Cees Stam

Cees Stam, 1973

Cees Stam, 1979

Cees Stam (* 2. November 1945 in Koog aan de Zaan in today Zaanstad ) is a former Dutch track cyclist and four-time stayer world champion.

Cees Stam was active almost exclusively as a stayer and in six-day races. In 1968 he won his first title and became the Dutch master of amateur stayers. As a result, he was seven more times Dutch master of the stayers, as an amateur and as a professional (1971-1979). In 1968 and 1969 he took second place at rail world championships , in 1970 he won the world championship title with pacemaker Joop Stakenburg .

In 1973 Cees Stam became world champion of the professional stayers for the first time, as was again in 1974 with pacemaker Joop Stakenburg. In 1977 he was able to repeat this success, this time behind Bruno Walrave . In 1976 he also became European champion. In 1974 he set a new hour record with 82.998 kilometers.

Stam also started in 48 six-day races, but couldn't win any of them. After the end of his active career, he became “Bondscoach” of the stayers in the Netherlands and worked as a manager of the cycling clothing company “AGU” until his retirement in 2007. However, he is still a pacemaker . In October 2014, as Derny pacemaker for his grandson Yoeri Havik , Stam fell on the second night of the six-day race in Amsterdam - the cause was probably heart problems - and had to be taken to hospital after being seriously injured after resuscitation; the race was then canceled that evening. After about three weeks he was released from the hospital, but it was no longer possible to return to the train.

Cees Stam is the father of former six-day star Danny Stam and father-in-law of former racing driver Henk Havik. In 2007 a book was published about him and his cycling family.

literature

• Gerrie Hulsing: Cees Stam. Godfather Van Een Wieler Dynasty , 2007.

Web links

Commons : Cees Stam  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Cees Stam in the database of Radsportseiten.net
• Presto.nl: "Cees Stam" accessed on April 10, 2010 (Dutch)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Results of the Standing World Championship for professionals on Stayer.de (PDF; 25 kB), accessed on February 16, 2013
2. ↑ This European champion title is unofficial, as there was no European association at that time, but the European championship was organized by the Union Internationale des Vélodromes (UIV).
3. ↑ tweewieler.nl of September 5, 2007: "Cees Stam verlaat AGU" ( Memento of December 25, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Youri IJnsen: Val Cees Stam veroorzaakt door hartritmestoornissen. October 24, 2014, accessed October 28, 2014 (Dutch). 
5. ↑ Second night of the Amsterdam Sixdays canceled after the fall. radsport-news.com, October 22, 2014, accessed October 22, 2014 . 
6. ↑ Failed Derny pacemaker Stam released from the clinic. radsport-news.com, November 27, 2014, accessed November 27, 2014 .