Mathieu Hermans

{{short description|Dutch cyclist}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2017}}

{{Infobox cyclist

| name = Mathieu Hermans

| image =

| full_name = Mathieu Hermans

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|1|9|df=y}}

| birth_place = Goirle, the Netherlands

| height =

| weight =

| currentteam = Retired

| discipline = Road

| role = Rider

| ridertype = Sprinter

| proyears1 = 1984–1989

| proteam1 = {{UCI team code|Artiach|1984}}

| proyears2 = 1990

| proteam2 = {{UCI team code|Seur|1990}}

| proyears3 = 1991–1992

| proteam3 = {{UCI team code|FES|1991}}

| proyears4 = 1993

| proteam4 = {{UCI team code|TVM|1993}}

| majorwins = Grand Tours

:Tour de France

::1 individual stage (1989)

:Vuelta a España

::9 individual stages (1988, 1989)

}}

Mathieu Hermans (born 9 January 1963 in Goirle) is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer. Mathieu Hermans was the Lanterne rouge of the Tour de France twice, in 1987 and 1989. He won a stage in the 1989 Tour de France. Hermans was more successful in the Vuelta a España, where he won 9 stages in total.{{cite web | url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/mathieu-hermans | title=Mathieu Hermans | work=ProCyclingStats | access-date=29 January 2021}}

Major results

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;1981

: 1st Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland

;1983

: 1st Stages 1 & 3 Triptyque Ardennais

;1984

: 1st Ziklokross Igorre

;1985

: 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a Castilla y León

: 2nd Circuito de Getxo

;1986

: 1st Stage 3 Tour de Romandie

: 2nd Overall Vuelta a Aragón

::1st Stages 2 & 7

: 8th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía

;1987

: 1st Paris–Camembert

: 1st Stages 1, 2 & 6 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

: 3rd Trofeo Masferrer

: 4th Overall Ronde van Nederland

::1st Stage 4

: 5th Scheldeprijs

: 5th Omloop van het Leiedal

;1988

: 1st Profronde van Maastricht

: 1st Profronde van Oostvoorne

: 1st Trofeo Masferrer

: Vuelta a España

::1st Stages 3, 5, 6, 9, 15 & 20

: 1st GP San Froilan Lugo

: 1st GP Albacete

: 1st Stage 1, 2a & 2b Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme

: 1st Stages 1, 2, 3 & 4 Vuelta a Murcia

: 1st Stages 3 & 5 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

: 1st Stage 1 Volta a Catalunya

: 1st Stage 4 Ronde van Nederland

: 4th E3-Prijs Harelbeke

;1989

: 1st Trofeo Luis Puig

: 1st Profronde van Pijnacker

: 1st Stage 11 Tour de France

:Vuelta a España

::1st Stages 12, 13 & 18

: 1st Stage 1 Tour de Luxembourg

: 1st Stage 1 Volta a Catalunya

: 3rd Veenendaal–Veenendaal

: 3rd Overall Tour de l'Oise

: 5th Tour of Flanders

: 8th Ronde van Limburg

: 9th E3-Prijs Harelbeke

: 9th Grand Prix Cerami

;1990

: 1st Stage 2 Volta a Catalunya

: 1st Stage 5 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme

: 1st Stage 6 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana

;1991

: 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Asturias

: 1st Stage 5 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme

;1992

: 1st Circuito de Getxo

: 1st Clasica de Sabiñanigo

: 1st Stage 2a Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme

: 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Murcia

: 1st Stage 1 Tour of Galicia

: 2nd Trofeo Masferrer

;1993

: 7th Binche–Tournai–Binche

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=Grand Tour general classification results timeline=

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! scope="col" | 1985

! scope="col" | 1986

! scope="col" | 1987

! scope="col" | 1988

! scope="col" | 1989

! scope="col" | 1990

! scope="col" | 1991

! scope="col" | 1992

! scope="col" | 1993

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|DNF

|135

|147

|138

|DNF

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|67

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|105

|140

|DNF

|115

|DNF

|DNF

References

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