Wout Wagtmans
Personal information | |
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Full name | Wouter Wagtmans |
Nickname | Olijke Woutje (Evil Woutje) |
Born | Rucphen, the Netherlands | 10 November 1929
Died | 15 August 1994 Sint Willebrord, Netherlands | (aged 64)
Team information | |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Rider type | Sprinter |
Professional teams | |
1950–1953 | Garin |
1954–1959 | Vredestein |
1960 | Molteni |
1961 | Vredestein |
Major wins | |
Grand Tours |
Wouter "Wout" Wagtmans (10 November 1929 – 15 August 1994) was a Dutch
Together with Wim van Est he belonged to the generation that brought great popularity to cycling in the Netherlands in the 1950s. In 1947, Wagtmans started as amateur, and two years later he became Dutch champion. In 1950 he was forced to be a professional cyclist, because he was said to take money after a victory. In his first day as a professional cyclist, he entered the Dutch professional championship, and only Gerrit Schulte could keep ahead of him.
After that, he had a glorious career. He entered the
Wout Wagtmans was a very popular cyclist, both because of his combativity and his enthusiasm. He received many nicknames, Olijke Woutje, Dik Trom, Zoeloe, de Clown and het Kemphaantje. He ended his cycling career in 1961, and in 1967 he was the leader of the Dutch Tour de France team, centered on
Wout Wagtmans was the uncle of another successful cyclist, Rini Wagtmans.
Major results
- 1949
- Netherlands amateur road race champion
- 1950
- Acht van Chaam
- Oosterhout
- Rotterdam
- Ronde van Noord-Holland
- Halsteren
- 1951
- Leopoldsbrug
- Terneuzen
- Wouw
- Oostbrug
- 1952
- Acht van Chaam
- Tour de Romandie
- 1953
- Ronde van Haspengouw
- Tour de France:
- Winner stages 17 and 21
- 5th place overall classification
- Paris–Roubaix
- 3rd place overall
- Hoensbroek
- 1954
- Helmond
- Sint-Willebrord
- Giro d'Italia:
- Winner stages 13 and 19
- Tour de France:
- Winner stage 1
- Wearing yellow jerseyfor seven days
- 1955
- Drachten
- Apeldoorn
- Giro d'Italia:
- 9th place overall classification
- Tour de France:
- Winner stage 19
- Wearing yellow jerseyfor two days
- 1956
- Tour de France:
- Wearing yellow jerseyfor three days
- Wearing
- 1957
- Roma – Napoli – Roma
- Giro d'Italia:
- Winner stage 6
- 9th place overall classification
- 1960
- Tour des Quatre-Cantons
See also
External links
- Wout Wagtmans at Cycling Archives
- Wout Wagtmans – official Tour de France results (archive)