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Historic Overview Wim van Est

Rider

Overall Rank129
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

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

Seasons

Wim van Est - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1948 Individual 100 398
2. 1949 Garin - Wolber 485 110
3. 1950 Garin - Wolber 975 47
4. 1951 Garin - Wolber 846 42
5. 1952 Garin - Wolber 2298 6
6. 1953 Garin - Wolber 2452 6
7. 1954 Locomotief - Vredestein 1954 11
8. 1955 Locomotief - Vredestein 1406 24
9. 1956 Locomotief - Vredestein 978 45
10. 1957 Locomotief - Vredestein 2092 10
11. 1958 Locomotief - Vredestein 950 57
12. 1959 Locomotief - Vredestein 66 427
13. 1960 Locomotief - Vredestein 952 53
14. 1961 Locomotief - Vredestein 1031 50
15. 1962 Dr. Mann - Labo 450 149
16. 1963 Dr. Mann - Labo 160 282
17. 1964 Labo - Dr. Mann 607 95
18. 1965 Sunkist Fruits 0 1233
Overall: 17802 129