Gerrit Schulte

Gerrit Schulte (7 January 1916 – 26 February 1992) was a Dutch professional track bicycle racer. Between 1940 and 1960 he won 19 six-day races out of 73 starts and was one of the dominant Six days racers of his time. Schulte was as well successful in track pursuit, becoming national champion ten times, European champion twice and world champion once, in 1948, when he beat Fausto Coppi in the final. He was also successful as a road race cyclists, becoming national champion three times and winning a stage in the 1938 Tour de France. Since 1955, the Gerrit Schulte Trophy has been awarded by the national federation to the best professional rider in the Netherlands.

Amateur career
Schulte competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in the individual and team road races, but did not finish. Next year he turned professional.

1938 Tour de France
In the 1938 Tour de France, Schulte joined as a member of the Dutch team. He won the third stage, and abandoned the race in the eighth stage. After that, he went to Paris, and won 10.000 francs in a criterium. His team mate Theo Middelkamp did finish the 1938 Tour, and also won a stage, but Middelkamp only won 8.000 francs during the Tour. They both decided to never return to the Tour, because in other races they could win more money.

Later life
Since 1955, every year the Gerrit Schulte Trophy is awarded by the national federation to the best professional rider in the Netherlands, and Schulte himself has won it once in 1958. After retiring from competitions he worked as a cycling coach and managed the restaurant in De Vliert, the football stadium of his home town Den Bosch.

Major results



 * 1937
 * Dussen
 * Ronde van Gouda, Amateurs
 * Hoogerheide


 * 1938
 * Antwerpen
 * Purmerend
 * Oss
 * Vinkeveen
 * Eindhoven
 * Tour de France:
 * Winner stage 3


 * 1939
 * Acht van Chaam
 * Antwerpen
 * Zaandam
 * Baarle-Hertog
 * Namur


 * 1940
 * Jersey dutchflag.svg national track pursuit championship
 * Six Days of Antwerp (with Gerrit Boeyen)
 * Gent


 * 1941
 * Jersey dutchflag.svg national track pursuit championship


 * 1942
 * Jersey dutchflag.svg national track pursuit championship
 * Roermond
 * Hilversum


 * 1943
 * Jersey dutchflag.svg national track pursuit championship
 * Roermond


 * 1944
 * Jersey dutchflag.svg national track pursuit championship
 * Ronde van Gouda
 * Jersey dutchflag.svg Dutch National Road Race Championship


 * 1945
 * Jersey dutchflag.svg national track pursuit championship
 * Beverwijk


 * 1946
 * Six Days of Paris (with Gerrit Boeyen)
 * Tongeren
 * Hoensbroek


 * 1947
 * Six Days of Ghent (with Gerrit Boeyen)
 * GP Stad Sint-Niklaas
 * Jersey dutchflag.svg national track pursuit championship
 * Six Days of Brussels (with Gerrit Boeyen)


 * 1948
 * Brasschaat
 * Den Bosch
 * Jersey dutchflag.svg national track pursuit championship
 * Oss
 * World Champion Track Pursuit
 * Jersey dutchflag.svg Dutch National Road Race Championship


 * 1949
 * European Track Championships
 * 1st Gold medal europe.svg Madison (with Gerrit Boeyen)
 * Ronde van Nederland
 * Roosendaal
 * Temse
 * Six Days of Ghent (with Gerrit Boeyen)
 * Six Days of Antwerp (with Gerrit Boeyen)
 * Zwijndrecht
 * Willebroek
 * Den Bosch


 * 1950
 * Antwerpen
 * Boucles de la Gartempe
 * European Track Championships
 * 1st Gold medal europe.svg Madison (with Gerard Peters)
 * Six Days of Ghent (with Gerard Peters)
 * Jersey dutchflag.svg national track pursuit championship
 * Jersey dutchflag.svg Dutch National Road Race Championship
 * Six Days of Paris (with Gerard Peters)
 * Etten-Leur


 * 1951
 * Jersey dutchflag.svg national track pursuit championship
 * Westerlo


 * 1952
 * Sas van Gent, Sas van Gent


 * 1953
 * Six Days of Paris (with Gerard Peters)
 * Jersey dutchflag.svg Dutch National Road Race Championship
 * Den Bosch


 * 1954
 * Six Days of Berlin (with Gerard Peters, Emile Carrara and Dominique Forlini)
 * Six Days of Antwerp (with Gerard Peters)
 * Goes, Goes


 * 1955
 * Six Days of Münster (with Gerard Peters)
 * Den Bosch
 * Helmond


 * 1956
 * Den Bosch
 * Dussum
 * Helmond
 * Six Days of Zürich (with Kay Werner Nielsen)
 * Leuven
 * Six Days of Copenhagen (with Lucien Gillen)


 * 1957
 * Six Days of Zürich (with Armin von Büren)


 * 1958
 * Six Days of Berlin (with Klaus Bugdahl)
 * Den Bosch
 * Wevelgem
 * Hanret


 * 1959
 * Six Days of Antwerp (with Klaus Bugdahl and Peter Post)
 * Six Days of Brussels (with Peter Post)


 * 1960
 * Six Days of Antwerp (with Jan Plantaz and Peter Post)