caption fullname ridertype proteam birth_place majorwins discipline birth_date proyears role image article_title name currentteam
raas in 1978 jan raas classics specialist ti-raleigh frisol-thirion-gazelle ti-raleigh-mc gregor rab 1984 heinkenszand , netherlands '' ` grand tours '' ' road 08 november 1952 1975 1985 -- 1976 1977 1978 -- 1983 1984 -- rider jan raas 1978 -lrb- cropped -rrb- . jpg jan raas
 jan raas retired
jan raas

jan raas -lrb- born 8 november 1952 -rrb- is a dutch former professional cyclist whose 115 wins include the 1979 world road race championship in valkenburg , he also won the tour of flanders in 1979 and 1983 , paris -- roubaix in 1982 and milan -- san remo in 1977 .
he won ten stages in the tour de france .
in six starts , raas won the amstel gold race five times .
raas was a tactician and clever sprinter .
he struggled on the long steep climbs but excelled on the short climbs characteristic of the northern classics .
