Piet ladies
Piet Damen (born July 20, 1934 in Lieshout ) is a former Dutch cyclist and national champion in cycling .
After winning the peace run in 1958 , in which he wore the yellow jersey of the front runner on eight stages, he became a professional (from 1958 to 1967). As an amateur he started for the club Het Zuiden Eindhoven .
He took part in the great tours of the Tour de France , Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España and was also the Dutch national champion. He had his best round trip result on his first Tour de France in 1958 , which he finished in 11th place overall.
Teams
year | team |
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1957 | Libertas (cycling team) (Belgium) |
1958 | Radium (cycling team) (Netherlands) |
Faema - Guerra - Clemet (Italy) | |
1959 | Locomotief - Vredestein (Netherlands) |
Radium - RIH (Netherlands) | |
1960 | Molteni (Italy) |
Locomotief - Vredestein (Netherlands) | |
1961 | Locomotief - Vredestein (Netherlands) |
1962 | Batavia - Brinkmann (West Germany) |
1963 | Theugels - Robur (Belgium) (until May) |
Locomotief - Vredestein (Netherlands) | |
Robur (Netherlands) | |
1964 | Televizier (Netherlands) |
1965 | Televizier (Netherlands) |
Homburg (Netherlands) | |
1966 | Televizier - Batavus (Netherlands) |
Duyvis (Netherlands) | |
1967 | Televizier - Batavus (Netherlands) |
Palmarès
year | success | run | |
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1954 | 3. | Oud-Vossemeer | |
1955 | 2. | chapel | |
1956 | winner | Yerseke | |
1957 | winner | Overijssel Tour (Netherlands) | |
1958 | winner | Aces | |
winner | 3rd stage | Peace ride | |
2. | 13th stage | Tour de France | |
1959 | winner | GP du Locle (Switzerland) | |
winner | National Championship, Netherlands | ||
1960 | 8th. | Road World Cup | |
2. | GP Fichtel & Sachs (Germany) | ||
3. | 5th stage, part b, | Netherlands tour | |
1961 | 3. | GP Veith (Germany) | |
winner | Lierneux (Belgium) | ||
1962 | winner | GP Union Dortmund (Germany) | |
winner | Helmond (Netherlands) | ||
1963 | 2. | Mijl van Mares (Netherlands) | |
1964 | winner | Mijl van Mares (Netherlands) | |
1965 | 2. | Schiedam (Netherlands) | |
... | |||
1979 | 3. | Ronde van Midden-Nederland |
Professional
After the end of his career, he and his wife opened a bar in Helmond , which he had to give up after a few years. After that he was unemployed for a long time.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Neues Deutschland (Ed.): Twelfth International Long Distance Cycle Tour for Peace . Berlin 1959, p. 12 .
- ↑ Cycling page
- ↑ Junge Welt (Ed.): Interview with Piet Damen . Berlin May 9, 1987, p. 8 .
Web links
- Piet Damen in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Lieshout cyclist (Dutch)
Commons : Piet Damen - Collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Ladies, Piet |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 20, 1934 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Lieshout (Netherlands) |