Keetie van Oosten-Hage

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ridername = Keetie van Oosten-Hage


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fullname = Keetie van Oosten-Hage
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1949|8|21
country = NED
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discipline = Road & Track
role = Rider
ridertype = Pursuit/Endurance
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proyears = 1977
proteams = Beck's Bier
majorwins = flagiconUCI World Pursuit Champion (1975–1976 & 1978–1979)
flagiconUCI World Road Race Champion (1968 & 1976)
updated = 30 July 2008

Cornelia "Keetie" Hage, known by her married name Keetie van Oosten-Hage (born 21 August 1949) [http://www.siteducyclisme.net/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=6333] was a Dutch cyclist from Sint Maartensdijk, The Netherlands.cite web|url=http://www.cyclingwebsite.net/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=6333|title=Keetie van Oosten-Hage|publisher=Cycling Website] She came from a family of cyclists, sister of Bella Hage, Heleen Hage and Ciska Hage, and aunt to Jan van Velzen. She was the national pursuit champion 12 times consecutively and won the national road championship nine times, eight times consecutively.

On 16 September 1978, Hage set a world hour record at Munich with 43.082km. She improved the world 5km, 10km and 20km records in the same ride. She was Dutch sportswoman of the year in 1976 and 1978 and the trophy awarded each year to Holland's best woman cyclist is now named after her. [http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keetie_van_Oosten-Hage Dutch Wikipedia] ] Her record compares badly to later riders because there were few international stage races for women in her period and no women's cycling in the Olympic Games.

She retired, she said, because:

The Dutch cycling federation, the KNWU, gave her a job working with women coming up in her place. She became what the federation called its coordinator from 1985.

She considered becoming the coach or taking some other defined job within cycling. But that would have involved taking a course and passing examinations, which did not appeal, and there were reports that the KNWU did not encourage her to do so.

She taught handicrafts part-time at a college near her home in Kloetinge outside Goes, in Zeeland, and rode a bike a lot less, saying in 1990 that she missed that but not racing. She gave away all the rainbow champions she won as world champion. cquote|"At the time they are nice to have, but then they are not so important and they mean more to other people, so I gave them away one by one. Now, of course, I regret it, but it is too late. I still have the medals, though."

She rode 40 to 60 road races a year:

She never enjoyed meeting journalists. She said:

Palmarès

;1966:1st Pursuit, national track championship:2nd national road championship:2nd UCI Road Race World Championships

;1967:1st Pursuit, national track championship:3rd national road championship

;1968:1st Pursuit, national track championship:1st flagiconUCI UCI Road Race World Championships

;1969:1st Pursuit, national track championship:1st national road championship:3rd Pursuit, UCI Track World Championships

;1970:1st Pursuit, national track championship:1st national road championship

;1971:1st Pursuit, national track championship:1st national road championship:2nd Pursuit, UCI Track World Championships:3rd UCI Road Race World Championships

;1972:1st Pursuit, national track championship:1st national road championship:2nd Pursuit, UCI Track World Championships

;1973:1st Pursuit, national track championship:1st national road championship:2nd Pursuit UCI World Track Championships:2nd UCI Road Race World Championships

;1974:1st Pursuit, national track championship:1st national road championship:3rd Pursuit, UCI Track World Championships:3rd UCI Road Race World Championships

;1975:1st Pursuit, national track championship:1st national road championship:1st flagiconUCI Pursuit, UCI Track World Championships:3rd UCI Road Race World Championships

;1976:1st Pursuit, national track championship:1st national road championship:1st flagiconUCI Pursuit, UCI Track World Championships:1st flagiconUCI UCI Road Race World Championships

;1977:1st Pursuit, national track championship

;1978:1st national road championship:1st flagiconUCI Pursuit, UCI Track World Championships:2nd UCI Road Race World Championships:2nd Pursuit, national track championship:2nd Omnium, national track championship:1st Red Zinger, USA

;1979:1st flagiconUCI Pursuit, UCI Track World Championships:1st Omnium, national track championship:3rd national road championship

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