Willem "Wim" van Est (25 March 1923 - 1 May 2003) was a Dutch racing cyclist. He is best known for being the first Dutch cyclist to wear the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification in the Tour de France of 1951, and for falling into a ravine while wearing it. Known as Iron William, TheLocomotive and even The Executioner, Willem van Est was best known, simply, as 'Wim'. The beefy, barrel-chested Dutchman was born in Brabant in 1923, the second of.
Wim van Est, de eerste Nederlander in de gele trui Historiek
Willem (Wim) van Est ( Fijnaart, 25 maart 1923 - Roosendaal, 1 mei 2003 [1]) was een Nederlands wielrenner die als eerste Nederlander in de Tour (de France) de gele trui droeg als leider van het algemeen klassement en de Ronde van Vlaanderen won. For the rest of his life, Wim van Est was the man who should have fallen to his death in the Pyrenees. Shortly after leaving hospital, he played on the accident in an advertising campaign for the Dutch team's sponsor, Pontiac watches, with a poster campaign showing van Est saying: "I fell 70 meters deep, but my Pontiac was still running Today - 1st of May 2003 - I heard the news late tonight: Wim Van Est died in Sint Willebrord (Holland), at the age of 80. With Wim Van Est, my passion for cycling started. He has been the very first cyclist I have ever touched, the very first one who talked to me. It was in Antwerp-Belgium in 1961: I was 8, he was 38. Willem "Wim" van Est (25 March 1923 - 1 May 2003) was a Dutch racing cyclist. He is best known for being the first Dutch cyclist to wear the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification in the Tour de France of 1951, and for falling into a ravine while wearing it. Oops something went wrong: 403
Wim van Est Life Story & Biography with Photos Videos
Wim van Est's fall This year, the Tour de France will unveil a plaque on the Col d'Aubisque to commemorate the fiftieth anniversay of one of the Tour's wilder days. Van Est crying with shock. Wim van Est, 1958 Bericht zur Tour de France 1954 mit Start in Amsterdam (niederl.) Wim van Est mit seiner Mannschaft auf dem Weg zur Tour de France 1955. Willem „Wim" van Est (* 25.März 1923 in Fijnaart, heute zu Moerdijk; † 1. Mai 2003 in Roosendaal) war ein niederländischer Radrennfahrer.Er war 1951 der erste Niederländer, der bei der Tour de France 1951 das Gelbe und beim Giro d. Wim van Est (born 1923-03-25 in Fijnaart, passed away 2003-05-01) was a former professional road racing cyclist from Netherlands, active between 1949 and 1964. His best results are 3 stage wins in Tour de France and winning Ronde van Vlaanderen. 1949. stage Ronde van Nederland. 2nd Grand Prix des Nations. 3rd Critérium des As. 12th World Championships - Road Race (WC) 9th GC Ronde van Nederland. ID: 172394. How many profile views had Wim van Est? Profile photos per season and number of wins and points per season.
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ReCycle 'I fell 70m off a mountain' When Wim Van Est plunged off the Aubisque and Hugo Koblet
2014-02-06 Wim laat de plek zien van zijn val 2014-02-05 Lang leve. de Tour de France (2012) 1953-07-19 Le Tour: (1953) zege Van Est in Monaco 1951-07-16 Le Tour: (1951) Van Est in eerste gele trui 1954-07-11 Le Tour: (1954) Van Est wint rit naar Caen 17 July 2023 by PelotonTales. On the 12th stage of Tour de France 1951 Wim van Est escaped with a small group, won the stage and took the lead in the general classification. He was the first Dutchman to wear the yellow jersey. Next day the peloton arrived in the Pyrenees. The 201 km 13th long stage between Dax and Tarbes included the mighty Col.
Wim van Est (1923-2003) begon door de Tweede Wereldoorlog pas laat aan zijn carrière als profwielrenner. Zijn fietstalent werd in de oorlog al herkend, zo smokkelde hij op de fiets boter van. Moved Permanently. The document has moved here.
Wim van Est won in 1951 als eerste Nederlander de gele trui, maar de radio was er niet bij
On the previous year's Tour de France, Decock had been an eyewitness to yellow jersey Wim van Est's fall into a ravine on the descent of the Col d'Aubisque on stage 13 to Tarbes. It shows the bicycles used by the Dutch royal family or the famous bicycle belonging to Dutch Wim van Est who fell to a 70-metre deep ravine while wearing a yellow jersey of the Tour de France leader in 1951.
