Gerrit Schulte (7 January 1916 – 26 February 1992) was a Dutch professional track bicycle racer. Between 1940 and 1960 he won 19 six-day races out of 73 starts and was one of the dominant Six days racers of his time. Schulte was as well successful in track pursuit, becoming national champion ten times, European champion twice and world champion once, in 1948, when he beat Fausto Coppi in the final. He was also successful as a road race cyclists, becoming national champion three times and winning a stage in the 1938 Tour de France. Since 1955, the Gerrit Schulte Trophy has been awarded by the national federation to the best professional rider in the Netherlands.[1][2]
 Gerrit Schulte in 1952 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Gerrit Schulte | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | De Bossche Reus | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 January 1916 Amsterdam, the Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 February 1992 (aged 76) Den Bosch, the Netherlands | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road and track | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography edit
Amateur career edit
Schulte competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in the individual and team road races, but did not finish. Next year he turned professional.[1]
1938 Tour de France edit
In the 1938 Tour de France, Schulte joined as a member of the Dutch team. He won the third stage, and abandoned the race in the eighth stage.[3] After that, he went to Paris, and won 10.000 francs in a criterium. His team mate Theo Middelkamp did finish the 1938 Tour, and also won a stage, but Middelkamp only won 8.000 francs during the Tour. They both decided to never return to the Tour, because in other races they could win more money.[4]
Later life edit
Since 1955, every year the Gerrit Schulte Trophy is awarded by the national federation to the best professional rider in the Netherlands, and Schulte himself has won it once in 1958. After retiring from competitions he worked as a cycling coach and managed the restaurant in De Vliert, the football stadium of his home town Den Bosch.[1]
Major results edit
- 1937
- Dussen
- Ronde van Gouda, Amateurs
- Hoogerheide
- 1938
- Antwerpen
- Purmerend
- Oss
- Vinkeveen
- Eindhoven
- Tour de France:
- Winner stage 3
- 1939
- Acht van Chaam
- Antwerpen
- Zaandam
- Baarle-Hertog
- Namur
- 1940
national track pursuit championship- Six Days of Antwerp (with Gerrit Boeyen)
- Gent
- 1941
- national track pursuit championship
- 1942
- national track pursuit championship
- Roermond
- Hilversum
- 1943
- national track pursuit championship
- Roermond
- 1944
- national track pursuit championship
- Ronde van Gouda
- Dutch National Road Race Championship
- 1945
- national track pursuit championship
- Beverwijk
- 1946
- Six Days of Paris (with Gerrit Boeyen)
- Tongeren
- Hoensbroek
- 1947
- Six Days of Ghent (with Gerrit Boeyen)
- GP Stad Sint-Niklaas
- national track pursuit championship
- Six Days of Brussels (with Gerrit Boeyen)
- 1948
- Brasschaat
- Den Bosch
- national track pursuit championship
- Oss
- World Champion Track Pursuit
- Dutch National Road Race Championship
- 1949
- European Track Championships
- 1st
Madison (with Gerrit Boeyen)
- 1st
- Ronde van Nederland
- Roosendaal
- Temse
- Six Days of Ghent (with Gerrit Boeyen)
- Six Days of Antwerp (with Gerrit Boeyen)
- Zwijndrecht
- Willebroek
- Den Bosch
- 1950
- Antwerpen
- Boucles de la Gartempe
- European Track Championships
- 1st Madison (with Gerard Peters)
- 1st
- Six Days of Ghent (with Gerard Peters)
- national track pursuit championship
- Dutch National Road Race Championship
- Six Days of Paris (with Gerard Peters)
- Etten-Leur
- 1951
- national track pursuit championship
- Westerlo
- 1952
- Sas van Gent, Sas van Gent
- 1953
- Six Days of Paris (with Gerard Peters)
- Dutch National Road Race Championship
- Den Bosch
- 1954
- Six Days of Berlin (with Gerard Peters, Emile Carrara and Dominique Forlini)
- Six Days of Antwerp (with Gerard Peters)
- Goes, Goes
- 1955
- Six Days of Münster (with Gerard Peters)
- Den Bosch
- Helmond
- 1956
- Den Bosch
- Dussum
- Helmond
- Six Days of Zürich (with Kay Werner Nielsen)
- Leuven
- Six Days of Copenhagen (with Lucien Gillen)
- 1957
- Six Days of Zürich (with Armin von Büren)
- 1958
- Six Days of Berlin (with Klaus Bugdahl)
- Den Bosch
- Wevelgem
- Hanret
- 1959
- Six Days of Antwerp (with Klaus Bugdahl and Peter Post)
- Six Days of Brussels (with Peter Post)
- 1960
- Six Days of Antwerp (with Jan Plantaz and Peter Post)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c Gerrit Schulte Archived 4 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- ^ KNWU: Nominations for the election of the rider of the year (in Dutch)
- ^ "32eme Tour de France". Archived from the original on 7 August 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2013.. Memoire du cyclisme
- ^ Haan, Rob de. Liever poen dan roem, 16 June 2010. nu.nl
External links edit
- Gerrit Schulte at Cycling Archives
- Official Tour de France results for Gerrit Schulte