Personal information | |
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Born | (1949-02-27) 27 February 1949 Oploo, the Netherlands |
Sport | |
Sport | Cycling |
Achievements and titles | |
Olympic finals | 1972 |
Pieter Gerardus "Piet" van Katwijk (born 27 February 1949) is a retired Dutch cyclist who was active between 1969 and 1983. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and finished in eleventh place in the road race.[1][2] He won the Milk Race (1973) and Acht van Chaam (1974) as well as several stages of the Olympia's Tour (1970, 1971, 1972), Tour de Suisse (1976), Tour of Belgium (1976), Ronde van Nederland (1977) and Tour de Luxembourg (1977).
His brothers Jan and Fons and nephew Alain were also professional cyclists.[2]