Netherlands at the 1981 UCI Track Cycling World Championships

Netherlands at the 1981 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
IOC code	NED
in Brno, Czechoslovakia
Competitors	24 (20 men and 4 women) in 14 events
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold 2 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 3
UCI Track Cycling World Championships appearances (overview)
See Netherlands at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships

The Netherlands competed at the 1981 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Brno, Czechoslovakia in 1981. The event consisted of 14 disciplines for professional and amateur men and women. The Netherlands sent a team of 4 women, 13 amateur men and 7 professional men cyclists. With 2 gold and one bronze medal, the Netherlands finished third in the medal table.

List of medalists

Medal	Name	Event
Gold	Mattheus Pronk	Men's amateur motor-paced
Gold	René Koos	Men's motor-paced
Bronze	Bert Oosterbosch	Men's individual pursuit

Source

Entrants

The next riders were selected by the KNWU after the Dutch national championships and were published on 10 August 1981.

Coach Frans Mahn For the men's motor paced Martin Rietveld was relaced by Fred Rompelberg. From the five selected riders for the men's team pursuit Peter Pieters was not selected by the coach after his bad performance in the individual pursuit.

Women Rider Event Erika Omen Sprint Sandra de Nijs Petra de Bruin Individual pursuit Monique Kauffmann

Amateur riders Rider Event Ab van Asten Individual pursuit team pursuit points race Erick Geserick Motor-paced Ab Harren team pursuit points race Gaby Minneboo Motor-paced Rik Moorman team pursuit Peter Pieters Individual pursuit points race Sjaak Pieters Sprint Tandem Mathé Pronk Motor-paced John Roozenburg team pursuit points race Ger Slot Motor-paced Reinier Valkenburg Sprint 1 km time trial Tom Vrolijk Sprint Tandem Eric Dompeling (reserve) team pursuit

Professionals Rider Event Bert Oosterbosch Individual pursuit Roy Schuiten Herman Ponsteen (if he is fit) Hans Vonk Points race Martin Venix Motor-paced René Kos Fred Rompelberg

Results

Men's amateur points race

Peter Pieters - DNF

Men's amateur 1 km time trial

Rainier Valkenburg - 12th in 1:09.13 (9th?)

Men's amateur sprint

Reinier Valkenburg - 1st round won ( Isler), lost 2nd round ( Goelasjvili), lost 2nd round repaches ( Platek)

Sjaak Pieters - 1st round lost, 1st round repaches lost

Tom Vrolijk - 1st round lost, 1st round repaches lost

Men's Keirin

Hans Vonk - 1st round did not advance, 1st round repaches did not advance

Men's amateur team pursuit

Qualification Ab Harren, Rik Moorman, John Roozenburg, Ab van Asten in 4:39.56 (did not qualify)

Men's amateur tandem

Tom Vrolijk/Peter Pieters - Won 1st round (vs. Poland) (qualified for semi final) - Semi final

Men's individual pursuit

Roy Schuiten - 2nd in 6:03.42 (qualified for semi final) - Lost semi final - Lost semi final - Lost bronze medal race (vs. Bert Oosterbosch)

Herman Ponsteen - Qualification in 6:09.46 (did not qualify for quarter finals)

Bert Oosterbosch - 3rd in 6:06.87 (qualified for semi finals) - Won semi final - Won bronze medal race (vs. Roy Schuiten)

Men's amateur individual pursuit

The Dutch men Ad van Asten and national champion Peter Pieters finished disappointingly 29th and 35th. Their times were about 5 seconds slower as during the national championships in Nijmegen.

Ad van Asten - 29th in qualification (did not qualify for next round)

Peter Pieters - 35th in qualification (did not qualify for next round)

Men's motor-paced

Martin Venix - Won qualification (qualified for final)

René Kos - Qualification (qualified for final) - in final

Fred Rompelberg - Qualification (did not qualify for final) -

Men's amateur motor-paced

Both Mathé Pronk and Gaby Minneboo qualified with a second place in the 1st round directly for the final, respectively behind Podlesch from East Germany and Fusarpoli from Italy. Coach Stam was not totaly statisfied as Ger Slot and Eric Geserick did not qualify. Minneboo tried to help Slot, but Slot was not good enough. Also the motor of his pacer Van Duivenbode damaged during the race and leaked oil. Just after the start a foot of Geserick came out of his toeclip, and couldn't ride thereafter his qualification well.

Gaby Minneboo - 2nd in 1st round (qualified for final) - 7th in final

Marthé Pronk - 2nd in 1st round (qualified for final) - in final (stayer Noppie Koch)

Eric Geserick - 1st round (did not qualify) - 5th in 1st round repechages heat 1 (did not qualify)

Ger Slot - 1st round (did not qualify) - 1st in 1st round repechages heat 2 (qualified) (stayer Koch van Pronk) - Disqualified in final (stayer Van Duivenbode)

Women's sprint

Erica Oomen - Won qualification, (vs. Hana Hotova & Conny Paraskevin) (qualified) - Lost 2nd round (vs. Sheila Young) (did not qualify) - Lost 2nd round repachages (vs. Sue Novarra) (did not qualify)

Sandra de Neef - Lost qualification, (vs. ) (did not qualify for next round)

Women's individual pursuit

Petra de Bruin - 9th in qualification (did not qualify)

Monique Kauffmann - Qualification 4:02.17 (qualified for quarter finals) - Lost quarter finals from Nedegeda Kibardina 4:07.31 vs. 3:56.71

See also

• Netherlands at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships