TI–Raleigh was a Dutch professional track cycling and road bicycle racingteam between 1972 and 1983. In that decade the team won over 900 races.[3] The team was created and led by Peter Post. In his own cycling career, his nickname was the Six Days Emperor, being a track champion. He also won the 1964 fast edition of Paris–Roubaix. Post was pretty harsh on himself. He had no time to celebrate and was always looking ahead at the next race. That attitude might have been the key to the team's success.[1]
TI–Raleigh was unbeatable in the team time trials of the 1978 to 1982 Tour de France. In those five years, they won eight Tour TTTs. Driving forces in those TTTs were Jan Raas and Gerrie Knetemann, who decided team tactics during the race. They gave directions and changed the order at will. In the last few kilometers before the finish, Raas began to shout and curse in order to wring out every last bit of energy. After the finish, the riders were exhausted, but it was also time to celebrate.
TI–Raleigh had changed its formation tactics, from the traditional double paceline to a single paceline. 1964 Olympic TTT champion Gerben Karstens came up with the idea, when they were faced with a 153 km (95 miles) long TTT in the 1978 Tour. In a single line formation, the riders get more time to recover. The duration of the pull is varied. Strong riders like time trial specialist Bert Oosterbosch should not increase the pace, but rather take longer turns. Stronger and weaker riders are mixed, which keeps a steadier pace. Knetemann could gently pick up the pace, without anyone noticing.
The team had a profound disgust for team members that did not do their utmost to help the team. It was not a problem when you were the weakest link, because in every team there are specialists for the mountain stages that won't be tough time trial riders. However, the team expected every rider to take their turns, until they could no longer keep up the pace. In that situation you'd take a last pull, and drop off the team. The only exception were the General Classement-riders that had to finish in the same time as the team.
When in 1978 Klaus-Peter Thaler could win the yellow jersey if he'd finish with the team, he refused to take his turns and kept last position, which slows the team down. After 30 km in the wheels, Knetemann and Lubberding were fed up with their selfish "team mate". They started to entice him to take over, and even deliberately gapped themselves, in order to shake him off. This didn't help and also slowed down the team. They were told to knock it off, and Thaler did get his career highlight: the yellow jersey.
The 1980 Tour de France had an early TTT. The prologue was the day before, and in the morning the riders had had a stage of 133 km (83 mi). Bert Pronk had jumped ahead, riding in the breakaway. That helped Jan Raas to win the stage. Pronk didn't recuperate fast, and like every TI–Raleigh rider who was not a TT specialist, or had a bad day, he did fear the TTT that afternoon. Pronk followed the team custom of pulling as long as he could, but he dropped off early in the 46 km (29 mi) long race. When your team is one of the last to start, there are not a lot of cars or teams behind you to pull yourself up to. TI–Raleigh won, but went so fast, that Pronk finished outside the time limit. The next TTT, Raas en Kneet decided to start slowly in order to not repeat the disaster, but they did not tell Zoetemelk or Post about it...[1]
SponsorshipEdit
The team was sponsored by British cycling manufacturer Raleigh and Raleigh's holding company Tube Investments (TI). Raleigh's sponsoring goes back at least as far as 1893, when they had given Arthur Augustus Zimmerman two of their bicycles and advertised Zimmy riding them. Over the years, they've sponsored a whole range of cyclists and teams, based in Great Britain, the Netherlands, the United States of America, Switzerland, Canada and Argentina.[5]
At the end of the 1983 season, the TI–Raleigh team split up because of tension between former world champion Jan Raas and team leader Peter Post,[6] with seven cyclists following Post to the new Panasonic team and six cyclists joining Raas on the Kwantum team. Gerrie Knetemann (to Europ Decor) and Johan van der Velde (to Metauro) did not join the division.[7] In the next nine years, the gap and the animosity grew, and it culminated into a breakaway standstill in the Tour de France of 1992. The backlash made perfectly clear that this could not go on. In the middle of the night, in the middle of a French forest, by shimmering torch lights, the men vowed to end the quarrels. The divorce was finally accepted and dealt with.[3][8]
Joop Zoetemelk in full historical gear at the 2010 Tour de France team presentation in RotterdamWorld Champions of 1975. Left to right: Hennie Kuiper (road race, TI–Raleigh 1976–1978), Dieter Kemper (track, motor paced), André Gevers (road race amateurs, TI–Raleigh 1978–79) and Roy Schuiten (track, individual pursuit, TI–Raleigh 1974–1975)Jan has won the Amstel Gold Raas five times[9]Gerrie Knetemann winsGaston de Wachter and Ludo Peeters celebrate their win at the 307 km (191 mile) Zuiderzee Derny Tour.[10]
Tour de France: 11 stages (Jan Raas (3), Joop Zoetemelk (2), 2 x team time trial, Gerrie Knetemann, Bert Oosterbosch, Henk Lubberding, Cees Priem); 11 yellow jerseys (Joop Zoetemelk (10), Gerrie Knetemann); General classification: 1st (Joop Zoetemelk); 1st (Johan van der Velde) young rider classification
^ abcOn YouTube: "De Posttrein, de ploeg die niet kon verliezen (The Posttrain, the team that couldn't loose)" (in Dutch). 2000. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
^On YouTube, René Koppert: "TI Raleigh at the Tour de Romandie in 1982". Raleigh company. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
^ abcAnimosity in the pack Introduction, text: "Ruzie in het peloton". NOS.nl (in Dutch). 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2022-09-01. Documentary, video: "Ruzie in het peloton". 2DOC.nl. Andere Tijden Sport (in Dutch). NOS, VPRO. 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2022-09-01.
^A great example of team tactics, on YouTube: "1982 Paris-Roubaix" (in Dutch). BRT (Flemish TV). Retrieved 2022-09-01. Roger De Vlaeminck commentates his last Paris–Roubaix: Hinault was the strongest and did the lion share of the work. Without him, Ludo Peeters (TI-Raleigh) would have won. Jan Raas wins. Peter Post nearly rides the tv-motor off the road.
^"Search results Teams Raleigh". cyclingarchives.com. Retrieved 2022-09-01. Found 74 records.
^Holthausen, Joop (2005). Het geheim van Raleigh (in Dutch). Amsterdam: Arbeiderspers. ISBN90-809676-3-7.
^ (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2020-03-23. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
^How an emberrassing cycling quarrel came to the lowest point: David Hessing (2020-07-22). "Hoe een gênante wielerruzie tot een dieptepunt kwam" (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad (AD Sport). Retrieved 2022-09-01.
^NUsport/Rob de Haan (2010-04-14). "Amstel Gold Raas". NU.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2022-09-01.
^"Ludo Peeters won tankslag" (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. 1982-06-01. Retrieved 2022-09-03. On the same newspaper page several other TI-Raleigh wins are mentioned, including René Koppert's prologue win at the Dauphiné Liberé, short after the 1982 Romandy Tour (see tv insert on this page).
Further readingEdit
Charlesworth, Pedr (30 July 2019). "TI Raleigh Cycling Team: Jan Raas, Peter Post". Prendas Ciclismo. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
External linksEdit
Media related to TI–Raleigh at Wikimedia Commons
August 29, 2023
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TI Raleigh was a Dutch professional track cycling and road bicycle racing team between 1972 and 1983 In that decade the team won over 900 races 3 The team was created and led by Peter Post In his own cycling career his nickname was the Six Days Emperor being a track champion He also won the 1964 fast edition of Paris Roubaix Post was pretty harsh on himself He had no time to celebrate and was always looking ahead at the next race That attitude might have been the key to the team s success 1 TI Raleigh1979 Tour of the Netherlands left to right Leo van Vliet Rondemiss Aad van de Hoek Gerrie Knetemann Henk Lubberding Jan Raas Bert Oosterbosch Piet van Katwijk and Cees PriemTeam informationRegisteredNetherlandsFounded1972 1972 Disbanded1983Discipline s Road and trackKey personnelGeneral managerPeter PostTeam name history1972 1975197619771978 19791980 19811982 1983TI RaleighTI Raleigh CampagnoloTI RaleighTI Raleigh McGregorTI Raleigh CredaTI Raleigh CampagnoloTI Raleigh jerseyJerseyDe Posttrein 1 1982 Romandy Tour 2 Ruzie in het peloton 3 1982 Paris Roubaix 4 The team was successful in classics and in stage races Notable riders included Joop Zoetemelk Jan Raas Gerrie Knetemann Hennie Kuiper Urs Freuler Henk Lubberding Rene Pijnen Johan van der Velde and Dietrich Thurau The team was known for discipline team time trials were a speciality The frame building was overseen by Jan le Grand at Raleigh s SBDU Ilkeston facility Contents 1 Team Time Trials 2 Sponsorship 3 The end of the TI Raleigh team 4 Notable riders 5 Major wins 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External linksTeam Time Trials EditTI Raleigh was unbeatable in the team time trials of the 1978 to 1982 Tour de France In those five years they won eight Tour TTTs Driving forces in those TTTs were Jan Raas and Gerrie Knetemann who decided team tactics during the race They gave directions and changed the order at will In the last few kilometers before the finish Raas began to shout and curse in order to wring out every last bit of energy After the finish the riders were exhausted but it was also time to celebrate TI Raleigh had changed its formation tactics from the traditional double paceline to a single paceline 1964 Olympic TTT champion Gerben Karstens came up with the idea when they were faced with a 153 km 95 miles long TTT in the 1978 Tour In a single line formation the riders get more time to recover The duration of the pull is varied Strong riders like time trial specialist Bert Oosterbosch should not increase the pace but rather take longer turns Stronger and weaker riders are mixed which keeps a steadier pace Knetemann could gently pick up the pace without anyone noticing The team had a profound disgust for team members that did not do their utmost to help the team It was not a problem when you were the weakest link because in every team there are specialists for the mountain stages that won t be tough time trial riders However the team expected every rider to take their turns until they could no longer keep up the pace In that situation you d take a last pull and drop off the team The only exception were the General Classement riders that had to finish in the same time as the team When in 1978 Klaus Peter Thaler could win the yellow jersey if he d finish with the team he refused to take his turns and kept last position which slows the team down After 30 km in the wheels Knetemann and Lubberding were fed up with their selfish team mate They started to entice him to take over and even deliberately gapped themselves in order to shake him off This didn t help and also slowed down the team They were told to knock it off and Thaler did get his career highlight the yellow jersey The 1980 Tour de France had an early TTT The prologue was the day before and in the morning the riders had had a stage of 133 km 83 mi Bert Pronk had jumped ahead riding in the breakaway That helped Jan Raas to win the stage Pronk didn t recuperate fast and like every TI Raleigh rider who was not a TT specialist or had a bad day he did fear the TTT that afternoon Pronk followed the team custom of pulling as long as he could but he dropped off early in the 46 km 29 mi long race When your team is one of the last to start there are not a lot of cars or teams behind you to pull yourself up to TI Raleigh won but went so fast that Pronk finished outside the time limit The next TTT Raas en Kneet decided to start slowly in order to not repeat the disaster but they did not tell Zoetemelk or Post about it 1 Sponsorship EditThe team was sponsored by British cycling manufacturer Raleigh and Raleigh s holding company Tube Investments TI Raleigh s sponsoring goes back at least as far as 1893 when they had given Arthur Augustus Zimmerman two of their bicycles and advertised Zimmy riding them Over the years they ve sponsored a whole range of cyclists and teams based in Great Britain the Netherlands the United States of America Switzerland Canada and Argentina 5 Subsponsors were Campagnolo an Italian manufacturer of high end bicycle components Creda made cooking appliances and showers was at the time a part of TI McGregor could be a sportswear brandThe end of the TI Raleigh team EditAt the end of the 1983 season the TI Raleigh team split up because of tension between former world champion Jan Raas and team leader Peter Post 6 with seven cyclists following Post to the new Panasonic team and six cyclists joining Raas on the Kwantum team Gerrie Knetemann to Europ Decor and Johan van der Velde to Metauro did not join the division 7 In the next nine years the gap and the animosity grew and it culminated into a breakaway standstill in the Tour de France of 1992 The backlash made perfectly clear that this could not go on In the middle of the night in the middle of a French forest by shimmering torch lights the men vowed to end the quarrels The divorce was finally accepted and dealt with 3 8 Notable riders EditJoop Zoetemelk Jan Raas Peter Post Hennie Kuiper Cees Priem Johan van der Velde Roy Schuiten Gerben Karstens Rene Pijnen Dietrich Thurau Frank Hoste Peter Winnen Ludo Peeters Gerrie Knetemann Bert Oosterbosch Gordon Singleton 1982 track David Lloyd 1973 to 1975 Sid Barras 1974 Brian Jolly 1974Major wins Edit Joop Zoetemelk in full historical gear at the 2010 Tour de France team presentation in Rotterdam World Champions of 1975 Left to right Hennie Kuiper road race TI Raleigh 1976 1978 Dieter Kemper track motor paced Andre Gevers road race amateurs TI Raleigh 1978 79 and Roy Schuiten track individual pursuit TI Raleigh 1974 1975 Jan has won the Amstel Gold Raas five times 9 Gerrie Knetemann wins Gaston de Wachter and Ludo Peeters celebrate their win at the 307 km 191 mile Zuiderzee Derny Tour 10 1974 Grand Prix des Nations Roy Schuiten World Champion Individual Pursuit Roy Schuiten European championship Madison Rene Pijnen Six Days of Dortmund Rene Pijnen Six Days of Rotterdam Rene Pijnen Six Days of Berlin Rene Pijnen with Roy Schuiten 1975 Rund um den Henninger Turm Roy Schuiten World Champion Individual Pursuit Roy Schuiten Grand Prix des Nations Roy Schuiten Six Days of Bremen Rene Pijnen Six Days of Frankfurt am Main Rene Pijnen with Gunther Haritz Six Days of London Rene Pijnen with Gunther Haritz Six Days of Munich Rene Pijnen with Gunther Haritz Six Days of Munster Rene Pijnen with Gunther Haritz Six Days of Zurich Gunther Haritz 1976 Tour de Suisse Hennie Kuiper Tour de France 4 stages Hennie Kuiper Gerben Karstens 2 Team time trial European championship Madison Rene Pijnen with Gunther Haritz Six Days of Bremen Rene Pijnen with Gunther Haritz Six Days of Munster Rene Pijnen with Gunther Haritz Six Days of Grenoble Gunther Haritz 1977 Four Days of Dunkirk Gerrie Knetemann Rund um den Henninger Turm Gerrie Knetemann Tour de France 8 stages Dietrich Thurau 5 Gerrie Knetemann 2 Hennie Kuiper 1st young rider classification Dietrich Thurau 1st team classification Six Days of Herning Rene Pijnen Six Days of Cologne Rene Pijnen with Gunther Haritz Six Days of London Rene Pijnen Six Days of Rotterdam Rene Pijnen Six Days of Grenoble Rene Pijnen 1978 Amstel Gold Race Jan Raas Paris Nice Gerrie Knetemann Paris Brussels Jan Raas Paris Tours Jan Raas Tour de Romandie Johan van der Velde Tour de Suisse Paul Wellens World Champion Elite road Gerrie Knetemann Tour de France 10 stages Jan Raas 3 Gerrie Knetemann 2 Paul Wellens Klaus Peter Thaler Hennie Kuiper Henk Lubberding team time trial 7 yellow jerseys Jan Raas 3 Gerrie Knetemann 2 Klaus Peter Thaler 2 1st Henk Lubberding young rider classification 1979 Amstel Gold Race Jan Raas Tour of Flanders Jan Raas Tour de Suisse Wilfried Wesemael World Champion Elite Road Jan Raas World Champion Elite individual pursuit Bert Oosterbosch Tour de France 6 stages Gerrie Knetemann 2 team time trial 2 Jan Raas Leo van Vliet 1 yellow jersey Gerrie Knetemann 1980 Tour de France Joop Zoetemelk Amstel Gold Race Jan Raas Criterium du Dauphine Libere Johan van der Velde Tour de Luxembourg Bert Oosterbosch Gent Wevelgem Henk Lubberding Tour of Belgium Gerrie Knetemann Tour de France 11 stages Jan Raas 3 Joop Zoetemelk 2 2 x team time trial Gerrie Knetemann Bert Oosterbosch Henk Lubberding Cees Priem 11 yellow jerseys Joop Zoetemelk 10 Gerrie Knetemann General classification 1st Joop Zoetemelk 1st Johan van der Velde young rider classification 1981 Omloop Het Volk Jan Raas Gent Wevelgem Jan Raas Paris Tours Jan Raas Tour of Belgium Ad Wijnands Tour de France 7 stages team time trial 2 Ad Wijnands 2 Johan van der Velde 2 Urs Freuler 4 yellow jerseys Gerrie Knetemann 1982 Amstel Gold Race Jan Raas Paris Roubaix Jan Raas Gent Wevelgem Frank Hoste Four Days of Dunkirk Frank Hoste Paris Brussels Jacques Hanegraaf Rund um den Henninger Turm Ludo Peeters Tour de France 6 stages Gerrie Knetemann 2 Jan Raas Frank Hoste Ludo Peeters team time trial 1 yellow jersey Ludo Peeters World Track Championships Leicester England Gordon Singleton Gold in Keirin Silver in Sprint 1983 Tour of Flanders Jan Raas Gent Wevelgem Leo van Vliet Four Days of Dunkirk Leo van Vliet Rund um den Henninger Turm Ludo Peeters Paris Tours Ludo Peeters Championship of Zurich Johan van der Velde Tour de France 4 stages Bert Oosterbosch 2 Peter Winnen Henk Lubberding 1st team classificationReferences Edit a b c On YouTube De Posttrein de ploeg die niet kon verliezen The Posttrain the team that couldn t loose in Dutch 2000 Retrieved 2022 08 31 On YouTube Rene Koppert TI Raleigh at the Tour de Romandie in 1982 Raleigh company Retrieved 2022 09 01 a b c Animosity in the packIntroduction text Ruzie in het peloton NOS nl in Dutch 2011 07 10 Retrieved 2022 09 01 Documentary video Ruzie in het peloton 2DOC nl Andere Tijden Sport in Dutch NOS VPRO 2011 07 16 Retrieved 2022 09 01 A great example of team tactics on YouTube 1982 Paris Roubaix in Dutch BRT Flemish TV Retrieved 2022 09 01 Roger De Vlaeminck commentates his last Paris Roubaix Hinault was the strongest and did the lion share of the work Without him Ludo Peeters TI Raleigh would have won Jan Raas wins Peter Post nearly rides the tv motor off the road Search results Teams Raleigh cyclingarchives com Retrieved 2022 09 01 Found 74 records Holthausen Joop 2005 Het geheim van Raleigh in Dutch Amsterdam Arbeiderspers ISBN 90 809676 3 7 New teams of the TI Raleigh cyclists in Dutch Archived from the original on 2020 03 23 Retrieved 2022 08 30 How an emberrassing cycling quarrel came to the lowest point David Hessing 2020 07 22 Hoe een genante wielerruzie tot een dieptepunt kwam in Dutch Algemeen Dagblad AD Sport Retrieved 2022 09 01 NUsport Rob de Haan 2010 04 14 Amstel Gold Raas NU nl in Dutch Retrieved 2022 09 01 Ludo Peeters won tankslag in Dutch De Telegraaf 1982 06 01 Retrieved 2022 09 03 On the same newspaper page several other TI Raleigh wins are mentioned including Rene Koppert s prologue win at the Dauphine Libere short after the 1982 Romandy Tour see tv insert on this page Further reading EditCharlesworth Pedr 30 July 2019 TI Raleigh Cycling Team Jan Raas Peter Post Prendas Ciclismo Retrieved 10 April 2020 External links Edit Media related to TI Raleigh at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title TI Raleigh amp oldid 1150514798, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
