Eddy Bouwmans

Dutch cyclist

Rider (retired)
Hospitality coordinator

Professional teams1990–1992Panasonic–Sportlife1993–1994Novemail–Histor–Laser Computer1995Novell–Decca–Colnago1996–1997Foreldorado-Golff Managerial team2016–LottoNL–Jumbo Major winsGrand Tours

Tour de France

Young rider classification (1992)

1 TTT Stage (1992)

Eddy Bouwmans (born 30 January 1968) is a Dutch former road bicycle racer.^[1] Bouwmans currently works as a Hospitality Coordinator for UCI WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike.^[2]

Career

In 1989 at the Tour DuPont Bouwmans finished third in the opening time-trial less than four seconds behind the winner.^[3] Bouwmans won the young rider classification in the 1992 Tour de France.^[4] He finished fourteenth in the Tour that year.^[5] In 1996 Bouwmans came ninth at the Tour of Austria.^[6]

Doping admission

In 2013 Bouwmans admitted to having used testosterone and cortisone as a professional rider. He also admitted to have had three injections of EPO in 1994.^[7]

Major results

Sources:^[8]^[1]^[9]

1989

1st Flèche Ardennaise

3rd Ronde van Limburg

1990

5th Overall Étoile de Bessèges

5th Overall Vuelta a Asturias

7th Overall Tour de Suisse

7th Overall Vuelta a Burgos

7th Overall Tour de l'Avenir

1991

6th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

6th Overall Tour de Suisse

9th Overall Tour of Britain

1992

Tour de France

1st Young rider classification

1st Stage 4 (TTT)

3rd Clásica de San Sebastián

5th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme

10th Overall Tour de Suisse

10th Brabantse Pijl

1993

1st Classique des Alpes

1st Stage 4 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré

3rd Overall Vuelta a Murcia

3rd Eschborn–Frankfurt

4th Overall Tour de Suisse

5th Arnhem–Veenendaal Classic

7th Trophée des Grimpeurs

9th Grand Prix d'Isbergues

1994

1st Stage 1 Critérium International

1st Stage 3 Tour du Limousin

7th Japan Cup

1996

2nd Trofeo Luis Puig

2nd Seraing-Aachen-Seraing

5th Grand Prix de Wallonie

8th Overall Vuelta a Mallorca

9th Overall Tour of Austria

1997

1st

Overall ZLM Tour

7th Overall Tour of Austria

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Giro d'Italia	—	—	—	—	—
Tour de France	—	14	45	—	45
Vuelta a España	41	—	—	—	27

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

References

^ ^a ^b "Eddy Bouwmans". www.procyclingstats.com. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
^ "Eddy Bouwmans". Team Jumbo-Visma. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
^ "CRAVEN WINS TRUMP TRIAL". Washington Post. 6 May 1989. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
^ "BikeRaceInfo's Tour de France Points, Young Rider and Team classifications". bikeraceinfo.com. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
^ "25 jaar te laat ontvangt Bouwmans eindelijk zijn witte trui". nos.nl (in Dutch). 5 July 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
^ "Tour of Austria – June 6–15". autobus.cyclingnews.com. 1996. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
^ "Rondgang NRC langs renners: intrede epo legde kiem voor dopingcrisis". NRC (in Dutch). 17 January 2013. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
^ "Eddy Bouwmans". FirstCycling.com. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
^ "Eddy Bouwmans". www.cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 24 October 2022.