Hennie Stamsnijder

Hennie Stamsnijder
Personal information
Full name	Hendrikus Johannes Maria Stamsnijder
Born	21 July 1954 (age 67); Enter, the Netherlands
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Cyclo-cross
Role	Rider
Amateur team
1975–1979	–
Professional teams
1980–1982	DAF trucks
1983–1986	Willy Van Doorne
1987–1989	PDM-Concorde
Major wins
	World Cyclo Cross Championships 1981 ; 4 wins Superprestige classification
show Medal record
Representing Netherlands
Men's cyclo-cross
World Championships

Hendrikus (Hennie) Johannes Maria Stamsnijder (born 21 July 1954 in Enter, Overijssel) is a Dutch former professional cyclo-cross and road racing cyclist.

Stamsnijder was military cyclo-cross world champion in 1975. In 1976 he took part in the Olympic Games.^{[citation needed]} In 1979 he won the Essen cyclo-cross and the amateur Dutch road race championship. In 1980 he turned professional for DAF Trucks, finishing third in the cyclo-cross world championship.

Stamsnijder's greatest success was becoming cyclo-cross world champion in 1981 in Tolosa in the Basque Country. On a muddy course he left the Belgian Roland Liboton and the Swiss champion Albert Zweifel behind him to take the title. Stamsnijder was the first Dutch world cyclo-cross champion and that year he was named sportsman of the year.

Stamsnijder rode the Tour de France in 1980 and 1981, but it was cyclo-cross that brought his greatest victories, winning the Superprestige classification in 1983, 1984, 1987 and 1989 with 14 wins in Superprestige races.^[1]

In 1989 Stamsnijder ended his career when his son fell ill. He became the coach of the Dutch cyclo-cross team and is now a manager of Shimano sports marketing. His son, Tom Stamsnijder, is a professional for Argos-Shimano.

References[]

^ "De 222 overwinningen in de Superprestige". Superprestige cyclocross. Retrieved 2008-02-20.

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[1] "De 222 overwinningen in de Superprestige". Superprestige cyclocross. Retrieved 2008-02-20.

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show v t UCI Cyclo-cross World Champions – Men's elite race
1950–1959	Jean Robic () Roger Rondeaux (–) André Dufraisse (–) Renato Longo ()
1960–1979	Rolf Wolfshohl (–) Renato Longo () Rolf Wolfshohl () Renato Longo (–) Erik De Vlaeminck () Renato Longo () Erik De Vlaeminck (–) Albert Van Damme () Roger De Vlaeminck () Albert Zweifel (–)
1980–1999	Roland Liboton () Hennie Stamsnijder () Roland Liboton (–) Klaus-Peter Thaler () Albert Zweifel () Klaus-Peter Thaler () Pascal Richard () Danny De Bie () Henk Baars () Radomír Šimůnek () Mike Kluge () Dominique Arnould () Paul Herygers () Dieter Runkel () Adri van der Poel () Daniele Pontoni () Mario De Clercq (–)
2000–2019	Richard Groenendaal () Erwin Vervecken () Mario De Clercq () Bart Wellens (–) Sven Nys () Erwin Vervecken (–2007) Lars Boom (2008) Niels Albert (2009) Zdeněk Štybar (2010–2011) Niels Albert (2012) Sven Nys (2013) Zdeněk Štybar (2014) Mathieu van der Poel () Wout van Aert (–) Mathieu van der Poel ()
2020–2039	Mathieu van der Poel (–)