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Historic Overview Gerrit Voorting

Rider

Overall Rank534
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
Tour de France - stages 1953 (1), 1958 (1)
Ronde van Nederland - stages 1952 (1), 1957 (2), 1958 (1)
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Seasons

Gerrit Voorting - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1947 Individual 69 435
2. 1948 Individual 243 209
3. 1949 Amefa N.V. 165 289
4. 1950 Colomb - Manera 247 238
5. 1951 Flino 581 76
6. 1952 Peugeot - Dunlop 850 42
7. 1953 Peugeot - Dunlop 687 68
8. 1954 Locomotief - Vredestein 1565 14
9. 1955 Locomotief - Vredestein 487 121
10. 1956 Locomotief - Vredestein 1323 26
11. 1957 Locomotief - Vredestein 1119 36
12. 1958 Locomotief - Vredestein 743 79
13. 1959 Locomotief - Vredestein 353 164
14. 1960 Locomotief - Vredestein 2 1173
15. 1961 Locomotief - Vredestein 0 1259
Overall: 8434 534