Personal information | |
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Full name | Teun van Vliet |
Born | Vlaardingen, the Netherlands | 22 March 1962
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Professional teams | |
1984–1985 | Dries-Verandalux |
1986–1990 | Panasonic |
Major wins | |
Ronde van Nederland (1987) Gent–Wevelgem (1987) Omloop Het Volk (1987) |
Teun van Vliet (born 22 March 1962 in Vlaardingen, South Holland) is a retired road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who was a professional rider from 1984 to 1990. Van Vliet's best year was 1987, when he won Gent–Wevelgem, Omloop "Het Volk" and the Ronde van Nederland. The next year he wore the yellow jersey for three days in the 1988 Tour de France.
Van Vliet is the brother of the 1977 Dutch woman road champion Nita van Vliet and uncle of racing cyclist Kim de Baat.[1] He is however not related to Leo van Vliet, another famous Dutch road cyclist in the late 1970s, early 1980s.