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Armed Attack: quote from "Jan Raas" by Noel Truyers, ISBN 9074128459, pages 39 and 40: The Raas family suffered another painful incident in March 1994, which led to Jan leaving his job as a directeur sportif to become a manager. It all started on the evening after Milan-San Remo. "I was sitting next to Eric Vanderaerden on the plane, and he had a mobile phone. I borrowed it to phone home, "where are you ?" my wife asked, and I replied we were just about to touch down. "If customs and baggage don't take too long, then I will be home in an hour". When I got back home, I noticed that the living room door was open. One of our two dogs came up to me wagging its tail. It was clearly pleased to see me after two weeks away from home. And it was just at that moment that two individuals leapt out on me. "We've got your wife and kids, and we want your money", they said. They hit my head with a revolver and there was blood pouring out everywhere. They dragged me into a room where I could see my wife, and they put the barrel of a gun against her forehead. It was terrible to see her in that situation. All the cupboards had been opened and there was a lot of stuff on the floor, including the garage tools, which they had tried to use to open the strong-box. Suddenly, I grabbed a hammer and I lashed out at one of the assailants, who fled. Then I took a while to handle the second but finally he beat a retreat as well."

Sacking by Rabobank:, This article from www.cyclingnews.com: Article Here

  • Raas out of Rabobank

After eight years at the helm of the Rabobank team, Jan Raas has lost his position with the top Dutch formation. In a seemingly abrupt decision, announced as the title sponsor and team management were discussing plans for the 2004 season, Rabobank indicated that insurmountable differences had prompted Raas' removal. The company did not offer further explanation, saying simply "there would be no public evaluation, and therefore no more comment from us." Raas helped bring Rabobank to cycling, and has been the team's directeur sportif since 1996. Team manager Theo de Rooij will take Raas' place in the interim, joining Geert Leinders and Pieter Hubert in the management team. For De Rooij, as well as the team's riders, the news came as a surprise. "I don't know the reason," De Rooij commented to Dutch news agency ANP Tuesday. "It wasn't played out on my level. There was something in the air, but it wasn't my business so I kept to my preparations for the coming season." Team leader Michael Boogerd was equally caught off guard by the news, as was Erik Dekker, who said he was shocked. "They always call me the figure-head of Rabobank, but in this case I wasn't involved," Boogerd said. "It's given me a strange feeling. We don't know anything more than what we got in an email and a phone call by Theo de Rooij. Thursday there is a briefing for the riders." "I think he has to process this," De Rooij said of Raas, who himself did not offer a statement. "Jan was the beginning of this team and it isn't nice to end things this way." --Mick Knapton 08:25, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Thx - I removed the tag pending someone (hopefully me) being able to verify using the reference --Trödel 13:36, 28 July 2006 (UTC)