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Historic Overview Wim van Est

Rider

Overall Rank125
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.

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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 100 398
2. 1949 Garin - Wolber 485 109
3. 1950 Garin - Wolber 971 47
4. 1951 Garin - Wolber 834 42
5. 1952 Garin - Wolber 2235 6
6. 1953 Garin - Wolber 2387 6
7. 1954 Locomotief - Vredestein 1914 11
8. 1955 Locomotief - Vredestein 1394 24
9. 1956 Locomotief - Vredestein 971 45
10. 1957 Locomotief - Vredestein 2074 10
11. 1958 Locomotief - Vredestein 950 57
12. 1959 Locomotief - Vredestein 66 427
13. 1960 Locomotief - Vredestein 944 53
14. 1961 Locomotief - Vredestein 1022 50
15. 1962 Dr. Mann - Labo 457 142
16. 1963 Dr. Mann - Labo 159 281
17. 1964 Labo - Dr. Mann 612 86
18. 1965 Sunkist Fruits 0 1233
Overall: 17575 125