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Historic Overview Peter Post

Rider

Overall Rank843
NamePeter POST
Country
  Netherlands
Date of birth12-Nov-1933 - Amsterdam (Noord Holland)
Date of death14-Jan-2011 - Amsterdam (Noord Holland)

Biography

Peter Post

Peter Post (12 November 1933 – 14 January 2011) was a Dutch professional cyclist whose career lasted from 1956 to 1972. Post competed in road and track racing. As a rider he is best remembered for Six-day racing, having competed in 155 races and won 65. Because of this success he was known as “De Keizer van de Zesdaagse” or “The Emperor of the Six Days”. In road racing his main achievements were winning the 1964 Paris–Roubaix and becoming national road race champion in 1963. He was on the podium three times at the La Flèche Wallonne but never won. Post’s other nickname was “de Lange” or “Big Man”, because he was tall for a cyclist. After retiring from racing he had success as a directeur sportif. Post died in Amstelveen on 14 January 2011.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

2 10

Major Victories

Deutschland Rundfahrt 1962
Elfstedenronde 1963
Paris - Roubaix 1964
Ronde van Limburg 1962
Ronde van Nederland 1960
Deutschland Rundfahrt - stages 1962 (1)
Ronde van Nederland - stages 1958 (1), 1960 (1), 1961 (2)
More results

Seasons

Peter Post - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1956 Radium - R.I.H. Sport 87 391
2. 1957 Radium - R.I.H. Sport 219 235
3. 1958 Radium - R.I.H. Sport 599 105
4. 1959 Radium - R.I.H. Sport 27 579
5. 1960 Radium 227 253
6. 1961 Faema 246 239
7. 1962 Flandria - Faema - Clément 708 100
8. 1963 Dr. Mann - Labo 1061 51
9. 1964 Flandria - Roméo 1426 27
10. 1965 Flandria - Roméo 346 168
11. 1966 Biofin 311 174
12. 1967 Willem II - Gazelle 659 83
13. 1968 Willem II - Gazelle 300 164
14. 1969 Willem II - Gazelle 327 166
15. 1970 Willem II - Gazelle 0 1039
16. 1971 Gazelle Cycles 11 633
17. 1972 Gazelle - Duraca 0 1251
Overall: 6554 843