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René Pijnen
Dutch racing cyclist

René Pijnen

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Dutch racing cyclist
A.K.A.
Rene Pijnen
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Gender
Male
Place of birth
Woensdrecht, Netherlands
Age
78 years
Sports Teams
Willem II-Gazelle
Bic
TI-Raleigh
Willem II-Gazelle
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Biography

Marinus "René" Augustinus Josephus Pijnen (born 3 September 1946) is a Dutch former racing cyclist.

He became Olympic champion in the 100 km team time-trial in the 1968 Summer Olympics with Joop Zoetemelk, Fedor den Hertog and Jan Krekels; he finished fifth in the individual road race.

Professional career

A professional from 1969 to 1987, Pijnen was a capable track cyclist, winning the European madison championshipsix times, a record he shares with Patrick Sercu). He also won 72 six-day races out of 233 starts, with numerous partners. He was also a time trial expert, winning several. He won four stages of the Vuelta a España, three of those in the 1971 Vuelta, which he led for 10 days.

Pijnen rode on the road with TI–Raleigh, managed by another Dutch track specialist, Peter Post, but he said the length of road races bored him, and that he frequently found himself looking at his watch to see how much longer he would have to ride.

After cycling

When he retired, he ran – among other enterprises he already started during his cycling career – a hotel in Bergen op Zoom, the Noord-Brabant region where he was born.

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