Daan de Groot
Daan de Groot (Daniël de Groot) (born May 25, 1933 in Amsterdam ; † January 8, 1982 ibid) was a Dutch cyclist.
Career
Daan de Groot started cycling when he was delivering goods for his father, a greengrocer in Amsterdam. In 1952 he took part in the team pursuit at the Olympic Games in Helsinki with the Dutch four-four , which, however, was eliminated in the quarter-finals. In the same year he won a stage of the International Peace Tour . As an amateur, he was third in the track world championships in the single pursuit in 1953 .
De Groot started his professional career in 1954; In the following years he was successful on the road and on the road. Four times he participated in the Tour de France in part, in 1956 he reached his best finish with a 15th place in the standings; in the same year he became Dutch champion in the single pursuit . He started three times at the Giro d'Italia , and in 1958 he wore the leadership jersey for three days at the Vuelta a España .
Some anecdotes are circulating about de Groot: He is said to have suffered so much from the heat at the Tour de France in 1955 that he took cabbage leaves from a field to put them on his head and neck. Nevertheless, he managed to break away and won the 13th stage from Millau to Albi by more than 20 minutes. When team leader Kees Pellenaars told him in the newspaper that he had to train harder, otherwise he would not be taken to the next tour, he is reported to have said: "Then I'll stay at home."
Daan de Groot finished his professional career in 1961 and then worked as a taxi driver. He committed suicide in 1982, a year after his wife's death.
De Groot's sister Janny took part in the 1948 Olympic Games as a swimmer .
Palmarès
| (Summary) | ||
| year | success | run |
|---|---|---|
| 1952 | 2. | 3rd stage peace journey |
| winner | 11th stage of the Peace Tour | |
| 1953 | 3. | World championship, track, pursuit, Zurich |
| 1954 | winner | Omloop of the Kempen |
| 1955 | 2. | National championship, track, pursuit, Netherlands |
| 2. | 1st stage Giro d'Italia | |
| 5. | 4th stage Giro d'Italia | |
| winner | 13th stage Tour de France | |
| 1956 | winner | National championship, track, pursuit, Netherlands |
| winner | 4th stage Tour of Belgium | |
| 3. | 5th stage Tour de France | |
| 3. | 8th stage Tour de France | |
| 2. | 14th stage Tour de France | |
| 1957 | 2. | National championship, track, pursuit, Netherlands |
| winner | Nuth | |
| 2. | 5th stage Giro d'Italia | |
| 3. | 5th stage Tour de France | |
| 1958 | 3. | The hague |
| 1959 | 3. | National championship, track, pursuit, Netherlands |
| 2. | 1st stage Tour de France | |
| 1960 | 2. | National championship, track, pursuit, Netherlands |
| 1961 | 2. | National championship, track, pursuit, Netherlands |
| 2. | 5th stage, part b, Ronde van Nederland | |
| 3. | 3rd stage Ronde van Nederland | |
Web links
- Daan de Groot in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Daan de Groot in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Daan de Groot in the Tour de France database(French / English )
- wielrennen.blog.nl Daan de Groot, het grote child! accessed on November 4, 2010 (Dutch)
- wielercentrum.com: Daan de Groot accessed on November 4, 2010 (Dutch)
Individual evidence
- ^ Organization office of the XVI. Friedensfahrt (Ed.): XVI Course de la Paix . Berlin 1963, p. 11 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Groot, Daan de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 25, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 8, 1982 |
| Place of death | Amsterdam |