Gerrit Voorting Explained

Gerrit Voorting
Full Name:	Gerrit Voorting
Birth Date:	1923 1, df=yes
Birth Place:	Velsen, North Holland, Netherlands
Death Place:	Heemskerk, Netherlands
Discipline:	Road
Role:	Rider
Proyears1:	1952
Proteam1:	Locomotief-Vredestein
Proyears2:	1953
Proteam2:	Peugeot
Proyears3:	1954–1959
Proteam3:	Locomotief-Vredestein
Majorwins:	Silver medal 1948 Olympic Games Two Tour de France stages
Show-Medals:	yes

Gerardus "Gerrit" Petrus Voorting (18 January 1923 – 30 January 2015) was a Dutch road cyclist who was active between 1947 and 1960. As an amateur he won the silver medal in the individual road race at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. In his professional career Voorting won two Tour de France stages and wore the yellow jersey for 4 days. Voorting died on 30 January 2015 in his home in Heemskerk at the age of 92,^[1] ^[2] within a week of two other members of the Dutch men's team pursuit squad, Henk Faanhof and Joop Harmans.^[3] He was the elder brother of Olympic cyclist Adrie Voorting.

Major results

1948

Silver medal individual road race Olympic Games

1952

Den Bosch

6th stage Ronde van Nederland

Terneuzen

1953

Machelen

1953 Tour de France

Winner 4th stage

1954

Acht van Chaam

Vlissingen

1955

Maastricht

Zandvoort

1956

Kampen

National Championship, Track, 50 km

Oostende

Tour de France

Wearing yellow jersey for one day

1957

Made

Ronde van Nederland

Winner stage 7 and 8

Roosendaal

1958

Grote 1-Mei Prijs

Lummen

Ninove

Ronde van Nederland

Winner 2nd stage