Middelkamp- Former Dutch cycling champion dies
May 2, 2005
BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- Theo Middelkamp, a former world champion cyclist and the first Dutchman to win a stage in the Tour de France, died Monday at 91, the Dutch cycling federation said. Middelkamp died in his sleep, said Fester Aarts, who runs a cycling club in the Netherlands named after Middelkamp. Middelkamp won the Tour de France stage in 1936. The four-time Dutch champion came back after World War II and won the road race world title in Reims, France, in 1947. After retiring, he opened a bar in Belgium and concentrated on pigeon racing. Middelkamp is survived by two sons and a daughter. |
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