Dutch cyclist
Maarten Ducrot (born 8 April 1958, in Vlissingen) is a Dutch former professional road bicycle racer, and currently a cycling reporter for the Dutch television.
Biography.
Ducrot rode the Tour de France five times, of which he finished four times. In his first Tour in 1985, he won the 9th stage. After the Tour, he was given the combativity award. He also competed in the team time trial event at the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Ducrot ended his professional cycling career in 1991, after which he worked as organisation advisor. Since 2004, he is a cycling reporter for the Dutch television program Studio Sport.
In January 2000, on the Dutch TV-show "Reporter", he admitted that he had used cortisone and testosterone, as well as Synacthen, "a very bad medicine", and he still regrets using it. Ducrot said he used synacthen in 1982 when he was an amateur.
Major results.
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 1st Team time trial, UCI Road World Championships
 3rd Overall Tour de l'Avenir
 2nd Overall Étoile des Espoirs
 Tour de France
1st Stage 9
 Combativity award Stage 1 &amp; Overall
 1st Profronde van Wateringen
 5th Overall Giro di Puglia
 1st Stage 2 Tour de Romandie
 1st Stage 7a Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
 1st Stage 8 Coors Classic
 1st Stage 5 (TTT) Tour of the Netherlands
 8th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
 1st GP de la Liberté Fribourg
 3rd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía
 7th Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem
 7th Rund um den Henninger Turm
 9th GP Stad Zottegem
 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
 5th Overall Tour of the Netherlands
 1st Profronde van Oostvoorne
 6th Druivenkoers-Overijse
 10th GP Stad Zottegem
References.
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