Piet van Est (11 August 1934 – 17 October 1991) was a Dutch

racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling spo ...

. He rode the

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a ...

in 1957–1962 and 1964, finishing within the first 30 places in 1958, 1960 and 1962. In 1961, he won one stage of the

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and finished 31st overall. He also won the

Ronde van Nederland The Tour of the Netherlands ''(Dutch: Ronde van Nederland)'' was a road bicycle racing stage-race in the Netherlands, founded in 1948 in sports, 1948. It was an annual race since 1975 in sports, 1975. Because of the start of the Union Cycliste ...

in 1958 and two stages of the race in 1963. His brothers Nico and

Wim van Est 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 in ...

were professional cyclists as well.Piet van Est
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1934 births 1991 deaths Dutch male cyclists Dutch Giro d'Italia stage winners Dutch Tour de France stage winners People from Moerdijk Cyclists from North Brabant 20th-century Dutch sportsmen {{Netherlands-cycling-bio-stub