Gerrit Voorting

Gerrit Voorting, whose full name was Gerardus Petrus Voorting, was a Dutch road cyclist who raced between 1947 and 1960. Born on 18 January 1923, he first came to international attention as an amateur at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where he won the silver medal in the individual road race. He then turned professional and built his career around the Tour de France, winning two stages of the race and wearing the yellow jersey of the race leader for four days in all. He was the elder brother of the Olympic cyclist Adrie Voorting. Gerrit Voorting died at his home in Heemskerk on 30 January 2015, 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.