Peter Pieters


Peter Pieters is a retired Dutch cyclist who was active between 1980 and 1998. On track, he competed at the 1996 [Summer Olympics] in the individual 4 km pursuit and points race, and won a bronze medal in the points race at the 1991 world championships. On the road, he won the Delta Profronde, Paris–Tours, Profronde [van Almelo] and Ronde [van de Haarlemmermeer], as well as individual stages of the Olympia's Tour, Vuelta a Burgos, Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen, Vuelta a Murcia, Tour of Belgium and Tour of Sweden. After retiring from competition he worked as a cycling coach, in particular he was successful with the Belgian national team: in 2017 the Belgium national team brought home the highest number of medals in 50 years.
Pieters's brother Sjaak and daughter Amy are also Olympic cyclists.