Gerardus "Gerrit" Petrus Voorting (18 January 1923 – 30 January 2015) was a Dutch road cyclist who was active between 1947 and 1960. As an amateur he won the silver medal in the individual road race at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. In his professional career Voorting won two Tour de France stages and wore the yellow jersey for 4 days. Voorting died on 30 January 2015 in his home in Heemskerk at the age of 92, within a week of two other members of the Dutch men's team pursuit squad, Henk Faanhof and Joop Harmans. He was the elder brother of Olympic cyclist Adrie Voorting.

Major results

1. 1948

2. Silver medal individual road race Olympic Games

3. 1952

4. Den Bosch

5. 6th stage Ronde van Nederland

6. Terneuzen

7. 1953

8. Machelen

9. 1953 Tour de France:

   1. Winner 4th stage

   1954

10. Acht van Chaam

11. Vlissingen

12. 1955

13. Maastricht

14. Zandvoort

15. 1956

16. Kampen

17. National Championship, Track, 50km

18. Oostende

19. Tour de France:

    1. Wearing yellow jersey for one day

    1957

20. Made

21. Ronde van Nederland:

    1. Winner stage 7 and 8

    Roosendaal

22. 1958

23. Grote 1-Mei Prijs

24. Lummen

25. Ninove

26. Ronde van Nederland:

    1. Winner 2nd stage

    Tour de France:

    1. Winner 2nd stage

    2. Wearing yellow jersey for three days

    1959

27. Made

28. Ninove

29. Roosendaal

See also

• List of Dutch Olympic cyclists

• List of Dutch cyclists who have led the Tour de France general classification

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