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Historic Overview Gerrit Voorting

Rider

Overall Rank526
NameGerrit VOORTING
Country
  Netherlands
Date of birth18-Jan-1923 - Velsen (Noord Holland)
Date of death30-Jan-2015 - Heemskerk (Noord Holland)

Biography

Gerrit Voorting

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. Voorting died on 30 January 2015 in his home in Heemskerk at the age of 92, within a week of two other members of the Dutch men's team pursuit squad, Henk Faanhof and Joop Harmans. He was the elder brother of Olympic cyclist Adrie Voorting.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

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Major Victories

Grote 1 Mei-Prijs Hoboken 1958
Ronde van Nederland - stages 1952 (1), 1957 (2), 1958 (1)
Tour de France - stages 1953 (1), 1958 (1)
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Seasons

Gerrit Voorting - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1947 Individual 69 420
2. 1948 Individual 252 200
3. 1949 Amefa N.V. 163 284
4. 1950 Colomb - Manera 204 269
5. 1951 Flino 563 76
6. 1952 Peugeot - Dunlop 767 48
7. 1953 Peugeot - Dunlop 711 53
8. 1954 Locomotief - Vredestein 1533 14
9. 1955 Locomotief - Vredestein 477 120
10. 1956 Locomotief - Vredestein 1180 30
11. 1957 Locomotief - Vredestein 1046 40
12. 1958 Locomotief - Vredestein 775 71
13. 1959 Locomotief - Vredestein 276 196
14. 1960 Locomotief - Vredestein 2 1124
15. 1961 Locomotief - Vredestein 0 1248
Overall: 8018 526