Gerrit Voorting
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| Full name | Gerrit Voorting | ||||||||||||
| Born | June 18, 1923  Netherlands |
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Gerardus ("Gerrit") Petrus Voorting (born June 18, 1923 in Velsen, Noord-Holland) is a retired racing cyclist from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. There he won the silver medal in the men's individual road race. He is the older brother of another Dutch Olympic cyclist, Adrie Voorting. In his professional career, Voorting wone two Tour de France stages, and wore the yellow jersey for 4 days.
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[edit] Palmarès
- 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 day
- 1959
- Made
- Ninove
- Roosendaal
[edit] References
- (Dutch) Dutch Olympic Committee
[edit] External links
- Gerrit Voorting profile at Cycling Archives
[edit] See also
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