Piet Moeskops
Piet Moeskops in 1919 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Pieter Daniel Moeskops | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | 'Big Pete', 'Big Piet' | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1893-11-13)13 November 1893 Loosduinen, the Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 16 November 1964(1964-11-16) (aged 71) The Hague, the Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Track | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Sprinter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1921-1924, 1926 UCI World Champion - Sprint 192x-1932 8× Dutch Professional Champion 1933 - Grand Prix of Alis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pieter Daniel Moeskops (13 November 1893 – 16 November 1964) was a Dutch cyclist, who won the UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Men's Sprint in 1921-1924 and 1926.[1]
Born in Loosduinen, as a boy he rode a delivery bike for his father's business. By 1914 he became the first Netherlands sprint champion, but the outbreak of the First World War meant that no international matches were organised. Only after the war could Moeskops turn professional.
In 1921 he won his first UCI World Title, beating the reigning world champion from Australia, Bob Spears. He retained the world title again for the next three years, and won it again in 1926. In 1925, in Amsterdam, he was beaten in the semi-finals. In 1929 and 1930 he reached the finals but was defeated by the Frenchman Lucien Michard. He was eight times Dutch professional champion, the last time in 1932.[1]
Moeskops was a good tactician, studying opponents carefully so that he could predict where someone would attack him.[2] For a cyclist he was very tall and was known as "Big Pete".
In 1930 Moeskops underwent major surgery which accelerated the end of his cycling career. His last major victory was in the Grand Prix of Alis (France) in 1933. In retirement he became the owner of a café. He was a national hero, and in 1963 he appeared on the television programme Voor de vuist weg with Willem Duys. A year later he died in The Hague, at 71 years of age.
Moeskops is buried at the 'Old Oak' cemetery in the Den Haag Dunes. The municipalities of Krugersdorp and Nijmegen, and the Loosduinen district of The Hague, have streets named after him.
References
- ^ a b Piet Moeskops. cyclingarchives.com
- ^ In the midst of the champions (1942), by Joris van den Bergh's
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- 1895: Robert Protin (BEL)
- 1896: Paul Bourillon (FRA)
- 1897: Willy Arend (GER)
- 1898: George A. Banker (USA)
- 1899: Marshall Taylor (USA)
- 1900: Edmond Jacquelin (FRA)
- 1901: Thorvald Ellegaard (DEN)
- 1902: Thorvald Ellegaard (DEN)
- 1903: Thorvald Ellegaard (DEN)
- 1904: Iver Lawson (USA)
- 1905: Gabriel Poulain (FRA)
- 1906: Thorvald Ellegaard (DEN)
- 1907: Émile Friol (FRA)
- 1908: Thorvald Ellegaard (DEN)
- 1909: Victor Dupré (FRA)
- 1910: Émile Friol (FRA)
- 1911: Thorvald Ellegaard (DEN)
- 1912: Frank Louis Kramer (USA)
- 1913: Walter Rütt (GER)
- 1920: Bob Spears (AUS)
- 1921: Piet Moeskops (NED)
- 1922: Piet Moeskops (NED)
- 1923: Piet Moeskops (NED)
- 1924: Piet Moeskops (NED)
- 1925: Ernst Kaufmann (SUI)
- 1926: Piet Moeskops (NED)
- 1927: Lucien Michard (FRA)
- 1928: Lucien Michard (FRA)
- 1929: Lucien Michard (FRA)
- 1930: Lucien Michard (FRA)
- 1931: Willy Hansen (DEN)
- 1932: Jef Scherens (BEL)
- 1933: Jef Scherens (BEL)
- 1934: Jef Scherens (BEL)
- 1935: Jef Scherens (BEL)
- 1936: Jef Scherens (BEL)
- 1937: Jef Scherens (BEL)
- 1938: Arie van Vliet (NED)
- 1939: Medal not awarded
- 1946: Jan Derksen (NED)
- 1947: Jef Scherens (BEL)
- 1948: Arie van Vliet (NED)
- 1949: Reg Harris (GBR)
- 1950: Reg Harris (GBR)
- 1951: Reg Harris (GBR)
- 1952: Oscar Plattner (SUI)
- 1953: Arie van Vliet (NED)
- 1954: Reg Harris (GBR)
- 1955: Antonio Maspes (ITA)
- 1956: Antonio Maspes (ITA)
- 1957: Jan Derksen (NED)
- 1958: Michel Rousseau (FRA)
- 1959: Antonio Maspes (ITA)
- 1960: Antonio Maspes (ITA)
- 1961: Antonio Maspes (ITA)
- 1962: Antonio Maspes (ITA)
- 1963: Sante Gaiardoni (ITA)
- 1964: Antonio Maspes (ITA)
- 1965: Giuseppe Beghetto (ITA)
- 1966: Giuseppe Beghetto (ITA)
- 1967: Patrick Sercu (BEL)
- 1968: Giuseppe Beghetto (ITA)
- 1969: Patrick Sercu (BEL)
- 1970: Gordon Johnson (AUS)
- 1971: Leijn Loevesijn (NED)
- 1972: Robert Van Lancker (BEL)
- 1973: Robert Van Lancker (BEL)
- 1974: Peder Pedersen (DEN)
- 1975: John Nicholson (AUS)
- 1976: John Nicholson (AUS)
- 1977: Koichi Nakano (JAP)
- 1978: Koichi Nakano (JAP)
- 1979: Koichi Nakano (JAP)
- 1980: Koichi Nakano (JAP)
- 1981: Koichi Nakano (JAP)
- 1982: Koichi Nakano (JAP)
- 1983: Koichi Nakano (JAP)
- 1984: Koichi Nakano (JAP)
- 1985: Koichi Nakano (JAP)
- 1986: Koichi Nakano (JAP)
- 1987: Nobuyuki Tawara (JAP)
- 1988: Stephen Pate (AUS)
- 1989: Claudio Golinelli (ITA)
- 1990: Michael Hübner (GDR)
- 1991:
Carey HallMedal not awarded - 1992: Michael Hübner (GER)
- 1993: Gary Neiwand (AUS)
- 1994: Marty Nothstein (USA)
- 1995: Darryn Hill (AUS)
- 1996: Florian Rousseau (FRA)
- 1997: Florian Rousseau (FRA)
- 1998: Florian Rousseau (FRA)
- 1999: Laurent Gané (FRA)
- 2000: Jan van Eijden (GER)
- 2001: Arnaud Tournant (FRA)
- 2002: Sean Eadie (AUS)
- 2003: Laurent Gané (FRA)
- 2004: Theo Bos (NED)
- 2005: René Wolff (GER)
- 2006: Theo Bos (NED)
- 2007: Theo Bos (NED)
- 2008: Chris Hoy (GBR)
- 2009: Grégory Baugé (FRA)
- 2010: Grégory Baugé (FRA)
- 2011: Jason Kenny (GBR)
- 2012: Grégory Baugé (FRA)
- 2013: Stefan Bötticher (GER)
- 2014: François Pervis (FRA)
- 2015: Grégory Baugé (FRA)
- 2016: Jason Kenny (GBR)
- 2017: Denis Dmitriev (RUS)
- 2018: Matthew Glaetzer (AUS)
- 2019: Harrie Lavreysen (NED)
- 2020: Harrie Lavreysen (NED)
- 2021: Harrie Lavreysen (NED)
- 2022: Harrie Lavreysen (NED)
- 2023: Harrie Lavreysen (NED)