Rob Harmeling

Rob Harmeling (born 4 December 1964) is a retired Dutch professional road bicycle racer. Harmeling rode the Tour de France three times: in 1991 he was the lanterne rouge, in 1992 he won a stage, and in 1994 he was disqualified for hanging onto the team car. As amateur, Harmeling competed in the road race at the 1988 Summer Olympics and finished in 38th place. He won the world title in team time trial at the 1986 UCI Road World Championships.

In 2023 Harmeling joined the new Dutch continental tour team Tour de Tietema-Unibet as directeur sportif.

Major results

 * 1986
 * Tijdrit Velddriel
 * World Amateur 100km Team Time Trial Championship
 * Ronde van Overijssel
 * Flèche du Sud


 * 1991
 * Tiel


 * 1992
 * Steenwijk
 * Tour de France:
 * Winner stage 3