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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Marinus Augustinus Josephus Pijnen |
| Nickname | René |
| Date of birth | September 3, 1946 |
| Country |  Netherlands |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Track and road |
| Role | Rider |
| Infobox last updated on: | |
| October 12, 2007 | |
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| Competitor for the Netherlands |
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| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1968 Mexico City | Team time trial | |
Marinus "René" Augustinus Josephus Pijnen (born September 3, 1946 in Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant) was a Dutch racing cyclist. He became Olympic champion in the 100k team time-trial in the 1968 Summer Olympics with Joop Zoetemelk, Fedor den Hertog and Jan Krekels.
A professional from 1969 to 1987, Pijnen was a capable track cyclist winning the European madison championship six times, a record he shares with Patrick Sercu). He also won 72 six-day Races out of 233 starts, with numerous partners. He also was a time trial expert, winning several. He won four stages of the Vuelta a España, three of those in the 1971 Vuelta, which he led for 10 days.
Pijnen rode on the road with TI-Raleigh, managed by another Dutch track specialist, Peter Post, but he said the length of road races bored him and that he frequently found himself looking at his watch to see how much longer he would have to ride.
When he retired, he ran - among other enterprises he already started during his cyclingcareer -a hotel in Bergen op Zoom, the Noord-Brabant region where he was born.
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