Gerard Peters
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Born | 31 July 1920 Haarlem, the Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||
Died | 6 April 2005 (aged 84) Haarlem, the Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||
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Gerard "Gerrit" Peters (31 July 1920 – 6 April 2005) was a Dutch track and road cyclist who was active between 1941 and 1956. On track he won the world title in the individual pursuit in 1946 and the European title in madison in 1950. On the road, he won six six-day races, in Ghent (1950), Paris (1950, 1953), Berlin (1954), Antwerpen (1954) and Münster (1955).[1] He also rode in the 1951 Tour de France.[2]
References
- ^ Gerrit Peters. cyclingarchives.com
- ^ "Tour de France 1951". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
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