1964-2024 Olympic Games

At the time of the release of this DAF Museum newsletter, the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, which were the most successful for the Netherlands, have already concluded.

Exactly sixty years ago, DAF contributed to the Dutch cycling team by providing several cars. Among other things, a Daffodil type 31 was made available to team leader Joop Middelink.

Surprisingly, the Dutch team won the 100-kilometer team time trial. Gerben Karstens, Eef Dolman, Bart Zoet, and Jan Pieterse raced in pouring rain to secure the gold.

Their time: 2:26:31.19, thanks in part to a formidable third lap in which they achieved an average speed of 45.001 kilometers per hour.