Peter Winnen
Personal information | |
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Full name | Peter Winnen |
Born | Venray, Netherlands | 5 September 1957
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Professional teams | |
1980 | IJsboerke |
1981–1982 | Capri Sonne |
1983 | TI–Raleigh |
1984–1989 | Panasonic |
1990–1991 | Buckler–Colnago–Decca |
Major wins | |
Grand Tours
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Peter Johannes Gertrudis Winnen (born 5 September 1957) is a Dutch former road racing cyclist. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in road racing and finished in 26th place.[1] After the Games he turned professional in 1981. Among his 14 victories were two stages at Alpe d'Huez in the Tour de France and a national championship. He came third in the Tour de France in 1983.
Doping confession
[edit]On the Dutch TV-show Reporter, Steven Rooks, Maarten Ducrot and Winnen admitted taking doping in their careers. Winnen talked about his Tour in 1986. "I was very bad and had the choice: go back to home or to provide me with testosterone." – Winnen reached Paris. During his career with Raleigh, Panasonic and Buckler, Winnen used testosterone, amphetamines and corticosteroids.[2]
Career achievements
[edit]Major results
[edit]- 1979
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de Liège
- 1981
- 5th Overall Tour de France
- 1st Young rider classification
- 1st Stage 17
- 1982
- 4th Overall Tour de France:
- 1st Stage 17
- 1983
- 3rd Overall Tour de France:
- 1st Stage 17
- 2nd Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 4
- 1987
- 2nd Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 7
- 8th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1988
- 9th Overall Tour de France
- 1st Stage 2 (TTT)
- 8th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1990
- 1st Dutch National Road Race Championship
- 1st Profronde van Heerlen
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
[edit]Grand Tour | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 |
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Giro d'Italia | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 8 | 29 | — | — |
Tour de France | 5 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 15 | DNF | — | 9 | — | DNF | — |
Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | DNF | 15 | — | — | — | — | 15 |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Peter Winnen. sports-reference.com
- ^ Dutch stars come clean. News for January 1, 2000. cyclingnews.com
External links
[edit]- Peter Winnen at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Official Tour de France results for Peter Winnen