Peter Winnen

Peter Winnen
	Winnen in 1980
Personal information
Full name	Peter Winnen
Born	5 September 1957 (age 66); Venray, Netherlands
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1980	IJsboerke
1981–1982	Capri Sonne
1983	TI–Raleigh
1984–1989	Panasonic
1990–1991	Buckler–Colnago–Decca
Major wins
	Grand Tours Tour de France Young rider classification (1981) 2 Individual stages (1981, 1983) 1 Team Time Trial (1983) Single-Day Races and Classics ; Dutch Road Race Championship (1990)

Peter Johannes Gertrudis Winnen (born 5 September 1957) is a Dutch former road racing cyclist. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in road racing and finished in 26th place.^[1] After the Games he turned professional in 1981. Among his 14 victories were two stages at Alpe d'Huez in the Tour de France and a national championship. He came third in the Tour de France in 1983.

Doping confession[edit]

On the Dutch TV-show Reporter, Steven Rooks, Maarten Ducrot and Winnen admitted taking doping in their careers. Winnen talked about his Tour in 1986. "I was very bad and had the choice: go back to home or to provide me with testosterone." – Winnen reached Paris. During his career with Raleigh, Panasonic and Buckler, Winnen used testosterone, amphetamines and corticosteroids.^[2]