Henk Nijdam
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 | 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
Street
- 1962
- a stage of the peace journey
- Overall ranking and one stage of the Olympia's Tour
- 1964
- a stage Tour de France
- 1965
- Paris – Nice team time trial
- 1966
- two stages and one half stage Vuelta a España
- two stages Tour de France
- National Sluitingsprijs
- 1967
- a stage Vuelta a España
train
- 1960
- World Amateur Championship - Individual Pursuit
- Dutch amateur champion - individual pursuit
- 1961
- Amateur World Champion - Individual Pursuit
- 1962
- World Champion - Individual Pursuit
- Dutch master - one's pursuit
- 1964
- 1965
- 1966
Grand Tour placements
Grand Tour | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 |
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Vuelta a España | - | DNF | DNF | - | |
Giro d'Italia | - | - | - | - | - |
Tour de France | 66 | 50 | 73 | DNF | DNF |
Teams
Web links
- Henk Nijdam in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Henk Nijdam in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Henk Nijdam in the Tour de France database(French / English )
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 .
- ↑ Sorry Bauke .. I haven't had the first Groningse tour stage-winnaar ooit. RTV Noord, July 19, 2017, accessed on July 20, 2017 (Dutch).
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Ralf Meutgens: Doping in cycling , Kiel 2007, p. 255.
personal data | |
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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 |