Piet Tesselaar

Piet Tesselaar (born February 2, 1945 in Harenkarspel , the Netherlands ) is a former Dutch cyclist .

Athletic career

Piet Tesselaars' published results in road races range from 1965 to 1967. During this time he drove exclusively as an amateur . The list of his successes begins with winning the 1965 road criterion in Krommenie in the Netherlands . In the same year he took another podium as third in the Kempen Tour , a traditional one-day race that is held annually in the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant . The only victory in 1966 Tesselaar achieved at the Ronde van Drenthe , another one-day race that has been held in the Dutch province of Drenthe since 1960is carried out. Also in 1966 he appeared for the first time in a stage race in the front field. At the Ronde van Midden-Zeeland , which was held over two stages in 1966, he came third in the final ranking. In 1967 Tesselaar took part in three major cycling events. In May he started the International Peace Tour, a three-country stage trip that led from Warsaw via East Berlin to Prague . He won two of 16 stages, but retired early after the 14th day segment. In July Tesselaar took part in the French Tour de l'Avenir , which he finished 18th.

In August, Tesselaars was part of the Dutch team of four, which were held in the team time trial at the road world championship in Heerlen , the Netherlands . On the 100 km course, Tesselaar had to give up after 45 kilometers, so that his team only achieved eleventh place. After a second place in the Limburg Tour ( Ronde van Limburg ) and a few second and third places in other insignificant races during the 1967 racing season, Tesselaar's entries in the results lists of cycling end.

literature

• Klaus Ullrich: Every time in May . Sportverlag, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-328-00177-8 , pp. 272-277

Web links

• Piet Tesselaar in the database of Radsportseiten.net