# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marinus-wagtmans
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:26:52.019Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marinus-wagtmans"
name: "Marinus Wagtmans"
slug: "marinus-wagtmans"
description: "Marinus \"Rini\" Wagtmans is a former Dutch professional road bicycle racer. He was the nephew of Wout Wagtmans, a former professional who had won the Tour de Romandie stage race in 1952. His father was a masseur while Tour de France stage winner Wim van Est was his neighbour. In 1968 Rini turned professional. The following year he finished third overall in the 1969 Vuelta a España. He rode four editions of the Tour de France and won three stages, one in 1970, one in 1971 and one in 1972. In the 1970 Tour de France he finished fifth overall. In 1971 Tour de France while riding for Molteni, he wore the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification for one day but teammate and team leader Eddy Merckx took the jersey the following day. He also won two stages in the 1970 Vuelta a España. Wagtmans was known as one of the best descenders in the peloton. His hair earned him the nickname \"witte bles\", which translates as \"white blaze\". Wagtmans ended his career early due to heart problems. Afterwards he was a cycling coach, a member for the Royal Dutch Cycling Union, and then a successful businessman. In 2005, Wagtmans was invested as a Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau. In 2006, Wagtmans’ biography was published."
tagline: "Road bicycle racer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Coach_Wielrenploeg_Rini_Wagtmans%2C_Bestanddeelnr_930-9191.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Netherlands"
  isoCode: "NL"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1946-12-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             23.19095477386935
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Marinus Wagtmans"
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    title: "Marinus Wagtmans"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rini_Wagtmans"
    title: "Rini Wagtmans"
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    title: "Marinus Wagtmans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rini_Wagtmans"
    title: "Rini Wagtmans"
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    title: "رینی واختمانس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marinus_Wagtmans"
    title: "Marinus Wagtmans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marinus_Wagtmans"
    title: "Marinus Wagtmans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rini_Wagtmans"
    title: "Rini Wagtmans"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marinus_Wagtmans"
    title: "Marinus Wagtmans"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump