Marc de Maar

Marc de Maar (born 15 February 1984) is a Curaçaoan former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2006 and 2018.

At the age of 14, de Maar was ice skating in the winter and cycling in the summer, with better results in cycling.

In 2000, de Maar won some criteriums in the Netherlands, and signed a youth contract for two years for.

The second year was not so good, and after his contract ended in 2002, he did not get a new contract.

De Maar found a different team, "Löwik-Tegeltoko".

In 2003, he performed better, although he had no victories.

Still, the Rabobank team decided to sign him again.

In 2004 and 2005 he rode in the.

In those years, he won some races, and in 2006 he became a member of the professional division of.

De Maar signed with for the 2011 season, but moved to for the 2012 season.

In the 2012 Tour of Britain, de Maar took the victory on the fifth stage.

With 9 km left, he hit the tarmac with two other riders after taking a corner too wide.

He slowly picked himself up, got back on his bike and reintegrated the group.

He rode away solo 6.5 km from the finish, and crossed the line with an advantage of 15 seconds on the chasers.

In September 2014 it was announced that de Maar would join the new squad for 2015.

In his first year as a junior for that team, de Maar won some races, and finished 18th in the World Road race championship for young riders.