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,Obituary Gerrit Voorting. rvmn.nl (4 February 2015) 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 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 List of Dutch Olympic cyclists List of Dutch cyclists who have led the Tour de France general classification
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