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1950 Tour De Suisse
The 1950 Tour de Suisse was the 14th edition of the Tour de Suisse cycle race and was held from 24 June to 1 July 1950. The race started and finished in Zürich. The race was won by Hugo Koblet. General classification References 1950 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 ... 1950 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo {{Tour de Suisse-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Koblet
Hugo Koblet (; 21 March 1925 – 6 November 1964) was a Switzerland, Swiss champion cycle sport, cyclist. He won the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia as well as competing in six-day and pursuit races on the track. He won 70 races as a professional. He died in a car accident amid speculation that he had committed suicide. Origins Hugo Koblet was the son of Adolf and Héléna Koblet (pronounced Kob-lettLES GRANDS DUELS DU TOUR (3) Koblet-Kubler : le seigneur et le pirate ''Le Monde''. 2 July 2003.), bakers in Zürich. He lived with his mother, a widow, and with an elder brother. His brother baked bread and cakes and Hugo was restricted to sweeping the floor and making deliveries by bicycle.Sporting Cy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Goldschmit
Jean Goldschmit (20 February 1924 – 14 February 1994) was a professional Luxembourgian road bicycle racer. He was professional from 1946 to 1953 and had 14 victories which included two stage wins and wearing the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification in the Tour de France for three stages. Other wins included cyclo-cross champion of Luxembourg in 1946 and 1947 and road race champion of Luxembourg in 1947 and 1950. Major results ;1945 : Tour de Luxembourg ;1946 : national cyclo-cross championship ;1947 : national cyclo-cross championship : national road race championship ;1948 :Tour de Luxembourg ;1949 :Tour de France: ::8th place overall classification ::Winner stage 14 ;1950 : national road race championship :Tour de France: ::10th place overall classification ::Winner stage 1 ::Wearing yellow jersey The general classification is the most important classification, the one by which the winner of the Tour de France is determined. Since 1919, the leader o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aldo Ronconi
Aldo Ronconi (20 September 1918 – 12 June 2012) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer. Ronconi was born at Brisighella, Ravenna, Italy. He was professional from 1940 to 1952 where he won 5 victories. He finished fourth overall in his first Tour de France where he won a stage and wore the yellow jersey for 2 days. He also won a stage in the 1946 Giro d'Italia. He owned a bicycle goods and sports shop in Faenza, Italy, and died in Faenza, aged 93. Major results ;1937 : 8th Giro dell'Appennino ;1939 : 1st Overall Milano–Munchen ::1st Stage 2 ;1940 : 1st Giro dell'Umbria : 8th Giro dell'Emilia : 10th Milan–San Remo ;1942 : 7th Giro di Lombardia : 10th Giro del Veneto ;1946 : 1st Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Giro di Toscana : 3rd Overall Tour de Suisse : 3rd Trofeo Matteotti : 5th Overall Giro d'Italia ::1st Stage 15 ;1947 : 2nd Gran Piemonte : 3rd Giro di Romagna : 4th Overall Tour de France ::1st Stage 3 ::Held for two stages : 5th Giro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1949 Tour De Suisse
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The 1949 Tour de Suisse was the 13th edition of the Tour de Suisse cycle race and was held from 30 July to 6 August 1949. The race started and finished in Zürich. The race was won by Gottfried Weilenmann. General classification References 1949 Tour de Suisse 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] |
1951 Tour De Suisse
The 1951 Tour de Suisse was the 15th edition of the Tour de Suisse cycle race and was held from 15 June to 23 June 1951. The race started and finished in Zürich. The race was won by Ferdinand Kübler. General classification References 1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United ... 1951 in Swiss sport 1951 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo {{Tour de Suisse-race-stub ... [...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] |
Jeng Kirchen
Jeng Kirchen (December 13, 1919 in Hostert – November 30, 2010) was a Luxembourgish road racing cyclist who twice finished 5th in the Tour de France. Kirchen won his native race, the Tour de Luxembourg, in 1952, and took a total of 16 professional wins. He was the uncle and great-uncle of fellow cyclists Erny Kirchen and Kim Kirchen. Major results ;1943 :4th, Overall, Tour de Luxembourg ;1945 :1st, Metz - Luxembourg :11th, Grand Prix des Nations ;1946 National Road Race Champion :1st, Stage 4, Tour de Luxembourg :7th, Overall, Tour de Luxembourg ;1947 :3rd, Overall, Tour de Luxembourg :18th, Overall, Tour de France ;1948 National Cyclo-cross Championships :5th, Overall, Tour de Suisse :5th, Overall, Tour de France ;1949 :13th, Overall, Tour de France ;1950 :3rd, Overall, Tour de Luxembourg :4th, Overall, Tour de Suisse :5th, Overall, Tour de France ;1951 National Road Race Champion :4th, Overall, Deutschland Tour :7th, Overall, Tour de Luxembourg :7th, Overall, Tour de Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinand Kübler
Ferdinand Kübler (; 24 July 1919 – 29 December 2016) was a Swiss cyclist with 71 professional victories, including the 1950 Tour de France and the 1951 World Road Race Championship. Biography Kübler was born in Marthalen. He began racing professionally in 1940 but his early career was limited to Switzerland by the Nazi occupation elsewhere. He was multiple Swiss national champion and a three time winner of the Tour de Suisse. Kübler's most successful years in international racing were 1950–1952, when the classics had resumed after the Second World War. He won the La Flèche Wallonne and Liège–Bastogne–Liège, both in 1951 and 1952, in a time where these races were still contested in the same weekend. He was also World Road Race Champion in 1951, having placed second in 1949 and third in 1950. Kübler rode the Giro d'Italia from 1950–1952, placing fourth once, and third twice. Kübler abandoned the 1947 and 1949 Tours de France, despite an early stage win in each ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Pasquini
Bruno Pasquini (23 November 1914 – 12 August 1995) was an Italian racing cyclist. He rode in the 1948 and 1949 Tour de France The 1949 Tour de France was the 36th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 30 June to 24 July. It consisted of 21 stages over . The Italian team had internal problems, because Gino Bartali and Fausto Coppi could both be the team leade .... References External links * 1914 births 1995 deaths Italian male cyclists Sportspeople from the Province of Pistoia Cyclists from Tuscany {{Italy-cycling-bio-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Metzger
Martin Metzger (18 November 1925 – 17 June 1994) was a Swiss racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling s .... He rode in the 1950 Tour de France. References External links * 1925 births 1994 deaths Swiss male cyclists Place of birth missing Tour de Suisse stage winners {{Switzerland-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
