Teun van Vliet
Teun van Vliet ( born March 22, 1962 in Vlaardingen ) is a former Dutch cyclist and cycling official.
Sports career
As a junior was Teun van Vliet 1979 junior world champion in the points race, the year after he won the national junior title in this discipline.
From 1984 to 1990 Teun van Vliet worked as a professional cyclist and drove at the Panasonic team under Peter Post. His greatest successes were his victory in 1984 at the Circuit de Lorraine and 1986 at the Grand Prix d' Isbergues 1987 and his overall victory at the Tour of the Netherlands, at Gent- Wevelgem and the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. In 1984 he was third in the Tour of Lombardy, Milan - Sanremo in 1985, second from 1987 and also second from the Paris -Tours. In 1987, he won the fifth stage of the Tour de Suisse. He started four times in the Tour de France; In 1988, he wore the yellow jersey for three days.
The UCI Road World Championships 1987 in Villach van Vliet placed seventh. In the 2010 published book, Teun van Vliet - Drank, vrouwen, de koers en de dood, written by the Dutch journalist Guido Bindels makes van Vliet intrigue and deception responsible for ensuring that he was not world champion.
After ending his active career in sport van Vliet served among other things as sports director of Team Farm Frites. Since 2011, he organized the Teun van Vliet Classic, a charity bike race, whose earnings will be donated to charity.
Diseases
1990 ended his cycling career van Vliet continuing absence of pain in the abdomen. It was diagnosed with an intestinal inflammation, and he received a stoma. Ten years later he was diagnosed with a brain tumor, recovered first, but in 2006 the disease occurred again. By following chemotherapy, he lost his voice, and coordination. Van Vliet was able to regain his skills in the following years, the most part and was cancer-free by 2012.
Family
His sister is the former racing driver Nita van Vliet, the Dutch road champion in 1977, and he is the uncle of her son Arjen de Baat, which is also cyclist.