Piet Moeskops, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Piet Moeskops

Dutch cyclist

Date of Birth: 13-Nov-1893

Place of Birth: Loosduinen, County of Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 16-Nov-1964

Profession: sport cyclist, track cyclist

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Piet Moeskops

  • Pieter Daniel Moeskops (13 November 1893 – 16 November 1964) was a Dutch cyclist, who won the UCI Track Cycling World Championships - Men's Sprint in 1921-1924 and 1926.Born in Loosduinen, as a boy he rode a delivery bike for his father's business.
  • By 1914 he became the first Netherlands sprint champion, but the outbreak of the First World War meant that no international matches were organised.
  • Only after the war could Moeskops turn professional. In 1921 he won his first UCI World Title, beating the reigning world champion from Australia, Bob Spears.
  • He retained the world title again for the next three years, and won it again in 1926.
  • In 1925, in Amsterdam, he was beaten in the semi-finals.
  • In 1929 and 1930 he reached the finals but was defeated by the Frenchman Lucien Michard.
  • He was eight times Dutch professional champion, the last time in 1932.Moeskops was a good tactician, studying opponents carefully so that he could predict where someone would attack him.
  • For a cyclist he was very tall and was known as "Big Pete". In 1930 Moeskops underwent major surgery which accelerated the end of his cycling career.
  • His last major victory was in the Grand Prix of Alis (France) in 1933.
  • In retirement he became the owner of a café.
  • He was a national hero, and in 1963 he appeared on the television programme Voor de vuist weg with Willem Duys.
  • A year later he died in The Hague, at 71 years of age. Moeskops is buried at the 'Old Oak' cemetery in the Den Haag Dunes.
  • The municipalities of Krugersdorp and Nijmegen, and the Loosduinen district of The Hague, have streets named after him.

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