fullname updated death_date death_place birth_place majorwins ridername discipline birth_date role image article_title
jos van der vleuten february 25 , 2012 5 december 2011 dominican republic mierlo-hout , the netherlands points classification 1966 vuelta a españa jos van der vleuten road 7 february 1943 rider jos-van-der-vleuten-1315762957 . jpg jos van der vleuten

jos van der vleuten

jos van der vleuten -lrb- 7 february 1943 -- 5 december 2011 -rrb- was a dutch professional road bicycle racer from 1965 to 1973 .
van der vleuten was not a team leader , but usually rode his races helping his team mates , mainly jan janssen .
the major result in his career was winning the points classification in the vuelta a españa in 1966 , without winning any stage .
he rode the race again in 1967 , 1970 and 1972 , each time winning one stage .
van de vleuten also rode the tour de france six times , never winning a stage .
after the 1967 uci road world championships , where he finished in fifth place , van der vleuten tested positive for doping , and was disqualified .
