In the
1988 Tour de France, Rooks finished second and won a finish on
L’Alpe d’Huez. He won the polka dot jersey for the
mountains classification and the Présence Classification (or
combination classification). In the
1989 Tour, Rooks won Stage 15, a 39 km mountain top
time trial to
Orcières-Merlette; he finished seventh that year and again won the Présence Classification, the final year of that award. Other victories include the 1983
Liège–Bastogne–Liège, the 1986
Tour de Luxembourg and
Amstel Gold Race, a stage at the 1987
Tour de Suisse, the 1988
Züri-Metzgete, and 1994 national championship. He finished second at the 1991
World Cycling Championships behind Italy's
Gianni Bugno and ahead of Spain's
Miguel Indurain. ==Doping confession==