Gerrit Schulte

Gerrit Schulte (7 January 1916 – 26 February 1992) was a Dutch professional track bicycle racer.

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.

[1][2] Schulte competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in the individual and team road races, but did not finish.

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.

Schulte before his last race in Antwerpen in March 1960