Henk Nijdam

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Henk Nijdam (1964)
Henk Nijdam (1964)
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Full name Hendrik Nijdam
Nickname Pijpje Drop
Date of birth September 26, 1935
date of death April 30, 2009
nation NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands
discipline Road / rail (endurance)
End of career 1969
Last updated: August 19, 2017

Hendrik "Henk" Nijdam (born September 26, 1935 in Eelderwolde , Groningen province , † April 30, 2009 in Breda ) was a Dutch cyclist.

Athletic career

Nijdam did not achieve his first victory among the amateurs until he was 21 in 1957, further successes in amateur races followed. In 1960 he became the first Dutch amateur champion in the singles pursuit ; by the end of his sports career he was a total of five times national champion in this discipline as a professional . Also in 1960 he started together with Jaap Oudkerk , Theo Nikkessen and Piet van der Lans in the team pursuit at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where the Dutch foursome finished fifth. At the world championships in Leipzig in the same year he was runner-up in the single pursuit. In 1961 he became world champion in this discipline among amateurs and in 1962 among professionals.

Before Nijdam began his professional career in 1962, he won the Olympia's Tour and a stage of the International Peace Ride , where he was eliminated after a fall in the yellow jersey of the overall leader. He then signed his first contract with Team Flandria .

From 1963, Henk Nijdam mainly competed in street races. He took part in the Tour de France six times and won a stage each in 1964 and 1966 and only placed 50th in 1965 and 73rd in 1966 in the overall classification. When he last took part in the Tour de France in 1969 , Nijdam received a 15-minute time penalty for doping.

Nijdam started twice in the Vuelta a España . In 1966 he decided two stages and one half stage for himself, in 1967 another, but could not finish the tours both times.

1969 Henk Nijdam resigned from active cycling.

Miscellaneous

In 1962, Nijdam was named Sportsman of the Year in his home country . His son Jelle later also became a professional cyclist, wearing the yellow jersey for three stages of the Tour de France in 1987 and 1988 .

Since 2013, a dam for hikers and cyclists in the Hoornseplas recreation area near his birthplace Eederswolde has been named after him, Nijdam .

successes

Nijdem (5th from left) as a member of the Televizier team on the 1964 tour

Street

1962
1964
1965
1966
1967

train

1960
1961
1962
  • World Champion World Champion - Individual Pursuit
  • NetherlandsNetherlands Dutch master - one's pursuit
1964
  • NetherlandsNetherlands Dutch master - one's pursuit
1965
  • NetherlandsNetherlands Dutch master - one's pursuit
1966
  • NetherlandsNetherlands Dutch master - one's pursuit

Grand Tour placements

Grand Tour 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968
Yellow jersey Vuelta a España - DNF DNF -
Maglia Rosa Giro d'Italia - - - - -
Yellow jersey Tour de France 66 50 73 DNF DNF
Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

Teams

  • 1962–1963 Flandria
  • 1964–1967 Televizier
  • 1968 Peugeot
  • 1969 Willem II Gazelle

Web links

Commons : Henk Nijdam  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Dichtbij.nl - nieuws en informatie uit de: Nijdam connects Hoornse Plas met Tour. In: Dichtbij.nl. July 9, 2012. Retrieved August 19, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Sorry Bauke .. I haven't had the first Groningse tour stage-winnaar ooit. RTV Noord, July 19, 2017, accessed on July 20, 2017 (Dutch).
  3. ↑ Henk Nijdam uit Eelderwolde (gemeente Haren) op de Olympische Spelen. (No longer available online.) Rtlnieuws, archived from the original on August 19, 2017 ; Retrieved July 20, 2017 (Dutch). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rtlnieuws.nl
  4. ↑ Ralf Meutgens: Doping in cycling , Kiel 2007, p. 255.
personal data
SURNAME Nijdam, Henk
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nijdam, Hendrik
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH September 26, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Eelderwolde
DATE OF DEATH April 30, 2009
Place of death Breda