Klaas van Nek
Klaas van Nek (born March 1, 1899 in Nieuwendam , † January 1, 1986 in Utrecht ) was a Dutch cyclist .
In 1916 Klaas van Nek became two-time Dutch road racing champion, both among the amateurs and the elite. Ten years later he was again Dutch road champion. In 1924 he also won the national championship title in the sprint on the track. He also started in 24 six-day races and won the one in Brussels in 1926 together with Piet van Kempen .
Klaas van Nek's four years older brother Piet was also a racing driver. He fell to his death in a stalker race in Leipzig in 1914 . Van Nek's nephew of the same name, also a racing driver, died together with two co-drivers in 1934 when his car collided with a steam tram . Only the year before he had suffered life-threatening injuries in a fall on the Amsterdam Velodrome.
Web links
- Klaas van Nek in the Radsportseiten.net database
Individual evidence
1888 HW van Raden | 1889 WG Delbaere | 1890 Henri Raland | 1891 Carel Koning | 1892 Henk van de Griendt | 1893, 1894 Jaap Eden | 1895, 1896 Willem van der Mey | 1904 Jan de Groot | 1906 Gerrit van Vliet | 1907 Jan Tulleken | 1908 Adrie Slot | 1909, 1914 Chris Kalkman | 1910 Henk Tamse | 1911 Krijn Schippers | 1912 Cees Erkelens | 1913, 1919, 1920 Frits Wiersma | 1915, 1917, 1918, 1921, 1925 Jorinus van der Wiel | 1916, 1926 Klaas van Nek | 1922 Herman Nankman | 1923, 1924 Piet Ikelaar | 1927 Joep Franssen | 1928, 1929 Hans Bockkom | 1930 Janus Braspennincx | 1931, 1934 Cesar Bogaert | 1932, 1935 Marinus Valentijn | 1933 Thijs van Oers | 1936 Kees Pellenaars | 1937, 1942 John Braspennincx | 1939 Janus Hellemons | 1940, 1941 Louis Motké | 1938, 1943, 1945 Theo Middelkamp | 1944, 1948, 1950, 1953 Gerrit Schulte | 1946 Bouk Schellingerhoudt | 1947, 1949 Sjef Janssen | 1951, 1952 Hans Dekkers | 1954 Adri Voorting | 1955 Thijs Roks | 1956, 1957 Wim van Est | 1958 Jef Lahaye | 1959 Piet Damen | 1960, 1961 Bas Maliepaard | 1962 From Geldermans | 1963 Peter Post | 1964, 1965 Jo de Roo | 1966 Karstens tanning | 1967 winner disqualified 1 | 1968 Evert Dolman | 1969 Jacques Frijters | 1970 Peter Kisner | 1971, 1973 Joop Zoetemelk | 1972 Tino Tobacco | 1974 Cees Priem | 1975 Hennie Kuiper | 1976, 1983, 1984 Jan Raas | 1977 Fedor den Hertog | 1978, 1979 Henk Lubberding | 1980, 1982 Johan van der Velde | 1981, 1985 Jacques Hanegraaf | 1986 Jos Lammertink | 1987 Adrie van der Poel | 1988 Peter Pieters | 1989 Frans Maassen | 1990 Peter Winnen | 1991, 1994 Steven Rooks | 1992 Tristan Hoffman | 1993 Erik Breukink | 1995 Servais Knaven | 1996, 1999 Maarten den Bakker | 1997, 1998, 2006 Michael Boogerd | 2000, 2005 Léon van Bon | 2001 Jans Koerts | 2002 Stefan van Dijk | 2003 Rudie Kemna | 2004 Erik Dekker | 2007, 2009 Koos Moerenhout | 2008 Lars Boom | 2010, 2012, 2015 Niki Terpstra | 2011 Pim Ligthart | 2013 Johnny Hoogerland | 2014 Sebastian Langeveld | 2016 Dylan Groenewegen | 2017 Ramon Sinkeldam | 2018, 2020 Mathieu van der Poel | 2019 Fabio Jakobsen
1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1902 Harrie Meyers | 1901, 1907, 1910 Guus Schilling | 1903 Jan van de Tuyn | 1904 Jan van Gent | 1906, 1908 JE Fokkinga | 1909, 1912, 1915 Jan Tulleken | 1910 Henk Tamse | 1911 Aria Bouma | 1913, 1914, 1918 John Stol | 1916 Louis François Didier | 1917, 1920–1923, 1927, 1929–1932 Piet Moeskops | 1919, 1926, 1928, 1933 Gerard Leene | 1924 Klaas van Nek | 1925 Piet van Kempen | 1934–1936 Jacobus van Egmond | 1937–1942, 1945–1948, 1950, 1951, 1956 Arie van Vliet | 1943, 1949, 1952–1955, 1957–1963 Jan Derksen | 1964, 1965 Joop Captein | 1966, 1967 Frans Mahn | 1968, 1969 Gerard Koel | 1970–1976 Leijn Loevesijn | 1977 Jan Huisjes | 1978 Jan de Jong | 1980 Theo Smit | 1994 Dirk Jan van Hameren | 1995 Jurgen Denekamp | 1996, 1997 Rene Vink | 1998, 1999 Martin Benjamin | 2001, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011 Teun Mulder | 2002–2004, 2006, 2007, 2015 Theo Bos | 2010 Roy van den Berg | 2012, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019 Matthijs Büchli | 2013 Hugo Haak | 2016 Jeffrey Hoogland
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| SURNAME | Nek, Klaas van |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nieuwendam |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 1, 1986 |
| Place of death | Utrecht |