Henk Lakeman

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Henk Lakeman

Henk Lakeman (born August 30, 1922 in Ilpendam , † April 8, 1975 in Amsterdam ) was a Dutch cyclist .

Henk Lakeman began his career as a professional cyclist during the Second World War and initially only started successfully in circuit races in the Netherlands. In 1950 he won the Tour of the Netherlands .

Lakeman started from the beginning of the 1950s in a total of 22 six-day races . In 1952 he won that of Barcelona with his compatriot Cor Bakker . He was called the “cycling tenor” because he liked to appear as a singer - usually at midnight - in front of the cycling audience.

1954 Lakeman had to end his cycling career because of heart problems; he got an engagement as an opera and operetta singer and sang on the radio. He later worked in the battery and battery company of Kurt Vyth , a German Jew who had survived the concentration camp . Vyth sponsored soccer teams and, excited by Lakeman, he also financed and organized cycling events such as the Dutch Grand Prix and, from 1966, the Amsterdam Six Days. Lakeman died of heart disease at the age of 52.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Interest group for cycling (ed.): The cycling . No. 11/1950 . Sportdienst Verlag Zademack and Noster, Cologne 1950, p. 2 .
  2. ↑ Kurt Vyth on jodeninnederland.nl

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SURNAME Lakeman, Henk
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH August 30, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Ilpendam
DATE OF DEATH April 8, 1975
Place of death Amsterdam