René Kos (born 17 October 1955) is a retired cyclist from the Netherlands. He had his best achievements in

motor-paced racing Motor-paced racing and motor-paced cycling refer to cycling behind a pacer in a car or more usually on a motorcycle. The cyclist (or stayer in this case) follows as close as they can to benefit from the slipstream of their pacer. The first paced r ...

, winning the

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in 1981 and finishing in second place in 1983; he also finished second in 1980 but was disqualified for failing the doping test. He won the national motor-paced cycling championships in 1981, 1982, 1984 and 1985. As a track cyclist he competed in 28 six-day races with the best result of third place in the race of Buenos Aires. After retirement he worked as a cycling coach. He was also active as a race organizer and a pacer in motor-paced racing. In 2009, he was invited to prepare the Iranian track team for the 2010 Asian Games, but had to refuse due to the uncertain security situation. He is the manager of the cycling team ''Koga-CreditForce-Ubbink'', which includes his three sons Patrick, Jesse and Christian.

Teams

* 1980 – AGU Sport * 1981 – AGU Sport * 1982 – individueel * 1982 – Amko Sport * 1983 – AGU Sport * 1984 – Paganini * 1985 –

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* 1986 – Timmermans IJzerhandel * 1987 – Timmermans IJzerhandel

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kos, Rene 1955 births Living people Dutch male cyclists People from Langedijk UCI Track Cycling World Champions (men) Cyclists from North Holland Dutch track cyclists 20th-century Dutch sportsmen