Wim Van Est
Grand Tours
- Tour de France
- 3 Individual Stages
- 1 Team Time Trial
- Giro d'Italia
- 1 Individual Stage
Stage Races
- Ronde van Nederland (1952, 1954)
Single-Day Races and Classics
- Dutch Road Race Champion ::(1956, 1957)
- Dutch Individual Pursuit Champion
- (1949, 1952, 1953, 1955)
- Ronde van Vlaanderen (1953)
- Bordeaux–Paris (1950, 1952, 1961)
| Competitor for Netherlands | ||
|---|---|---|
| Track cycling | ||
| World Championships | ||
| Bronze | 1949 Copenhagen | Individual pursuit |
| Silver | 1950 Rocourt | Individual pursuit |
| Bronze | 1955 Milan | Individual pursuit |
4 March 2012
Willem van Est (25 March 1923 – 1 May 2003) was a Dutch racing cyclist.
He is best known for being the first Dutch cyclist to wear the yellow jersey in the Tour de France of 1951, and for falling into a ravine while wearing it.
Famous quotes containing the words van and/or est:
“I’m a junkie. I like drugs, I like the whole lifestyle, but it just didn’t pay off.”
—Gus Van Sant, U.S. screenwriter, and Dan Yost. Bob Hughes (Matt Dillon)
“I preche of nothing but for coveityse.
Therfor my theme is yet, and ever was—
Radix malorum est cupiditas.”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)