# Maarten den Bakker

Maarten Jan den Bakker (born 26 January 1969) is a retired road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who was a professional rider from 1990 to 2008. He won the Dutch National Road Race Championships twice and he participated in nine Tours de France, completing each of them. In 2008, Den Bakker ended his career. He also competed in the team time trial at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

## Career achievements
### Major results
#### 1989

    2nd Overall Olympia's Tour

#### 1990

    5th Brussels–Ingooigem

#### 1991

    5th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico

#### 1993

    2nd Overall Tour de Luxembourg
       1st Stage 4
    2nd Veenendaal–Veenendaal

#### 1994

    1st Nationale Sluitingprijs
    2nd Overall Tour de l'Avenir
       1st Stage 3
    2nd De Brabantse Pijl
    9th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
    10th Giro di Lombardia

#### 1995

    2nd Grand Prix de Wallonie
    2nd Overall Tour of Galicia
    3rd Road race, National Road Championships
    5th Züri Metzgete
    8th Overall Ronde van Nederland
    10th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    10th De Brabantse Pijl

#### 1996

    1st Road race, National Road Championships
    1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Andalucía
    4th De Brabantse Pijl
    8th Overall Ronde van Nederland

#### 1997

    2nd Brabantse Pijl
    4th GP Rik Van Steenbergen
    6th Overall Route du Sud
    7th GP de Suisse

#### 1998

    3rd Paris–Bourges
    2nd Amstel Gold Race
    4th La Flèche Wallonne
    7th Rund um den Henninger Turm
    8th Overall GP Tell
       1st Stage 2
    9th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    10th Overall Ronde van Nederland

#### 1999

    1st Road race, National Road Championships
    2nd La Flèche Wallonne
    3rd Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    4th Amstel Gold Race
    6th Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli
    6th Delta Profronde
    6th Overall Paris–Nice
    8th Overall Ronde van Nederland
       1st Stage 5
    8th Overall Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
    9th Dwars door Vlaanderen

#### 2000

    3rd Time trial, National Road Championships
    5th Overall Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
    6th Rund um den Henninger Turm
    7th GP Ouest-France
    8th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
    10th Overall Guldensporentweedaagse

#### 2001

    7th Omloop Het Volk
    8th Overall Ronde van Nederland
    10th Luk-Cup Bühl

#### 2003

    1st Time trial, National Road Championships
    1st Stage 4 UNIQA Classic
    5th Ronde van Midden-Zeeland
    6th Overall Tour of Belgium
    8th Tour Beneden-Maas

#### 2004

    8th Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne

#### 2005

    4th Schaal Sels

#### 2007

    1st Profronde van Fryslan
    3rd Road race, National Road Championships
    7th Nationale Sluitingprijs
    10th Overall Tour of Belgium

#### 2008

    1st Stage 1b (TTT) Brixia Tour

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Year | Tour de France | Vuelta a España |
| 1992 | 92nd | |
| 1993 | 91st | 71st |
| 1994 | | Not finished |
| 1995 | 52nd | |
| 1996 | 64th | 40th |
| 1997 | 64th | Not finished |
| 1998 | 33rd | |
| 1999 | 84th | |
| 2000 | 49th | |
| 2001 | 75th | |
| 2004 | | 84th |
Sporting positions :
| Preceded byServais Knaven Michael Boogerd | Dutch National Road Race Champion 1996 1999 | Succeeded byMichael Boogerd Léon van Bon |