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1939 Tour De Suisse
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The 1939 Tour de Suisse was the seventh edition of the Tour de Suisse cycle race and was held from 5 August to 12 August 1939. The race started and finished in Zürich. The race was won by Robert Zimmermann. General classification References 1939 Tour de Suisse The Tour de Suisse ( en, Tour of Switzerland) is an annual road cycling stage race. Raced over eight days, the event covers two weekends in June, and along with the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is considered a proving ground for the Tour de France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Zimmermann (cyclist)
Robert Zimmermann (27 August 1912 in Zurich — 4 April 2006 in Zurich) was a Swiss cyclist. Palmares ;1937 :Annemasse-Bellegarde-Annemasse :2nd Swiss National Road Race Championships ;1938 :5th stage Tour de Suisse :2nd Tour de Berne :6th Tour de Suisse ;1939 :Tour de Suisse :4th stage Tour de Suisse :Grand Prix Le Locle :2nd Deutschland Tour ;1940 :Züri-Metzgete ;1941 :3rd stage Tour de Suisse :8th Tour de Suisse ;1942 :9th Züri-Metzgete ;1944 :9th Züri-Metzgete ;1945 :8th and 11th (TT) stages Volta a Catalunya :3rd Volta a Catalunya :5th Züri-Metzgete Züri-Metzgete (Zürich German; en, Championship of Zürich; german: Meisterschaft von Zürich) was a European Classic cycle race held annually in Zürich, Switzerland, and continued as a non-professional mass participation event from 2007 unt ... References 1912 births 2006 deaths Swiss male cyclists Cyclists from Zürich Tour de Suisse stage winners {{Switzerland-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christophe Didier
Christophe Didier (born 4 February 1915 in Bour – 24 July 1978 in Strasbourg) was a Luxembourgish cyclist. Professional from 1938 to 1946, he won the Volta a Catalunya in 1940 and the Tour de Luxembourg in 1941. Major results ;1935 : 1st Amateur National Road Race Championships ;1937 : 2nd Grand Prix François-Faber ;1938 : 1st Amateur National Road Race Championships ;1939 : 3rd Overall Tour de Suisse ;1940 : 1st Overall Volta a Catalunya ::1st Stage 4 ;1941 : 1st Overall Tour de Luxembourg ;1942 : 2nd Overall Tour de Luxembourg The Tour de Luxembourg is an annual stage race in professional road bicycle racing held in Luxembourg. The Tour de Luxembourg is classified as a 2.Pro race, the highest rating below the World Tour, by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the ... References 1915 births 1978 deaths Luxembourgian male cyclists {{Luxembourg-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1938 Tour De Suisse
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The 1938 Tour de Suisse was the sixth edition of the Tour de Suisse cycle race and was held from 6 August to 14 August 1938. The race started and finished in Bern. The race was won by Giovanni Valetti. General classification References 1938 Tour de Suisse The Tour de Suisse ( en, Tour of Switzerland) is an annual road cycling stage race. Raced over eight days, the event covers two weekends in June, and along with the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is considered a proving ground for the Tour de France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1941 Tour De Suisse
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The 1941 Tour de Suisse was the eighth edition of the Tour de Suisse cycle race and was held from 23 August to 24 August 1941. The race started and finished in Zürich. The race was won by Josef Wagner. General classification References 1941 Tour de Suisse The Tour de Suisse ( en, Tour of Switzerland) is an annual road cycling stage race. Raced over eight days, the event covers two weekends in June, and along with the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is considered a proving ground for the Tour de France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tour De Suisse
The Tour de Suisse ( en, Tour of Switzerland) is an annual road cycling stage race. Raced over eight days, the event covers two weekends in June, and along with the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is considered a proving ground for the Tour de France, which is on the calendar approximately two weeks after the end of the Tour de Suisse. Since 2011 the event is part of the UCI World Tour, cycling's highest level of professional races. History The race was first held in 1933 and has evolved in timing, duration and sponsorship. Like the Tour de France and the Dauphiné, the Tour de Suisse has several stages with significant mountain climbs in the Swiss Alps and at least one individual time trial. Several winners of the Tour de Suisse have also won the Tour de France, including Eddy Merckx and Jan Ullrich. In 2005 the Tour de Suisse was included in the inaugural UCI Pro Tour and organizers moved the race to earlier in June. The first winner of the race was Austrian Max Bulla in the 1933 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zürich
Zürich () is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich. It is located in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zürich. As of January 2020, the municipality has 434,335 inhabitants, the Urban agglomeration, urban area 1.315 million (2009), and the Zürich metropolitan area 1.83 million (2011). Zürich is a hub for railways, roads, and air traffic. Both Zurich Airport and Zürich Hauptbahnhof, Zürich's main railway station are the largest and busiest in the country. Permanently settled for over 2,000 years, Zürich was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans, who called it '. However, early settlements have been found dating back more than 6,400 years (although this only indicates human presence in the area and not the presence of a town that early). During the Middle Ages, Zürich gained the independent and privileged status of imperial immediacy and, in 1519, became a primary centre of the Protestant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Egli
Paul Egli (18 August 1911 – 23 January 1997) was a Swiss professional road bicycle racer. He is most known for his silver and bronze medals in respectively the 1938 and the 1937 UCI Road World Championships. He was also the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1935 and 1936. Major results ;1932 : Amateur Cyclo-Cross Champion : World Amateur Road Race Championship ;1933 : World Amateur Road Race Champion ;1934 : Züri-Metzgete : Stage 3, Tour de Suisse : Stage 1, Critérium du Midi ;1935 : Road Race Champion : Züri-Metzgete : Stage 1, Tour of Nord-East-Spain ;1936 : Road Race Champion :Tour de France ::Winner stage 1 ::Wearing yellow jersey for one day : Tour de Suisse: :: Winner Stages 4a & 4b ;1937 : World Road Race Championship :Tour de Suisse: :: Winner Stage 3 ;1938 : World Road Race Championship ;1941 : Berner Rundfahrt ;1942 : Züri-Metzgete Züri-Metzgete (Zürich German; en, Championship of Zürich; german: Meisterschaft von Zürich) was a European C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Diggelmann
Walter Diggelmann (Zürich, 11 August 1915 – Guntalingen, 5 March 1999) was a Swiss professional road bicycle racer. Diggelmann won one stage in the 1952 Tour de France The 1952 Tour de France was the 39th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 25 June to 19 July. It was composed of 23 stages over . Newly introduced were the arrivals on mountain peaks. The race was won by Italian Fausto Coppi. Coppi d .... Major results ;1938 :Giro del Mendrisiotto ;1940 :Bern - Geneva ;1941 :Züri-Metzgete ;1943 :Tour des 3 lacs ;1948 :Six days of Chicago (with Hugo Koblet) ;1949 :Six days of New York (with Hugo Koblet) ;1952 :1952 Tour de France, Tour de France: ::Winner stage 9 External links *Official Tour de France results for Walter Diggelmann Swiss male cyclists 1915 births 1999 deaths Swiss Tour de France stage winners Cyclists from Zürich Tour de Suisse stage winners 20th-century Swiss people {{Switzerland-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karl Litschi
Karl Litschi (Felben, 27 April 1912 – Andelfingen, Switzerland, Andelfingen, 18 March 1999) was a Switzerland, Swiss professional road bicycle racer. He was both a cyclo-cross cyclist and a road race cyclist, become Swiss national champion in both disciplines. In the 1939 Tour de France, he won one stage. In the same year he was the Swiss National Road Race Championships, Swiss National Road Race champion. Major results ;1937 : national cyclo-cross champion :Tour de Suisse ;1938 :Berner Rundfahrt ;1939 :GP de Cannes :Züri-Metzgete : national road race champion :1939 Tour de France, Tour de France: ::Winner stage 8B ;1941 : national road race champion References External links * * Swiss male cyclists 1912 births 1999 deaths Swiss Tour de France stage winners Cyclo-cross cyclists Tour de Suisse stage winners Sportspeople from Thurgau {{Switzerland-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Settimio Simonini
Settimio Simonini (8 July 1913 – 14 June 1986) was an Italian racing cyclist. He rode in the 1937 Tour de France. He also won the Giro dell'Appennino in 1936 and 1948, and finished in the top 10 overall in the Giro d'Italia three times. Major results ;1936 : 1st Giro dell'Appennino : 3rd Piccolo Giro di Lombardia : 7th Giro di Lombardia ;1938 : 4th Overall Giro d'Italia ;1939 : 5th Overall Giro d'Italia : 8th Overall Tour de Suisse ;1940 : 10th Overall Giro d'Italia ;1947 : 4th Giro dell'Appennino ;1948 : 1st Giro dell'Appennino : 3rd Giro dell'Emilia : 10th Giro di Lombardia ;1949 : 3rd Overall Tour de Romandie : 6th Overall Volta a Catalunya The Volta a Catalunya (; en, Tour of Catalonia, es, Vuelta a Cataluña, link=no) is a road bicycle race held annually in Catalonia, Spain. It is one of three World Tour stage races in Spain, together with the Vuelta a España and the Tour of ... ;1950 : 9th Milan–San Remo References External links * 1913 birth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lang (cyclist)
Robert Lang (5 August 1917 – 16 August 1997) was a Swiss racing cyclist. He rode in the 1947 Tour de France The 1947 Tour de France was the 34th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 25 June to 20 July. The total race distance was 21 stages over . It was the first Tour since 1939, having been cancelled during World War II, although some Tour .... References External links * 1917 births 1997 deaths Swiss male cyclists People from Lavaux-Oron District Sportspeople from the canton of Vaud Tour de Suisse stage winners {{Switzerland-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Amberg
Leo Amberg (23 March 1912 – 18 September 1999) was a Swiss professional road bicycle racer. He is most known for his bronze medal in the 1938 UCI Road World Championships. He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1937 and 1938. He also rode in the 1947 Tour de France. Major results ;1935 : 1st Mont Faron : 2nd Overall Tour de Suisse : 5th Road race, UCI Road World Championships ;1936 : 3rd Overall Tour de Suisse : 8th Overall Tour de France ;1937 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Züri-Metzgete : 2nd Overall Tour de Suisse ::1st Stages 1, 2 & 6 : 3rd Overall Tour de France ::1st Stages 5c & 19b ( ITT) ;1938 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd Road race, UCI Road World Championships : 1st Stage 18a Giro d'Italia ;1939 : 1st Stage 16 Deutschland Tour : 4th Züri-Metzgete : 10th Overall Tour de Suisse ;1942 : 5th Züri-Metzgete ;1943 : 10th Züri-Metzgete ;1946 : 9th Züri-Metzgete Züri-Metzgete (Zürich German; en, Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
