Piet de Wit

Who is Piet de Wit?

Piet de Wit is a retired cyclist from the Netherlands who won the Amateur UCI Motor-paced World Championships in 1966 and 1967. He then moved into the professionals category and won another three medals in 1968, 1970 and 1973.

He was raised with three sisters in a biking family – his parents worked for a bicycle company. After retiring from active competitions in 1974, he established a family-run bicycle shop in his native Wormer, which later expanded into a chain in North Holland. In 1994 he passed the shop management to his business partner Martin Slagt.