Gerrit Voorting
 Gerrit Voorting in 1958 | ||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Gerrit Voorting | |||||||||||||
| Born | 18 January 1923 Velsen, North Holland, Netherlands | |||||||||||||
| Died | 30 January 2015 (aged 92) Heemskerk, Netherlands | |||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||
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| 1952 | Locomotief-Vredestein | |||||||||||||
| 1953 | Peugeot | |||||||||||||
| 1954–1959 | Locomotief-Vredestein | |||||||||||||
| Major wins | ||||||||||||||
| Silver medal 1948 Olympic Games Two Tour de France stages | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gerardus "Gerrit" Petrus Voorting (18 January 1923 – 30 January 2015) was a Dutch road cyclist who was active between 1947 and 1960. As an amateur he won the silver medal in the individual road race at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. In his professional career Voorting won two Tour de France stages and wore the yellow jersey for 4 days.[1] Voorting died on 30 January 2015 in his home in Heemskerk at the age of 92,[2][3] within a week of two other members of the Dutch men's team pursuit squad, Henk Faanhof and Joop Harmans.[4] He was the elder brother of Olympic cyclist Adrie Voorting.[5]
Major results[]
- 1948
- Silver medal individual road race Olympic Games
- 1952
- Den Bosch
- 6th stage Ronde van Nederland
- Terneuzen
- 1953
- Machelen
- 1953 Tour de France:
- Winner 4th stage
- 1954
- Acht van Chaam
- Vlissingen
- 1955
- Maastricht
- Zandvoort
- 1956
- Kampen
Netherlands National Championship, Track, 50 km- Oostende
- Tour de France:
- Wearing yellow jersey for one day
- 1957
- Made
- Ronde van Nederland:
- Winner stage 7 and 8
- Roosendaal
- 1958
- Grote 1-Mei Prijs
- Lummen
- Ninove
- Ronde van Nederland:
- Winner 2nd stage
- Tour de France:
- Winner 2nd stage
- Wearing yellow jersey for three days
- 1959
- Made
- Ninove
- Roosendaal
See also[]
- List of Dutch Olympic cyclists
- List of Dutch cyclists who have led the Tour de France general classification
References[]
- ^ Gerrit Voorting. cyclingarchives.com
- ^ "Oud-wielrenner Gerrit Voorting overleden" (in Dutch). ed.nl. 30 January 2015. Archived from the original on 30 January 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
- ^ Obituary Gerrit Voorting. rvmn.nl (4 February 2015)
- ^ "Oud-wielrenner Joop Harmans (93) overleden" (in Dutch). nusport.nl. 6 February 2015. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
- ^ Gerrit Voorting Archived 6 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
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