- Gerrit Schulte
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ridername = Gerrit Schulte
fullname = Gerrit Schulte
nickname = De Bossche Reus
dateofbirth = birth date|1916|01|07|df=yes
dateofdeath = death date and age|df=yes|1992|2|26|1916|1|7
country = NED
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discipline = Road
role = Rider
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updated = 20 June 2008
medaltemplates =Gerrit Schulte (
Amsterdam , 7 January 1916 —Den Bosch , 26 February 1992) was a Dutch professionalroad bicycle racer . Schulte was successful in track pursuit, becoming national champion ten times, European champion twice and World champion once (in 1948). He was also successful as a road race cyclists, becoming national champion three times and winning a stage in the1938 Tour de France . In the end of his career, Schulte won many six-day racing events. Every year, the Gerrit Schulte Trophy is awarded by the national federation to the best professional rider in the Netherlands. [ [http://www.knwu.nl/index.php?id=159 KNWU: Nominations for the election of the rider of the year] (in Dutch)]Palmarès
;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:NED national track pursuit championship:Six days of Antwerp (with
Gerrit Boeyen ):Gent;1941:NED national track pursuit championship;1942:NED national track pursuit championship:Roermond:Hilversum;1943:NED national track pursuit championship:Roermond;1944:NED national track pursuit championship:Ronde van Gouda:flagicon|NEDDutch National Road Race Championship ;1945:NED national track pursuit championship:Beverwijk;1946:Six days of Paris (withGerrit Boeyen ):Tongeren:Hoensbroek;1947:Six days of Ghent (withGerrit Boeyen ):GP Stad Sint-Niklaas:NED national track pursuit championship:Six days of Brussels (withGerrit Boeyen );1948:Brasschaat:Den Bosch:NED national track pursuit championship:Oss:flagiconUCI World Champion Track Pursuit:flagicon|NEDDutch National Road Race Championship ;1949:European Championship Track Madison (withGerrit Boeyen ):Ronde van Nederland :Roosendaal:Temse:Six days of Ghent (withGerrit Boeyen ):Six days of Antwerp (withGerrit Boeyen ):Zwijndrecht:Willebroek:Den Bosch;1950:Antwerpen:Boucles de la Gartempe:European Championship Track Madison (withGerard Peters ):Six days of Ghent (withGerard Peters ):NED national track pursuit championship:flagicon|NEDDutch National Road Race Championship :Six days of Paris (withGerard Peters ):Etten-Leur;1951:NED national track pursuit championship:Westerlo;1952:Sas van Gent, Sas van Gent;1953:Six days of Paris (withGerard Peters ):flagicon|NEDDutch National Road Race Championship :Den Bosch;1954:Six days of Berlin (withGerard Peters ,Emile Carrara andDominique Forlini ):Six days of Antwerp (withGerard Peters ):Goes, Goes;1955:Six days of Münster (withGerard Peters ):Den Bosch:Helmond;1956:Den Bosch:Dussum:Helmond:Six days of Zürich (withKay Werner Nielsen ):Leuven:Six days of Copenhagen (withLucien Gillen );1957:Six days of Zürich (withArmin von Büren );1958:Six days of Berlin (withKlaus Bugdahl ):Den Bosch:Wevelgem:Hanret;1959:Six days of Antwerpen (withKlaus Bugdahl andPeter Post ):Six days of Brussel (withPeter Post );1960:Six days of Antwerpen (withJan Plantaz andPeter Post )References
External links
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* [http://www.letour.fr/HISTO/TDF/riders/us/2909.html Official Tour de France results for Gerrit Schulte]Persondata
NAME=Schulte, Gerrit
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH=1916-01-07
PLACE OF BIRTH=Amsterdam
DATE OF DEATH=1992-02-26
PLACE OF DEATH=Den Bosch
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