Bertus Voskamp (born June 6, 1968 in Wageningen

Wageningen

' is a municipality and a historical town in the central Netherlands, in the province of Gelderland. It is famous for Wageningen University, which specializes in life sciences. The city has 37,414 inhabitants , of which many thousands are students...

, Gelderland

Gelderland

Gelderland is the largest province of the Netherlands, located in the central eastern part of the country. The capital city is Arnhem. The two other major cities, Nijmegen and Apeldoorn have more inhabitants. Other major regional centers in Gelderland are Ede, Doetinchem, Zutphen, Tiel, Wijchen,...

) is a retired road bicycle racer from the Netherlands

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

, who was a professional rider from 1993 to 2005. He competed in five Tour de France

Tour de France

The Tour de France is an annual bicycle race held in France and nearby countries. First staged in 1903, the race covers more than and lasts three weeks. As the best known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours", the Tour de France attracts riders and teams from around the world. The...

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In the 1997 Tour de France

1997 Tour de France

The 1997 Tour de France was the 84th Tour de France, it took place July 5–27, 1997. Jan Ullrich's victory margin, of 9' 09" was the largest margin of victory since Laurent Fignon won the 1984 Tour de France by 10' 32"...

, on stage 19, Bart Voskamp crossed the finish line first, just before Jens Heppner

Jens Heppner

Jens Heppner is a German former road bicycle racer. He wore the maglia rosa during 2002 Giro d'Italia. Although he rode for Telekom during ten years, he has consistently denied ever having doped.- Palmarès :...

. However, both cyclists were disqualified for touching each other during the sprint, so the victory went to former third place Mario Traversoni

Mario Traversoni

Mario Traversoni is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer.In Stage 19 of the 1997 Tour de France, Traversoni finished third, 26 seconds behind Bart Voskamp and Jens Heppner. However, both Voskamp and Heppner were disqualified for bumping shoulders some 50 yards from the finish...

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Tour de France

• 1995
  1995 Tour de France
  The 1995 Tour de France was the 82nd Tour de France, taking place July 1 to July 23, 1995. It was Miguel Indurain's fifth and final victory in the Tour. On the fifteenth stage Italian rider Fabio Casartelli died after an accident on the Col de Portet d'Aspet....
  
   – 113th
• 1996
  1996 Tour de France
  The 1996 Tour de France was the 83rd Tour de France, starting on June 29 and ending on July 21, featuring 19 regular stages, 2 individual time trials, a prologue and a rest day ....
  
   – 99th
• 1997
  1997 Tour de France
  The 1997 Tour de France was the 84th Tour de France, it took place July 5–27, 1997. Jan Ullrich's victory margin, of 9' 09" was the largest margin of victory since Laurent Fignon won the 1984 Tour de France by 10' 32"...
  
   – 98th
• 1998
  1998 Tour de France
  The 1998 Tour de France, also called the Tour du Dopage , was marred by doping scandals throughout known as the Festina affair, starting with the arrest of Willy Voet, a soigneur in the French Festina team. Voet was traveling into France when he was arrested and found with large quantities of...
  
   – retired
• 2000
  2000 Tour de France
  The 2000 Tour de France was the 87th Tour de France, and took place from July 1 to July 23, 2000. It was won by American cyclist Lance Armstrong. The Tour started with an individual time trial in Futuroscope and ended traditionally in Paris. The distance travelled was 3662.5 km...
  
   – 115th

Palmarès

1991

National Time Trial Championship

1992

Grote Rivierenprijs

1994

Vuelta a España

1994 Vuelta a España

The 49th Vuelta a España , a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from April 25 to May 15, 1994. It consisted of 20 stages covering a total of 3531 km, and was won by Tony Rominger of the cycling team.Tony Rominger, winner of the past two editions, was once...

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Winner stage 17

Tiel

1995

Wingene

1996

Profronde van Surhuisterveen

Tour de France

1996 Tour de France

The 1996 Tour de France was the 83rd Tour de France, starting on June 29 and ending on July 21, featuring 19 regular stages, 2 individual time trials, a prologue and a rest day ....

Winner stage 18

Boxmeer

Noordwijk-aan-zee

1997

Mijl van Mares

Vuelta a España

1997 Vuelta a España

The 52nd Vuelta a España , a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from September 6 to September 28, 1997. It consisted of 22 stages covering a total of 3,773 km, and was won by Alex Zülle of the ONCE cycling team.-Stages:-Final General Classification...

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Winner stage 8

1998

Profronde van Stiphout

1999

National Time Trial Championship

Profronde van Oostvoorne

2001

Henk Vos Memorial

National Time Trial Championship

2002

Tour of Belgium

Tour of Belgium

The Tour of Belgium is a four-day bicycle race which is held annually in Belgium.It was held annually between 1908 and 1981, except during both world wars. Between 1982 and 1990 several of races were not organised and none at all during the decade 1991 to 2001...

Profronde van Oostvoorne

Ster Elektrotoer

Ster Elektrotoer

The Ster ZLM Toer is a stage race cycling race, held in the Netherlands as 2.1 race on the UCI Europe Tour. The race started in 1987 as an amateur race, and became a race for professional cyclists in 1996.-Name of the race:...

2003

Grand Prix Pino Cerami

Grand Prix Pino Cerami

Grand Prix Pino Cerami is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in April in Hainaut, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Giuseppe 'Pino' Cerami, after whom the race is named, is a former Belgian road bicycle racer...

Valkenburg Grotcriterium

2005

Gouden Pijl Emmen

External links

• Official Tour de France results for Bart Voskamp