Daan de Groot

{{Short description|Dutch cyclist (1933–1982)}}

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| death_place = Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Daniël ("Daan") de Groot (25 May 1933 – 8 January 1982) was a road bicycle and track cyclist from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/daan-de-groot-1.html |title=Daan de Groot Olympic Results |accessdate=28 December 2012 |work=sports-reference.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214032919/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/daan-de-groot-1.html |archivedate=14 December 2012 }}

In the 1952 Olympics, De Groot was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the men's 4,000 m team pursuit, alongside Adrie Voorting, Jan Plantaz and Jules Maenen. In 1954, he became a professional road cyclist, which he remained until 1962.

During the thirteenth stage of the 1955 Tour de France, De Groot was initially dropped by the peloton, and had problems with the heat. When he passed a field with cabbage, he took two leaves and put them in his neck and on his head, to protect him from the sun. He regained his strength, and was able to get back to the peloton. The peloton was also suffering from the heat, and De Groot decided to go for his chance, and escaped from the peloton. Nobody answered his attack, so he went solo. After some time, he was told his advantage was "{{lang|fr|treize minutes}}" (thirteen minutes), but De Groot's knowledge of the French language was not perfect, and he thought his advantage was three minutes, and he increased his speed. In the end he won the stage by more than twenty minutes.{{cite web|url=http://www.nusport.nl/rob-de-haan/2310064/dankzij-koolbladeren.html |title=Dankzij de koolbladeren |date=11 August 2010 |accessdate=12 August 2010 |language=Dutch |publisher=NuSport |author=De Haan, Rob |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100914110533/http://www.nusport.nl/rob-de-haan/2310064/dankzij-koolbladeren.html |archivedate=14 September 2010 }}

His sister Jannie competed as a swimmer for the Netherlands at the 1948 Summer Olympics. De Groot committed suicide in 1982, a year after his wife had died.