Gerrie Knetemann

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Gerrie Knetemann 1977

Gerhard Friedrich Knetemann , called Gerrie Knetemann (born March 6, 1951 in Amsterdam , † November 2, 2004 in Bergen , province of Noord-Holland ) was a Dutch cyclist .

Career

Shortly before he turned pro , he started on the track in the Werner-Seelenbinder-Halle in Berlin in the traditional 1001-round race , which he won with his partner Jan Breur . Knetemann, also known as “de Kneet”, was considered one of the best racing cyclists in the world in the 1970s . He was able to achieve over 130 victories, including ten stage wins in the Tour de France , two in the Amstel Gold Race and one in Paris-Nice . The highlight of his career was winning the 1978 road world championship at the Nürburgring .

From 1975 to 1983, Knetemann drove for the TI Raleigh team. In 1983 he had a bad crash in the Across Flanders race . In 1989 he stopped active cycling. Then he looked after the road drivers of the Netherlands as national coach.

At the age of 53, Knetemann suffered a fatal heart attack while cycling with friends in Bergen . In 2006 and 2007 the Grote Prijs Gerrie Knetemann cycle race was held as part of the UCI Europe Tour in the province of Gelderland .

Familiar

The Dutch professional cyclist Roxane Knetemann is the daughter of Gerri Knetemann.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German Cycling Association of the GDR (ed.): The cyclist . No. 4/1987 . Berlin 1987, p. 1 .