Peter Johannes Gertrudis Winnen (born 5 September 1957) is a Dutch former road racing cyclist. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in road racing and finished in 26th place. After the Games he turned professional in 1981. Among his 14 victories were two stages at Alpe d'Huez in the Tour de France and a national championship. He came third in the Tour de France in 1983.
Doping confession On the Dutch TV-show Reporter, Steven Rooks, Maarten Ducrot and Winnen admitted taking doping in their careers. Winnen talked about his Tour in 1986. "I was very bad and had the choice: go back to home or to provide me with testosterone." – Winnen reached Paris. During his career with Raleigh, Panasonic and Buckler, Winnen used testosterone, amphetamines and corticosteroids.Dutch stars come clean. News for 1 January 2000. cyclingnews.com
Career achievements Major results
1979 1st Stage 4 Tour de Liège 1981 5th Overall Tour de France 1st Young rider classification 1st Stage 17 1982 4th Overall Tour de France: 1st Stage 17 1983 3rd Overall Tour de France: 1st Stage 17 2nd Overall Tour de Suisse 1st Stage 4 1987 2nd Overall Tour de Suisse 1st Stage 7 8th Overall Giro d'Italia 1988 9th Overall Tour de France 1st Stage 2 (TTT) 8th Overall Giro d'Italia 1990 1st Dutch National Road Race Championship 1st Profronde van Heerlen
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Grand Tour 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Giro d'Italia——————8829—— Tour de France5432615DNF—9—DNF— Vuelta a España————DNF15————15 + Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish
See also List of Dutch Olympic cyclists List of doping cases in cycling
References
External links
Official Tour de France results for Peter Winnen