Fedor den Hertog
{{Short description|Dutch cyclist (1946–2011)}}
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| name = Fedor den Hertog
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| full_name = Fedor den Hertog
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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1946|4|20}}
| birth_place = Utrecht, Netherlands
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2011|2|12|1946|4|20}}
| death_place = Ermelo, Netherlands
| height = 1.83 m
| weight = 76 kg
| currentteam = Retired
| discipline = Road
| role = Rider
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{{MedalSport|Men's road bicycle racing}}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalGold|1968 Mexico City|Team time trial}}
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Fedor Iwan den Hertog (20 April 1946{{spaced ndash}}12 February 2011) was a Dutch racing cyclist. His sporting career began with De IJsselstreek Wezep.{{Cite book|title=Wiel aan Wiel|last=Maaskant|first=Piet|publisher=La Rivière & Voorhoeve|year=1967|location=Zwolle|pages=154}} He won the Olympic 100 km team time trial in 1968 with Joop Zoetemelk, René Pijnen and Jan Krekels. He also won the national road championship in 1977.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418062314/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/de/fedor-den-hertog-1.html Fedor den Hertog]. Sports-reference.com. Retrieved on 25 November 2013.
Biography
Hertog was born to a Dutch father and Russian mother. As an amateur, he won the British Milk Race in 1969 and 1971. His most outstanding performance was the Rheinland-Pfalz tour in Germany in 1969, when he won nine of 11 stages and overall, 36 minutes ahead of the field.{{cite news|url=http://www.bndestem.nl/sport/sportalgemeen/5750963/Fedor-is-nog-steeds-een-mysterie.ece |work=BN De Stem |date=3 November 2009 |title=Fedor is nog steeds een mysterie |author=Pertijs, Ad |language=nl |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308185959/http://www.bndestem.nl/sport/sportalgemeen/5750963/Fedor-is-nog-steeds-een-mysterie.ece |archive-date=8 March 2012 }} He was national road champion in 1968 and pursuit champion in 1968 and 1971. He came third in the Olympic team time trial in 1972, but the team was disqualified for a doping offense. In 1969 and 1970, Hertog won the Grand Prix des Nations, and in 1969 won the Tour of Belgium. An accident with a car in the Belgian Ardennes on 17 August 1967 came close to ending his career. Den Hertog was considered the best amateur of his time, and many professional teams wanted him, but he declined out of fear to lose his freedom.
In 1974, Den Hertog finally turned professional but he had passed his peak. He first rode the Tour de France in 1974. He rode three times for the Dutch team, Frisol, coming 27th, 18th and then not finishing, although in 1977 he won the stage to Rouen. He broke away from the field 21 km from the finish and won by 20 seconds. He dropped out with knee pain in the 13th stage.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120308104424/http://www.wielercentrum.com/tourdefrance/achtergronden/nederlandsehelden/Fedor-den-Hertog-590.html ]}} He also rode for Lejeune-BP and the Belgian team, IJsboerke-Warncke Eis, but never with the success he had as an amateur.[https://web.archive.org/web/20060224053414/http://wielerhelden.blogse.nl/log/fedor-den-hertog.html Fedor den Hertog – Wielerhelden]. Wielerhelden.blogse.nl. Retrieved on 25 November 2013.
He won a stage in the Vuelta a España in 1977 but retired soon afterwards. He opened a bicycle business in Dilsen in Belgium but closed it for "personal circumstances". In 2007, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, from which he died in February 2011.
His brother, Nidi, was a professional cyclist from 1974 to 1980.[http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=8589 Nidi den Hertog]. cyclingarchives.com
Major results
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;1966
:{{NED}} National Militaries Road Championship
;1968
:{{NED}} National Amateur Track Pursuit Championship
:{{gold1}} Olympic Games Team Time Trial (with Jan Krekels, René Pijnen and Joop Zoetemelk)
;1969
;1970
:Omloop der Kempen
:Ronde van Limburg
;1971
:{{NED}} National Amateur Track Pursuit Championship
;1972
:1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall DDR Rundfahrt
;1973
;1976
:Ronde van Midden-Zeeland
;1977
:Liedekerkse Pijl
:{{flagicon|NED}} Dutch National Road Race Championship
:Schijndel
:Trofee Jan van Erp
::Winner stage 10
::Winner stage 3
;1979
:GP Frans Verbeeck
;1980
:Maaslandse Pijl
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See also
References
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External links
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- [http://histo.letour.fr/HISTO/TDF/riders/us/4210.html Official Tour de France results for Fedor den Hertog]{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
Category:Olympic cyclists for the Netherlands
Category:Cyclists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Category:Cyclists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Category:Cyclists from Utrecht (city)
Category:Dutch Tour de France stage winners
Category:Dutch Vuelta a España stage winners
Category:Deaths from prostate cancer in the Netherlands
Category:Olympic medalists in cycling
Category:Competitors stripped of Summer Olympics medals
Category:Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Category:UCI Road World Championships cyclists for the Netherlands