and 1990. In 1991 he became head of the Telekom team. In 1992 he was approached by Jim Ochowicz, manager of the American Motorola team, to become assistant team manager. Kuiper stayed with Motorola for four years. Since 1997 he has worked for the Rabobank team in public relations, as well as coaching the Dutch national team on occasions. He has two sons from his first marriage with Ine Nolten: Patrick Kuiper and Bjorn Kuiper. He lives with his second wife, Marianne, in Lonneker. Career achievements Major results 1970 3rd Overall Tour of Yugoslavia 1st Stage 2 1971 1st Overall Circuit de Saône-et-Loire 1st Stage 5 Tour of Yugoslavia 1st Stage 1a Trois jours de Hénin Liétard 3rd Overall Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt 1st Stage 7 1972 1st Road race, Olympic Games 1st Overall Milk Race 1st Overall Ronde van Drenthe 2nd Overall Tour du Limousin 10th Overall Trophée Peugeot de l'Avenir 1973 1st Stage 2 Tour de l'Aude 2nd Züri-Metzgete 4th Overall Tour de Luxembourg 5th Amstel Gold Race 10th Overall Volta a Catalunya 1974 1st Overall Tour d'Indre-et-Loire 1st GP Union Dortmund 2nd Paris–Camembert 7th Overall Paris–Nice 7th Overall Volta a Catalunya 9th Züri-Metzgete 1975 1st Road race, UCI Road World Championships 1st Road race, National Road Championships 2nd Grand Prix Le Télégramme de Brest 2nd Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen 3rd Trofeo Baracchi 4th Overall Tour de Luxembourg 5th Overall Vuelta a España 1st Stage 18 7th Paris–Brussels 9th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico 9th Amstel Gold Race 10th Overall Tour of the Netherlands 1976 Tour de France 1st Stages 4 & 5a (TTT) 2nd Overall Paris–Nice 2nd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía 2nd Omloop Het Volk 2nd Paris–Brussels 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 4th Paris–Roubaix 5th Liège–Bastogne–Liège 5th Amstel Gold Race 6th Overall Vuelta a España 1st Stage 4 1st Overall Tour de Suisse 1st Stage 3 10th Overall Tour of the Netherlands 1977 2nd Overall Tour de France 1st Stage 17 2nd Overall Vuelta a Andalucía 3rd Amstel Gold Race 3rd Paris–Tours 4th Road race, UCI Road World Championships 6th Paris–Brussels 4th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk 8th Overall Tour de Luxembourg 10th Paris–Roubaix 10th Tour of Flanders 1978 Tour de France 1st Stages 4 (TTT) & 16 2nd Overall Tour de Romandie 2nd Trofeo Baracchi 3rd Rund um den Henninger Turm 3rd Grand Prix des Nations 4th Overall Tour de Suisse 5th Overall Tour Méditerranéen 5th Amstel Gold Race 6th Liège–Bastogne–Liège