Roy Schuiten
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Rob (Roy) Schuiten |
| Date of birth | December 16, 1950 |
| Country | The Netherlands |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 1974-1975 1976-1977 1978-1979 1980 1981 1982 |
TI-Raleigh Lejeune-BP Scic-Bottecchia Inoxpran Kotter-GBC Kelme-Merckx |
| Major wins | |
| 2x Grand Prix des Nations 1x Rund um den Henninger Turm |
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Roy Schuiten (b. 16 December 1950 in Zandvoort, Netherlands - d. 19 September 2006 in Praia do Corveiro, Portugal) was a Dutch-born track and road racer. After his retirement he became team manager before starting his own restaurant.
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[edit] Track career
Schuiten reached his main achievements on track. In 1974 and 1975 he became World Champion at the 5 km individual pursuit. He also won two silver medals in 1976 and 1978.[1] At this discipline he became Dutch national Champion a total of five times. He was also specialised in time trials; In 1975 he tried to break Eddy Merckx's 1-hour time trial world record in Mexico twice, but failed in both of the occasions.[2]
[edit] Track achievements
Main track achievements [3]
- World Track Championships : Team pursuit (amateurs), 3rd (1973)
- World Track Championships : Individual pursuit, 1st (1974, 1975), 2nd (1976, 1978)
- European Track Championships : Team pursuit, 3rd (1974)
- Dutch National Track Championships : Individual pursuit (amateurs), 1st (1972, 1973)
- Dutch National Track Championships : Individual pursuit, 1st (1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980), 2nd (1981)
- Dutch National Track Championships : 50 km race, 1st (1975)
- Dutch National Track Championships : Half fond, 1st (1978)
[edit] Road career
Besides a track racer he also achieved decent results during road races. He was selected for the Tour de France twice (finishing 2nd and 3rd in time trials) and also four times for the Giro d'Italia.[4] In 1975 he won the Rund um den Henninger-Turm, while he won the Grand Prix des Nations twice, in 1974 and 1975. Other major races he won were the Trofeo Angelo Baracchi (1974 with Francesco Moser, 1978 with Knut Knudsen), GP Kanton Aargau Gippingen (1976) and the GP Forli (1979).[5]
[edit] Road Achievements
Main road achievements [4]
- Dutch National Road Championships for Military : 1st (1971)
- Milk Race : 3 stages + overall 1st (1974)
- Olympia's Tour : overall 1st (1974)
- Trofeo Angelo Baracchi : 1st (1974 with Francesco Moser, 1978 with Knut Knudsen)
- Grand Prix des Nations : 1st (1974, 1975), 2nd (1976)
- Rund um den Henninger Turm : 1st (1975)
- Dauphiné Libéré : 1 stage (1976)
- GP Kanton Aargau Gippingen : 1st (1976)
- Tour Méditerranéen : 2 stages + 1st overall (1976)
- Paris-Nice : 1 stage (1977)
- Tirreno-Adriatico : 3rd overall (1978), 1 stage (1981)
- GP Forli : 1st (1979)
- Acht van Chaam : 1st (1981)
[edit] After his career
After his retirement in 1982 he became team manager of PDM-Concorde in 1986 which he led only one year. [6] He then moved to Portugal and started his own restaurant.
He died on 19 September 2006 in Praia do Corveiro, aged 55, from undisclosed causes.[2]
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ World Championship Track Cycling 2006-1958, bikecult.com
- ^ a b Roy Schuiten (55) overleden, nos.nl 19 September 2006
- ^ Uitslagen van Roy Schuiten, dewielersite.nl
- ^ a b Roy Schuiten, achtergronden, Tourdefrance.nl
- ^ Velo Archive, Riders: S, veloarchive.com
- ^ PDM - Concorde 1986, dewielersite.net
