Jan Krekels
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Jan Krekels with his Tour de France bike in 1973
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| Full name | Jan Krekels | ||||||||||||
| Born | 26 August 1947 Sittard, Netherlands |
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| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||
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| Infobox last updated on 15 July 2008 |
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Jan Jozef Alfons Franciscus Krekels (born 26 August 1947) is a retired cyclist from the Netherlands. He became Olympic champion in the 100 km team time trial in 1968 with Joop Zoetemelk, René Pijnen and Fedor den Hertog; at the same Games he came in 11th in the road race.[1] He also won the 19th stage of the Tour de France in 1971 and the prologue of Paris–Nice in 1970. He retired from professional cycling in 1978.[2]
Krekels won three four major races of 1968, including the Tour of Austria, to be selected to the 1968 Olympic team. In 1969 he turned professional. He turned down a contract with the French team, Bic because he did not speak French. He rode instead for a small Dutch team and his career fizzled out.[3]
Palmarès
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- 1968
- Archer International Grand Prix
- Omloop der Kempen
- Ronde van Overijssel
- Tour of Austria
- Ronde van Limburg
Olympic Games team time trial- 1969
- Orchies
- 1970
- Acht van Chaam
- 1971
- Ulestraten
- Strombeek-Bever
- Tour de France:
- Winner stage 19
- 1972
- Simpelveld
- Vuelta a Andalucía
- 1972
- Born
- 1973
- Valkenswaard
- Born
- 1974
- Beringen
- Geetbets
- 1976
- Arendonk
- Kloosterzande
- Kruiningen
- 1978
- Obbicht
- Boxmeer
References
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- ↑ Jan Krekels. sports-reference.com
- ↑ Jan Krekels at Cycling ArchivesLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- ↑ Jan KREKELS (1947, Nederland). wielersport.slogblog.nl
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- 1947 births
- Living people
- Cyclists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Dutch male cyclists
- Dutch Tour de France stage winners
- Olympic cyclists of the Netherlands
- Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic medalists in cycling
- People from Sittard
- Tour de Suisse stage winners
- Tour de France cyclists
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Limburg (Netherlands)
