Gerrit Schulte
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Full name | Gerrit Schulte | |||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | De Bossche Reus | |||||||||||||||||||
Born | Amsterdam, the Netherlands | 7 January 1916|||||||||||||||||||
Died | 26 February 1992 Den Bosch, the Netherlands | (aged 76)|||||||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Road and track | |||||||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||||
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Gerrit Schulte (7 January 1916 – 26 February 1992) was a Dutch professional track bicycle racer. Between 1940 and 1960 he won 19 six-day races out of 73 starts and was one of the dominant Six days racers of his time. Schulte was as well successful in track pursuit, becoming national champion ten times, European champion twice and world champion once, in 1948, when he beat Fausto Coppi in the final. He was also successful as a road race cyclists, becoming national champion three times and winning a stage in the 1938 Tour de France. Since 1955, the Gerrit Schulte Trophy has been awarded by the national federation to the best professional rider in the Netherlands.[1][2]
Biography[]
Amateur career[]
Schulte competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in the individual and team road races, but did not finish. Next year he turned professional.[1]
1938 Tour de France[]
In the 1938 Tour de France, Schulte joined as a member of the Dutch team. He won the third stage, and abandoned the race in the eighth stage.[3] After that, he went to Paris, and won 10.000 francs in a criterium. His team mate Theo Middelkamp did finish the 1938 Tour, and also won a stage, but Middelkamp only won 8.000 francs during the Tour. They both decided to never return to the Tour, because in other races they could win more money.[4]
Later life[]
Since 1955, every year the Gerrit Schulte Trophy is awarded by the national federation to the best professional rider in the Netherlands, and Schulte himself has won it once in 1958. After retiring from competitions he worked as a cycling coach and managed the restaurant in De Vliert, the football stadium of his home town Den Bosch.[1]
Major results[]
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- 1937
- Dussen
- Ronde van Gouda, Amateurs
- Hoogerheide
- 1938
- Antwerpen
- Purmerend
- Oss
- Vinkeveen
- Eindhoven
- Tour de France:
- Winner stage 3
- 1939
- Acht van Chaam
- Antwerpen
- Zaandam
- Baarle-Hertog
- Namur
- 1940
Netherlands national track pursuit championship
- Six days of Antwerp (with )
- Gent
- 1941
Netherlands national track pursuit championship
- 1942
Netherlands national track pursuit championship
- Roermond
- Hilversum
- 1943
Netherlands national track pursuit championship
- Roermond
- 1944
Netherlands national track pursuit championship
- Ronde van Gouda
Dutch National Road Race Championship
- 1945
Netherlands national track pursuit championship
- Beverwijk
- 1946
- Six days of Paris (with )
- Tongeren
- Hoensbroek
- 1947
- Six days of Ghent (with )
- GP Stad Sint-Niklaas
Netherlands national track pursuit championship
- Six days of Brussels (with )
- 1948
- Brasschaat
- Den Bosch
Netherlands national track pursuit championship
- Oss
- World Champion Track Pursuit
Dutch National Road Race Championship
- 1949
- European Championship Track Madison (with )
- Ronde van Nederland
- Roosendaal
- Temse
- Six days of Ghent (with )
- Six days of Antwerp (with )
- Zwijndrecht
- Willebroek
- Den Bosch
- 1950
- Antwerpen
- Boucles de la Gartempe
- European Championship Track Madison (with Gerard Peters)
- Six days of Ghent (with Gerard Peters)
Netherlands national track pursuit championship
Dutch National Road Race Championship
- Six days of Paris (with Gerard Peters)
- Etten-Leur
- 1951
Netherlands national track pursuit championship
- Westerlo
- 1952
- Sas van Gent, Sas van Gent
- 1953
- Six days of Paris (with Gerard Peters)
Dutch National Road Race Championship
- Den Bosch
- 1954
- Six days of Berlin (with Gerard Peters, and Dominique Forlini)
- Six days of Antwerp (with Gerard Peters)
- Goes, Goes
- 1955
- Six days of Münster (with Gerard Peters)
- Den Bosch
- Helmond
- 1956
- Den Bosch
- Dussum
- Helmond
- Six days of Zürich (with Kay Werner Nielsen)
- Leuven
- Six days of Copenhagen (with Lucien Gillen)
- 1957
- Six days of Zürich (with )
- 1958
- Six days of Berlin (with Klaus Bugdahl)
- Den Bosch
- Wevelgem
- Hanret
- 1959
- Six days of Antwerpen (with Klaus Bugdahl and Peter Post)
- Six days of Brussel (with Peter Post)
- 1960
- Six days of Antwerpen (with Jan Plantaz and Peter Post)
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Gerrit Schulte Archived 4 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- ^ KNWU: Nominations for the election of the rider of the year (in Dutch)
- ^ "32eme Tour de France". Archived from the original on 7 August 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2013.. Memoire du cyclisme
- ^ Haan, Rob de. Liever poen dan roem, 16 June 2010. nu.nl
External links[]
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- Gerrit Schulte at Cycling Archives
- Official Tour de France results for Gerrit Schulte
- 1916 births
- 1992 deaths
- Dutch Tour de France stage winners
- UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men)
- Sportspeople from Amsterdam
- Olympic cyclists of the Netherlands
- Cyclists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- UCI Road World Championships cyclists for the Netherlands
- Dutch track cyclists