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Historic Overview Wim van Est

Rider

Overall Rank117
NameWim VAN EST
Country
  Netherlands
Date of birth25-Mar-1923 - Fijnaart (Noord-Brabant)
Date of death01-May-2003 - Roosendaal (Noord-Brabant)

Biography

Wim van Est

Willem "Wim" van Est (25 March 1923 – 1 May 2003) was a Dutch racing cyclist. He is best known for being the first Dutch cyclist to wear the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification in the Tour de France of 1951, and for falling into a ravine while wearing it.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

7 3 4 3 3 26

Major Victories

Bordeaux - Paris 1950, 1952, 1961
Driedaagse van Antwerpen 1954
Nokere Koerse 1952
Ronde van Nederland 1952, 1954
Ronde van Vlaanderen 1953
Driedaagse van Antwerpen - stages 1956 (1)
Dwars door Vlaanderen - stages 1953 (1)
Giro d'Italia - stages 1953 (1)
Ronde van Nederland - stages 1949 (1), 1952 (2), 1954 (3), 1955 (2), 1956 (1), 1957 (2), 1960 (1)
Tour de France - stages 1951 (1), 1953 (1), 1954 (1)
More results

Seasons

Wim van Est - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1948 Individual 104 384
2. 1949 Garin - Wolber 449 119
3. 1950 Garin - Wolber 989 39
4. 1951 Garin - Wolber 813 42
5. 1952 Garin - Wolber 2106 6
6. 1953 Garin - Wolber 2253 6
7. 1954 Locomotief - Vredestein 1854 12
8. 1955 Locomotief - Vredestein 1347 22
9. 1956 Locomotief - Vredestein 958 43
10. 1957 Locomotief - Vredestein 2006 10
11. 1958 Locomotief - Vredestein 957 50
12. 1959 Locomotief - Vredestein 66 425
13. 1960 Locomotief - Vredestein 912 53
14. 1961 Locomotief - Vredestein 998 52
15. 1962 Dr. Mann - Labo 463 135
16. 1963 Dr. Mann - Labo 163 273
17. 1964 Labo - Dr. Mann 405 139
18. 1965 Sunkist Fruits 0 1191
Overall: 16843 117