Gerardus "Gerrit" Petrus Voorting (18 January 1923 – 30 January 2015) was a Dutch road cyclist who was active between 1947 and 1960. As an amateur he won the silver medal in the individual road race at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. In his professional career Voorting won two Tour de France stages and wore the yellow jersey for 4 days. Voorting died on 30 January 2015 in his home in Heemskerk at the age of 92, within a week of two other members of the Dutch men's team pursuit squad, Henk Faanhof and Joop Harmans. He was the elder brother of Olympic cyclist Adrie Voorting.

Major results

1948

Silver medal individual road race Olympic Games

1952

Den Bosch

6th stage Ronde van Nederland

Terneuzen

1953

Machelen

1953 Tour de France: Winner 4th stage

1954

Acht van Chaam

Vlissingen

1955

Maastricht

Zandvoort

1956

Kampen

Netherlands National Championship, Track, 50 km

Oostende

Tour de France: Wearing yellow jersey for one day

1957

Made

Ronde van Nederland: Winner stage 7 and 8

Roosendaal

1958

Grote 1-Mei Prijs

Lummen

Ninove

Ronde van Nederland: Winner 2nd stage

Tour de France: Winner 2nd stage Wearing yellow jersey for three days

1959

Made

Ninove

Roosendaal

See also

External links

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