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Full name
  
Jan Krekels

Role
  
Cyclist

Current team
  
Retired

Height
  
1.79 m

Discipline
  
Road

Weight
  
73 kg

Name
  
Jan Krekels


Jan Krekels

Born
  
26 August 1947 (age 77) Sittard, Netherlands (
1947-08-26
)

Similar People
  
Rene Pijnen, Fedor den Hertog, Joop Zoetemelk, Pierfranco Vianelli, Gosta Pettersson

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Jan Jozef Alfons Franciscus Krekels (born 26 August 1947) is a retired cyclist from the Netherlands. He became Olympic champion in the 100 km team time trial in 1968 with Joop Zoetemelk, RenĂ© Pijnen and Fedor den Hertog; at the same Games he came in 11th in the road race. He also won the 19th stage of the Tour de France in 1971 and the prologue of Paris–Nice in 1970. He retired from professional cycling in 1978.

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Krekels won three four major races of 1968, including the Tour of Austria, to be selected to the 1968 Olympic team. In 1969 he turned professional. He turned down a contract with the French team, Bic because he did not speak French. He rode instead for a small Dutch team and his career fizzled out.

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