Futuroscope – Futuroscope, 138.5 km)
• 1991 – 129th overall
• 1992 – 91st overall
• 1993 – 106th overall
• 1995 – 97th overall

External links

• Frans Maassen at Cycling Archives (archived)