Wim Van Est

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)
Medal record
Competitor for Netherlands
Track cycling
World Championships
Bronze 1949 Copenhagen Individual pursuit
Silver 1950 Rocourt Individual pursuit
Bronze 1955 Milan Individual pursuit
Infobox last updated on
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.

Read more about Wim Van Est:  Biography, Palmarès

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