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
^ German Cycling Association of the GDR (ed.): The cyclist . No. 4/1987 . Berlin 1987, p. 1 .
1927, 1930, 1932 Alfredo Binda | 1928, 1929 Georges Ronsse | 1931 Learco Guerra | 1933 Georges Speicher | 1934 Karel Kaers | 1935 Jean Aerts | 1936 Antonin Magne | 1937 Eloi Meulenberg | 1938 Marcel Kint | 1946 Hans Knecht | 1947 Theofiel Middelkamp | 1948, 1950 Briek Schotte | 1949, 1956, 1957 Rik Van Steenbergen | 1951 Ferdy Kübler | 1952 Heinz Müller | 1953 Fausto Coppi | 1954 Louison Bobet | 1955 Stan Ockers | 1958 Ercole Baldini | 1959 André Darrigade | 1960, 1961 Rik Van Looy | 1962 Jean Stablinski | 1963 Benoni Beheyt | 1964 Jan Janssen | 1965 Tom Simpson | 1966 Rudi Altig | 1967, 1971, 1974 Eddy Merckx | 1968 Vittorio Adorni | 1969 Harm Ottenbros | 1970 Jean-Pierre Monseré | 1972 Marino Basso | 1973 Felice Gimondi | 1975 Hennie Kuiper | 1976, 1981 Freddy Maertens | 1977 Francesco Moser | 1978 Gerrie Knetemann | 1979 Jan Raas | 1980 Bernard Hinault | 1982 Giuseppe Saronni | 1983, 1989 Greg LeMond | 1984 Claude Criquielion | 1985 Joop Zoetemelk | 1986 Moreno Argentin | 1987 Stephen Roche | 1988 Maurizio Fondriest | 1990 Rudy Dhaenens | 1991, 1992 Gianni Bugno | 1993 Lance Armstrong | 1994 Luc Leblanc | 1995 Abraham Olano | 1996 Johan Museeuw | 1997 Laurent Brochard | 1998 Oscar Camenzind | 1999, 2001, 2004 Óscar Freire | 2000 Romāns Vainšteins | 2002 Mario Cipollini | 2003 Igor Astarloa | 2005 Tom Boonen | 2006, 2007 Paolo Bettini | 2008 Alessandro Ballan | 2009 Cadel Evans | 2010 Thor Hushovd | 2011 Mark Cavendish | 2012 Philippe Gilbert | 2013 Rui Costa | 2014 Michał Kwiatkowski | 2015, 2016, 2017 Peter Sagan | 2018 Alejandro Valverde | 2019 Mads Pedersen
1959 Gérard Saint | 1963 Rik Van Looy | 1965 Felice Gimondi | 1966 Rudi Altig | 1967 Désiré Letort | 1968 Roger Pingeon | 1972 Cyrille Guimard | 1973 Luis Ocaña | 1969, 1971, 1974 Eddy Merckx | 1976 Raymond Delisle | 1977 Gerrie Knetemann | 1980 Christian Levavasseur | 1982 Régis Clère | 1983 Serge Demierre | 1985 Maarten Ducrot | 1981, 1984, 1986 Bernard Hinault | 1987 Jean-François Bernard | 1988 Steven Rooks | 1989 Laurent Fignon | 1990 Edoardo Chozas | 1991, 1992 Claudio Chiappucci | 1993 Massimo Ghirotto | 1994 Eros Poli | 1995 Hernán Buenahora | 1996, 1997, 2004 Richard virusesque | 1998, 1999 Jacky Durand | 2000 Erik Dekker | 2001, 2002 Laurent Jalabert | 2003 Alexander Vinokurov | 2005 Óscar Pereiro | 2006 David de la Fuente | 2007 Amets Txurruka | 2008, 2010 Sylvain Chavanel | 2009 Franco Pellizotti | 2011 Jérémy Roy | 2012 Chris Anker Sørensen | 2013 Christophe Riblon | 2014 Alessandro De Marchi | 2015 Romain Bardet | 2016 Peter Sagan | 2017 Warren Barguil | 2018 Daniel Martin | 2019 Julian Alaphilippe
(The award was not given in years not listed)
1966 Jean Stablinski | 1967 Arie den Hartog | 1968 Harry Steevens | 1969 Guido Reybrouck | 1970 Georges Pintens | 1971 Frans Verbeeck | 1972 Walter Planckaert | 1973, 1975 Eddy Merckx | 1974, 1985 Gerrie Knetemann | 1976 Freddy Maertens | 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982 Jan Raas | 1981 Bernard Hinault | 1983 Phil Anderson | 1984 Jacques Hanegraaf | 1986 Steven Rooks | 1987 Joop Zoetemelk | 1988 Jelle Nijdam | 1989 Eric Van Lancker | 1990 Adrie van der Poel | 1991 Frans Maassen | 1992 Olaf Ludwig | 1993, 1998 Rolf Järmann | 1994 Johan Museeuw | 1995 Mauro Gianetti | 1996 Stefano Zanini | 1997 Bjarne Riis | 1999 Michael Boogerd | 2000 Erik Zabel | 2001 Erik Dekker | 2002 Michele Bartoli | 2003 Alexander Vinokurov | 2004 Davide Rebellin | 2005 Danilo Di Luca | 2006 Frank Schleck | 2007 Stefan Schumacher | 2008 Damiano Cunego | 2009 Sergei Ivanov | 2010, 2011, 2014, 2017 Philippe Gilbert | 2012, 2016 Enrico Gasparotto | 2013 Roman Kreuziger | 2015 Michał Kwiatkowski | 2018 Michael Valgren | 2019 Mathieu van der Poel
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