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Raas was a tactician and clever sprinter. He struggled on the long steep climbs but excelled on the short climbs characteristic of the northern classics.

Career

Born in Heinkenszand, near Goes in Zeeland, Raas was the son of a farmer and one of 10 children. He showed no interest in cycling until leaving school at 16 when he acquired his first racing bike and started competing as a junior category, taking his first victory in Damme in Belgium on the 21 July 1969. Further success as an amateur, including stage wins in the Olympia Tour and the national championship, prompted Peter Post, the manager of {{ct|TIR}}, to offer Raas a contract for 1975

The 22-year-old had a good first season with two small victories and fourth in the Tour of Belgium. The following year (1976) saw him become national champion, but at the end of that year Raas parted company with {{ct|TIR|nolink=y}}, looking for more freedom to race.^[2]

In 1977 he rode for Frisol. Victories in Milan–San Remo and the Amstel Gold Race made Post rethink and Raas was back with {{ct|TIR|nolink=y}} for 1978. Raas became the influence behind the success of the team in the late seventies and early eighties. He was joint leader with Gerrie Knetemann, heading members such as Joop Zoetemelk, Ludo Peeters, Cees Priem and Henk Lubberding.

He played a major role in the victory of Zoetemelk in the 1980 Tour de France, as TI-Raleigh had one of the most dominant performances in all of TDF history not only containing Bernard Hinault, but also winning twelve stages, including seven in a row at one point.

Raas’ highlights for the rest of his career included his 1979 world championship on home soil in Valkenburg, where he outsprinted German "Didi" Thurau in front of 200,000 spectators (even with the help from team-mates that push him during the climb, grabbing service vehicle, and the fall of Giovanni Battaglin caused by Thurau and Raas himself on the last 200m). He had four more victories in the Amstel Gold Race to give a record of five. Raas regarded the Amstel Gold as his favourite race: “The Gold Race was made for me, I had no ability as a climber, but the short and hard Limburg hills were made for me”, he said. He won Paris–Roubaix at his seventh attempt in 1982 thanks to work by his team, especially Peeters.

Raas crashed in the 1984 Milan–San Remo, injuring his back and internal organs and was never the same, although he took a stage in the 1984 Tour de France. He found the training and recovery hard and retired on 28 May 1985 after a criterium at Hansweert the preceding day.

Raas’ know-how made for a natural move into team management and he became sporting director of Kwantum team. Raas found sponsors when old ones pulled out and the team received backing from SuperConfex, Buckler, WordPerfect, Novell and finally Rabobank.

Raas and his wife Anja suffered an armed raid on their house in March 1994^[3] and Raas decided he could no longer spend long periods away from home. He changed from sporting director to manager when Rabobank became the main sponsor in 1995. He spent eight years in this capacity until the end of 2003, the sponsor indicating that insoluble differences prompted Raas' departure.^[4]

Career achievements

Major results

Monuments results timeline

Monument

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

Milan–San Remo

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105

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Tour of Flanders

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Paris–Roubaix

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Liège–Bastogne–Liège

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Giro di Lombardia

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Awards

See also

References

1. ^John Wilcockson (2010-04-16) Amstel Gold Race preview: Horner and Hesjedal are North America’s best chance. Velonews.competitor.com. Retrieved on 2013-01-16.
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingrevealed.com/Top_20_Clsscs/top20Cl_18.htm|title= Top 20 All Time Major Classics: Milan–San Remo 1977: Youthful Dutchman Wins a Monument|author=Boyce, Barry|publisher=Cycling revealed|year=2006|accessdate=30 September 2010}}
3. ^"Jan Raas" by Noel Truyers, {{ISBN|90-74128-45-9}}, Pages 39 and 40
4. ^Anthony Tan (2003-12-10) "I just want to kick ass!". Autobus.cyclingnews.com. Retrieved on 2013-01-16.
5. ^¹{{cite web|title=Jan Raas (Netherlands) |url=http://www.the-sports.org/cycling-raas-jan-results-identity-s2-c2-b4-o40-w46404.html |work=The-Sports.org |publisher=Info Média Conseil |accessdate=23 April 2013 |location=Québec, Canada |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413155607/http://www.the-sports.org/cycling-raas-jan-results-identity-s2-c2-b4-o40-w46404.html |archivedate=13 April 2012 |df= }}
6. ^{{cite web|title=Jan Raas|url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=4300|work=Cycling Archives|publisher=de Wielersite|accessdate=23 April 2013}}

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