Gerrit Voorting
Dutch cyclist (1923-2015)
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.
01Major results
- 1948
- Silver medal individual road race Olympic Games
- 1952
- Den Bosch
- 6th stage Ronde van Nederland
- Terneuzen
- 1953
- Machelen
- 1953 Tour de France:
- Winner 4th stage
- 1954
- Acht van Chaam
- Vlissingen
- 1955
- Maastricht
- Zandvoort
- 1956
- Kampen
- Netherlands National Championship, Track, 50 km
- Oostende
- Tour de France:
- Wearing yellow jersey for one day
- 1957
- Made
- Ronde van Nederland:
- Winner stage 7 and 8
- Roosendaal
- 1958
- Grote 1-Mei Prijs
- Lummen
- Ninove
- Ronde van Nederland:
- Winner 2nd stage
- Tour de France:
- Winner 2nd stage
- Wearing yellow jersey for three days
- 1959
- Made
- Ninove
- Roosendaal
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