He was raised with three sisters in a biking family – his parents worked for a bicycle company. After retiring from active competitions in 1974, he established a family-run bicycle shop in his native Wormer, which later expanded into a chain in North Holland. In 1994 he passed the shop management to his business partner Martin Slagt.
References
1. ^{{Cite book|title=Wiel an Wiel|last=Maaskant|first=Piet|publisher=La Riviere & Voorhoeve|year=1967|isbn=|location=Zwolle|pages=154}}
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