Steven Rooks

Steven Rooks
Personal information
Full name	Steven Rooks
Born	7 August 1960 (age 63); Oterleek, the Netherlands
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climber
Major wins
	Grand Tours Tour de France Mountains Classification (1988) Combination classification (1988, 1989) 2 individual stages Stage Races Tour de Luxembourg (1986) Single-Day Races and Classics; Dutch Road Race Championship (1991, 1994) Amstel Gold Race (1986) Liège–Bastogne–Liège (1983) Züri-Metzgete (1988)
	Representing the Netherlands
Road bicycle racing
World Championships
	Infobox last updated on; July 14, 2011

Steven Rooks (born 7 August 1960 in Oterleek, North Holland) is a former Dutch professional road racing cyclist known for his climbing ability. His professional career ran from 1982–1995.

Accomplishments

Tour de France

In the 1988 Tour de France, Rooks finished second and won a finish on L’Alpe d’Huez. He won the polka dot jersey for the mountains classification and the Présence Classification (or combination classification).^[1]

In the 1989 Tour, Rooks won Stage 15, a 39 km mountain top time trial to Orcières-Merlette; he finished seventh that year and again won the Présence Classification, the final year of that award.^[2]

Major results

Other victories include the 1983 Liège–Bastogne–Liège, the 1986 Tour de Luxembourg and Amstel Gold Race, a stage at the 1987 Tour de Suisse, the 1988 Züri-Metzgete, and 1994 national championship. He finished second at the 1991 World Cycling Championships behind Italy's Gianni Bugno and ahead of Spain's Miguel Indurain.

Doping confession

On the Dutch TV-show Reporter, Rooks admitted with Maarten Ducrot and Peter Winnen to doping. Rooks said he used testosterone and amphetamines during his 13-year career.^[3] In 2009, he admitted using EPO after 1989.^[4]

Results

Source:^[5]

1983

Kamerik

Liège–Bastogne–Liège

1984

Zuiderzee Derny Tour

1985

Heemskerk

Heerhugowaard

1986

Elsloo

GP de Wallonie

Kloosterzande

Valkenswaard

9th overall

1987

Eindhoven

Netherlands National Track Derny Championship

Schijndel

1988

Acht van Chaam

Draai van de Kaai

Nittedal-Oslo

Apeldoorn

Züri-Metzgete

Tour de France:

Winner stage 12

2nd overall

Winner Mountains Classification

Combination classification

1989

Mijl van Mares

Tour de France:

Combination classification

Winner stage 15

7th overall

1991: Dutch National Road Race Championship; Profronde van Oostvoorne; Valkenswaard
1994: Dutch National Road Race Championship

Grand Tours overall classification results timeline

Grand Tour	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Vuelta	-	-	WD	-	-	-	-	-	9	10	-	-	-
Giro	-	-	-	-	-	WD	-	75	-	-	WD	-	WD
Tour	WD	-	25	9	WD	2	7	33	26	17	WD	WD	-

WD = Withdrew

Honors

In 1988, Rooks was Dutch Sportsman of the year.^[6]
Since 2004, Maastricht, the Steven Rooks Classic, an amateur race, is organised in his honor.^[7]

References

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External links

Awards
Preceded by Ruud Gullit	Dutch Sportsman of the Year 1988	Succeeded by Leo Visser
Sporting positions
Preceded by Peter Winnen	Dutch National Road Race Champion 1991	Succeeded by Tristan Hoffman
Preceded by Erik Breukink	Dutch National Road Race Champion 1994	Succeeded by Servais Knaven

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[6] Sportman van het jaar

[7] Steven Rooks Classic

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v t e Liège–Bastogne–Liège winners
1880–1899	Léon Houa (1892–1894) (1895–1907, not held)
1900–1919	André Trousselier (1908) Victor Fastre (1909) (1910, not held) Joseph Van Daele (1911) Omer Verschoore (1912) Maurice Moritz (1913) (1914–1918, not held) Léon Devos (1919)
1920–1939	Léon Scieur (1920) Louis Mottiat (1921–1922) René Vermandel (1923–1924) Georges Ronsse (1925) Dieudonné Smets (1926) Maurice Raes (1927) Ernest Mottard (1928) Alphonse Schepers (1929) Hermann Buse (1930) Alphonse Schepers (1931) Marcel Houyoux (1932) François Gardier (1933) Théo Herckenrath (1934) Alphonse Schepers (1935) Albert Beckaert (1936) Éloi Meulenberg (1937) Alfons Deloor (1938) Albert Ritserveldt (1939)
1940–1959	(1940–1942, not held) Richard Depoorter (1943) (1944, not held) Jan Engels (1945) Prosper Depredomme (1946) Richard Depoorter (1947) Maurice Mollin (1948) Camille Danguillaume (1949) Prosper Depredomme (1950) Ferdinand Kübler (1951–1952) Alois De Hertog (1953) Marcel Ernzer (1954) Stan Ockers (1955) Fred De Bruyne (1956) Frans Schoubben and Germain Derycke (1957) Fred De Bruyne (1958–1959)
1960–1979	Albertus Geldermans (1960) Rik Van Looy (1961) Jef Planckaert (1962) Frans Melckenbeeck (1963) Willy Bocklant (1964) Carmine Preziosi (1965) Jacques Anquetil (1966) Walter Godefroot (1967) Valere Van Sweevelt (1968) Eddy Merckx (1969) Roger De Vlaeminck (1970) Eddy Merckx (1971–1973) Georges Pintens (1974) Eddy Merckx (1975) Joseph Bruyère (1976) Bernard Hinault (1977) Joseph Bruyère (1978) Dietrich Thurau (1979)
1980–1999	Bernard Hinault (1980) Josef Fuchs (1981) Silvano Contini (1982) Steven Rooks (1983) Sean Kelly (1984) Moreno Argentin (1985–1987) Adri van der Poel (1988) Sean Kelly (1989) Eric Van Lancker (1990) Moreno Argentin (1991) Dirk De Wolf (1992) Rolf Sørensen (1993) Evgeni Berzin (1994) Mauro Gianetti (1995) Pascal Richard (1996) Michele Bartoli (1997–1998) Frank Vandenbroucke (1999)
2000–2019	Paolo Bettini (2000) Oscar Camenzind (2001) Paolo Bettini (2002) Tyler Hamilton (2003) Davide Rebellin (2004) Alexander Vinokourov (2005) Alejandro Valverde (2006) Danilo Di Luca (2007) Alejandro Valverde (2008) Andy Schleck (2009) Alexander Vinokourov (2010) Philippe Gilbert (2011) Maxim Iglinsky (2012) Dan Martin (2013) Simon Gerrans (2014) Alejandro Valverde (2015)

Steven Rooks

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Accomplishments

Tour de France

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Doping confession

Results

Grand Tours overall classification results timeline

Honors

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