Gerrit Voorting

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Gerrit Voorting (1958)

Gerardus "Gerrit" Petrus Voorting (born January 18, 1923 in Velsen , † January 30, 2015 in Heemskerk ) was a Dutch cyclist .

Gerrit Voorting had nine siblings, his widowed mother ran a confectionery kiosk in Haarlem. During the Second World War he was a slave laborer in France. Three of his brothers also became racing drivers, the most successful next to Gerrit was Adri , who had a fatal car accident in 1961.

In 1948 Gerrit Voorting started at the Olympic Games in London and won the silver medal in the one-day race . He also started in the team pursuit , but the Dutch four-wheeler was eliminated in the first round. In 1949 he was third in the Dutch road championship.

Voorting took part in the Tour de France ten times , in 1956 he wore the yellow jersey for one day and was eleventh in the overall standings; In 1958 he won a stage and wore yellow for three days. At the Giro d'Italia in 1954 he was seventh overall.

Gerrit Voorting was a professional racing driver until 1961.

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SURNAME Voorting, Gerrit
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Voorting, Gerardus Petrus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH January 18, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Velsen
DATE OF DEATH January 30, 2015
Place of death Heemskerk