Henk Lubberding (born 4 August 1953 in Voorst) is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer. He was a professional from 1977 to 1992.

Henk Lubberding
Personal information
Full nameHenk Lubberding
Born (1953-08-04) 4 August 1953 (age 71)
Voorst, Netherlands
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1977–1983TI–Raleigh
1984–1992Panasonic–Raleigh
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
Young rider classification (1978)
3 individual stages (1978, 1980, 1983)
6 TTT stages (1980, 1981, 1982, 1988)

One-day races and Classics

National Road Race Championships
(1978, 1979)
Gent–Wevelgem (1980)

As an amateur, he finished third in the 1976 Tour de l'Avenir. The following year he turned professional with the Dutch cycling team TI–Raleighof Peter Post. Lubberding stayed his entire career in teams directed by Post. In 1978, Lubberding was road race champion of the Netherlands and won a stage in the 1978 Tour de France, finishing eighth overall and best young rider. He was a good mountain climber despite being tall, and from the low lands of Holland.

After team leader Hennie Kuiper left, Lubberding and Paul Wellens became co-leaders and Lubberding performed well throughout 1979 with high placings in Paris–Nice, the Amstel Gold Race, Gent–Wevelgem, Tour de Romandie, Rund um den Henninger-Turm and the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. He won the Dutch road race title again and finished 18th in the 1979 Tour de France. His role of team leader ended in 1979.

Lubberding helped Jan Raas win the world championship in 1979. He also helped Joop Zoetemelk win the 1980 Tour de France. He won two more stages in the Tour de France and wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification in 1988.

Lubberding worked on his farm, even during his racing period.

He retired at the end of 1992 with 58 victories including Gent–Wevelgem.

Major results

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1975
1st Ronde van Limburg
1976
3rd Overall Trophée Peugeot de l'Avenir
1st Stage 6
1977
2nd Tour du Haut Var
7th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
1978
1st   Road race, National Road Championships
1st Stage 4a Tour de Suisse
2nd Overall Tour d'Indre-et-Loire
6th Overall Paris–Nice
8th Overall Tour de France
1st   Young rider classification
1st Stage 10
8th La Flèche Wallonne
8th Grand Prix des Nations
10th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
1979
1st   Road race, National Road Championships
1st Prologue Tour d'Indre-et-Loire
2nd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
2nd Amstel Gold Race
2nd Rund um den Henninger-Turm
3rd Overall Tour de Romandie
1st Prologue
3rd Grand Prix de Cannes
3rd Trofeo Baracchi (with Bert Oosterbosch)
4th Overall Paris–Nice
5th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
5th Gent–Wevelgem
5th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
8th Overall Tour de Suisse
1st Stage 9a
8th Brabantse Pijl
9th Milano–Torino
9th Züri-Metzgete
1980
1st Gent–Wevelgem
1st Stage 7a (ITT) Volta a Catalunya
2nd Overall Tour Méditerranéen
1st Stage 5
5th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
1st Stage 2
6th La Flèche Wallonne
7th Overall Paris–Nice
8th Road race, National Road Championships
8th Overall Ronde van Nederland
1st Stage 5b (TTT)
9th Overall Grand Prix du Midi Libre
10th Overall Tour de France
1st Stages 1b (TTT), 3 & 7a (TTT)
10th Paris–Brussels
1981
Tour de France
1st Stages 1b (TTT) & 4 (TTT)
5th Overall Tour de Suisse
5th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
6th Road race, National Road Championships
6th Grand Prix Pino Cerami
7th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
9th Overall Ronde van Nederland
1st Stage 5b (TTT)
1982
1st Stage 9a (TTT) Tour de France
1st Stage 5b (TTT) Ronde van Nederland
5th Road race, National Road Championships
9th Gent–Wevelgem
1983
1st Stage 4 Tour de Romandie
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
2nd Ronde van Limburg
5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
7th Overall Volta a Catalunya
8th Overall Ronde van Nederland
1st Stage 3b (TTT)
10th Overall Tour de France
1st Stage 13
10th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
1984
1st Stage 7 (TTT) Ronde van Nederland
2nd Road race, National Road Championships
6th La Flèche Wallonne
1985
1st   Overall Tour of Norway
1st Stage 2
1st Stage 4a Tour Méditerranéen
1st Stage 5b (TTT) Ronde van Nederland
4th Veenendaal–Veenendaal
5th Züri-Metzgete
1986
8th Overall Étoile de Bessèges
9th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
1987
3rd Rund um den Henninger-Turm
1988
Tour de France
1st Stage 2 (TTT)
Held   after Stage 5
4th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
10th Overall Ronde van Nederland
1989
2nd Overall Tour de Trump
1st Stage 2
8th Grand Prix d'Isbergues
1992
6th Veenendaal–Veenendaal

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
  Vuelta a España 97
  Giro d'Italia 96 69 69 69
  Tour de France 26 8 18 10 54 46 10 40 82 DNF 95 DNF 119
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

See also

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  • "Palmarès of Henk Lubberding". Archived from the original on 2007-10-17. Retrieved 2017-03-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  • Henk Lubberding at Cycling Archives (archived) 
  • Henk Lubberding at ProCyclingStats 
  • Henk Lubberding at CycleBase 
  • Official Tour de France results for Henk Lubberding Archived 2019-02-26 at the Wayback Machine
Sporting positions
Preceded by Dutch National Road Race Champion
1978,1979
Succeeded by