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Erik Breukink was born on 1 April, 1964 in Rheden, the Netherlands, is a Dutch cyclist. Discover Erik Breukink's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 59 years old?
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Erik Breukink |
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Age |
59 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Aries |
Born |
1 April, 1964 |
Birthday |
1 April |
Birthplace |
Rheden, the Netherlands |
Nationality |
Netherlands
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He is a member of famous Cyclist with the age 59 years old group.
Erik Breukink Height, Weight & Measurements
At 59 years old, Erik Breukink height is 1.85m and Weight 70 kg.
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1.85m |
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70 kg |
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Erik Breukink Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Erik Breukink worth at the age of 59 years old? Erik Breukink’s income source is mostly from being a successful Cyclist. He is from Netherlands. We have estimated Erik Breukink's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Under Review |
Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
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Under Review |
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Cyclist |
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Timeline
Erik Breukink (born 1 April 1964) is a former Dutch professional road racing cyclist.
In 1980 he changed to pursue a cycling career.
In 1982, this appeared to be a good choice, when he won the Dutch national pursuit championship for juniors.
In 1985, Breukink won 2 time trial stages in Olympia's Tour, and finished 3rd place overall.
He decided to switch to a professional career.
Breukink made his debut as a pro in 1986 for the Skala-Gazelle team.
He turned out to be a time trial specialist and was a good climber.
In his Tour de France debut in 1987, he won one stage and finished second in the young rider classification.
In 1988, Breukink won the youth competition in the Tour de France.
His real breakthrough in the major courses was the 1988 Giro d'Italia, where he debuted with a 2nd place, winning the Gavia Pass stage in a snowstorm.
In the 1988 Tour de France he won the young rider classification and finished 13th place.
In the 1989 Tour de France, he showed his time trial skills by winning the prologue, and wearing the yellow jersey for one day.
In that year's Giro d'Italia, he almost won, but lost the lead in the Dolomites due to hunger.
In 1990, finished 3rd in the 1990 Tour de France.
Most recently, he served as the manager of the team.
Born in Rheden, Breukink was born in a cycling family, as his father Willem Breukink was director of the Gazelle bicycle factory.
Despite this, he chose to be a footballer.
In 1990, Breukink wanted to focus on the Tour de France, so he switched to the PDM team, that allowed him to do so.
In the 1990 Tour de France, the result was good, winning two stages and finishing 3rd overall.
The result could even have been better, but Breukink suffered from some bad luck: in the climb to the Tourmalet Breukink had to switch bicycles three times.
In 1991, Breukink together with the entire PDM-team had to leave the tour ranked 3rd, officially due to food poisoning, but it was later exposed that it was due to Intralipid.
In 1992, he appeared weak, especially in his favourite time trials.
In 1993, Breukink switched to the team, where his performance improved again.
Bad luck followed him however, as just before the start of the 1993 Tour de France, he was hit by a car test riding the new Lotus 110.
The damage to his left knee caused him to give up during the Tour.
Breukink rode the Tour de France four times afterwards, but never reached his old level.
In 1997 he ended his professional cycling career, having ridden 11 Tours de France and won 4 stages.
He garnered 61 career victories in total.
After one year as a Public Relations officer for the Rabobank-team, Breukink started as co-commentator for the NOS, covering the Tour de France.
In 2002 and 2003, the GP Erik Breukink, a UCI level 2.3 course, was run, with Erik Dekker and Fabian Cancellara as winners, but it was discontinued in 2004 due to financial problems.
On 13 January 2004, it was announced that Erik Breukink started as a team manager for the team.
Thanks to his ONCE-years, Erik Breukink speaks Spanish fluently, which is helpful to communicate with the Spanish cyclists in the Rabobank team and cyclist Denis Menchov, who also speaks Spanish better than English.
Since Breukink became team manager, the Rabobank cycling team's successes have included Paris–Tours, Milan–San Remo, the Brabantse Pijl (3×), the Tirreno–Adriatico (2×), the Tour de Romandie, the final classification and three stages in the Vuelta a España, 6 stages in the Tour de France and the mountains classification (2×) in the Tour de France.
On, 20 July 2006, Breukink received the "médaille de la fidélité" from the Tour de France organisation, because he had been present in the Tour de France for 20 years.
(11 times as rider, 1 time as PR-officer, 5 times as sports commentator and 3 times as team manager).