# Marc de Maar

Marc de Maar (born 15 February 1984) is a Curaçaoan former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2006 and 2018.

## Biography
### Amateur career

At the age of 14, de Maar was ice skating in the winter and cycling in the summer, with better results in cycling. In 2000, de Maar won some criteriums in the Netherlands, and signed a youth contract for two years for Rabobank Beloften.
In his first year as a junior for that team, de Maar won some races, and finished 18th in the World Road race championship for young riders. The second year was not so good, and after his contract ended in 2002, he did not get a new contract.
De Maar found a different team, "Löwik-Tegeltoko". In 2003, he performed better, although he had no victories. Still, the Rabobank team decided to sign him again.
In 2004 and 2005 he rode in the Rabobank GS3. In those years, he won some races, and in 2006 he became a member of the professional division of Rabobank.

### Professional career

De Maar signed with Quick-Step for the 2011 season, but moved to UnitedHealthcare for the 2012 season.
In the 2012 Tour of Britain, de Maar took the victory on the fifth stage. With 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) left, he hit the tarmac with two other riders after taking a corner too wide. He slowly picked himself up, got back on his bike and reintegrated the group. He rode away solo 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) from the finish, and crossed the line with an advantage of 15 seconds on the chasers.
In September 2014 it was announced that de Maar would join the new Team Roompot squad for 2015.

## Major results
### 1999

    1st Classique del Alpes U19

### 2003

    3rd Overall Triptyque Ardennais
    6th Circuit de Wallonie
    8th Rund um den Henninger Turm U23
    9th Overall Flèche du Sud

### 2004

    1st Rund um den Henninger Turm U23
    1st Hasselt–Spa–Hasselt
    2nd Internatie Reningelst
    3rd Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23
    8th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
    8th Hel van het Mergelland
    9th Overall Giro d'Abruzzo

### 2005

    1st Overall Tour du Loir-et-Cher
       1st Stage 3
    1st Overall Le Triptyque des Monts et Châteaux
    Olympia's Tour
       1st Prologue & Stage 8
    1st Stage 2 Tour de Gironde
    5th Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers
    9th Ronde van Drenthe

### 2008

    6th Trofeo Sóller

### 2009

    7th Overall Tour of Hainan

### 2010

    Netherlands Antilles Road Championships
       1st Road race
       1st Time trial
    3rd Overall Tour de Beauce
       1st Stages 3 & 5
    5th Chrono de Gatineau

### 2011

    1st Road race, Pan American Games
    Curaçao National Road Championships
       1st Road race
       1st Time trial

### 2012

    Curaçao National Road Championships
       1st Road race
       1st Time trial
    1st Stage 5 Tour of Britain
    2nd Amstel Curaçao Race
    4th Overall Tour of the Gila
    5th Volta Limburg Classic
    6th Overall Tour de Beauce
    Pan American Road Championships
       7th Road race
       8th Time trial

### 2013

    1st Stage 5 Tour de Beauce
    3rd Amstel Curaçao Race
    8th Volta Limburg Classic
    10th Les Boucles du Sud Ardèche

### 2014

    1st Mountains classification Tour of Turkey
    2nd Overall Tour of Norway
       1st Stage 2
    7th Overall Tour de San Luis
    7th Overall Tour des Fjords

### 2015

    2nd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
    5th Trofeo Serra de Tramuntana

### 2017

    5th Overall Tour of China I
    6th Overall Tour of Hainan

### 2018

    1st Overall Tour de Kumano
       1st Points classification
       1st Mountains classification