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Born | 29 May 1928 Amsterdam, the Netherlands | |||||||||||
Died | 23 October 1985 (aged 57) Amsterdam, the Netherlands | |||||||||||
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Sport | Cycling | |||||||||||
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Martin Wierstra (29 May 1928 – 23 October 1985) was a professional cyclist from the Netherlands who specialized in motor-paced racing. In this discipline he won three national titles in 1957, 1960 and 1961, as well as a silver medal at the UCI Motor-paced World Championships in 1960. [1] [2]
After retirement in 1962 he worked as a pharmacy salesman and cycling coach. [3]
John Howard is an Olympic cyclist from the United States, who set a land speed record of 152.2 miles per hour (245 km/h) while motor-pacing on a pedal bicycle on July 20, 1985 on Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats. This record was beaten in 1995 by Fred Rompelberg.
Heinrich 'Heiri' Suter was a Swiss road racing cyclist. Excelling mainly in the classics, Suter was the first non-Belgian winner of the Tour of Flanders in 1923. Two weeks after his win in the Tour of Flanders, he won Paris–Roubaix, becoming the first cyclist to win both classics in the same year. He also holds a record six victories in Züri-Metzgete, Switzerland's most important one-day race.
Georges Ronsse was a two-time national cyclo-cross and two-time world champion road bicycle racer from Belgium, who raced between 1926 and 1938.
Daniel "Danny" Clark OAM is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Australia, who was a professional rider from 1974 to 1997. He won five world championships and at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, came second in the 1,000m time trial.
Paul Curran is a former professional English racing cyclist from Thornaby, North Yorkshire.
Franco Giorgetti was an Italian racing cyclist and Olympic champion in track cycling.
Motor-paced racing and motor-paced cycling refer to cycling behind a pacer in a car or more usually on a motorcycle. The cyclist follows as close as they can to benefit from the slipstream of their pacer. The first paced races were behind other cyclists, sometimes as many as five riders on the same tandem. Bordeaux-Paris and record attempts have been ridden behind cars. More usually races or training are behind motorcycles.
Roland Königshofer is a retired Austrian cyclist. He won a medal at every UCI Motor-paced World Championships between 1985 and 1994, until the championships were discontinued, either in the amateurs (1985–1992) or professionals category (1993–1994). He also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the 4000 m team pursuit and points race and finished in 16th and 12th place, respectively.
Cor Blekemolen "Blekie" was a Dutch cyclist. After winning the world title at the UCI Motor-paced World Championships in 1914 he turned professional and competed until 1935. He then became a coach with the Royal Dutch Cycling Union and brought Arie van Houwelingen to the world title in 1959.
René Kos is a retired cyclist from the Netherlands. He had his best achievements in motor-paced racing, winning the world championships in 1981 and finishing in second place in 1983; he also finished second in 1980 but was disqualified for failing the doping test. He won the national motor-paced cycling championships in 1981, 1982, 1984 and 1985.
Walter Bucher is a Swiss retired cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit event at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Between 1955 and 1959 he won a medal at every UCI Motor-paced World Championships, including a gold medal in 1958. He also won five national titles in motor-paced racing.
Thaddäus "Thaddy" Robl was a German professional cyclist who was active between 1894 and 1910, initially in road racing, later predominantly in motor-paced racing. From 1895 to 1898 he obtained several podium finishes in long-distance road races, the most emblematic of which is his 3rd place in the 1898 Bordeaux - Paris.
Raoul Lesueur was a French cyclist. He started his career as a road racer, winning numerous competitions in the 1930s and Critérium des As in 1943. After World War II he focused on motor-paced racing. In this discipline he won a European title in 1950 and the UCI Motor-paced World Championships in 1947 and 1950.
Pieter Casper Johan "Piet" Dikkentman was a professional cyclist from the Netherlands. He had a long a successful career spanning from 1885 to 1928, which peaked in 1903 when he won the UCI Motor-paced World Championships. He competed internationally and married twice, to an Australian and to a German. Consequently, while he lived most of his life in Amsterdam, he also spent years in Germany and Australia.
Giovanni Renosto is a retired professional cyclist from Italy. He won every national championship in motor-paced racing between 1986 and 1989. He also won the UCI Motor-paced World Championships in 1989 and finished in third place in 1986.
Georg Stoltze was a German cyclist. He won the UCI Motor-paced World Championships in 1960 and finished in third place next year 1961.
Horst Schütz is a retired German cyclist who won the UCI Motor-paced World Championships in 1984.
This page is an overview of the Netherlands at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
Richard William "Fatty" Lamb was an Australian racing cyclist who competed on both road and track, as was typical of Australian cyclists of the era such as Hubert Opperman. Throughout his career, Lamb was associated with Malvern Star Bicycles and Bruce Small.
Arno Küttel is a Swiss former professional racing cyclist. He notably won a stage of the 1989 Tour de Suisse and the 1995 European Motor-paced Championships. He also won the bronze medal at the 1991 UCI Motor-paced World Championships.