Pieter Carel Cornelis "Piet" van der Touw (born 29 November 1940) is a retired Dutch cyclist. He competed at the

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in five events in total. He finished in fourth place three times: twice in the 1000 m time trial (1960 and 1964) and once in the 2000 m tandem sprint. Nationally, he finished third in the sprint in 1966, 1976 and 1977. He was also an accomplished road cyclist and in 1965 won a six-day road race in

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1940 births Living people Dutch male cyclists Cyclists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of the Netherlands People from Rijswijk Cyclists from South Holland {{netherlands-cycling-bio-stub

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