Gerard "Gerrit" Peters (31 July 1920 – 6 April 2005) was a Dutch track and road cyclist who was active between 1941 and 1956. On track he won the world title in the individual pursuit in 1946 and the European title in
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in 1950. On the road, he won six six-day races, in
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(1950), Paris (1950, 1953), Berlin (1954), Antwerpen (1954) and Münster (1955).
[ He also rode in the ]1951 Tour de France
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* January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950).
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1920 births
2005 deaths
Dutch male cyclists
Sportspeople from Haarlem
UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men)
Dutch track cyclists
Cyclists from North Holland
20th-century Dutch people
21st-century Dutch people
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