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1953 Tour De Suisse
The 1953 Tour de Suisse was the 17th edition of the Tour de Suisse cycle race and was held from 17 June to 27 June 1953. The race started and finished in Zürich. The race was won by Hugo Koblet. General classification References 1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yug ... 1953 in Swiss sport 1953 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo {{Tour de Suisse-race-stub ...
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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 ...
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Fritz Schär
Fritz Schär (13 March 1926 in Kaltenbach – 29 September 1997 in Frauenfeld) was a Swiss cyclist who in 1953 won the first points classification ever in the Tour de France. He also finished third in the general classification in the 1954 Tour de France. He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1953. Major results ;1948 : 3rd Giro di Lombardia ;1949 : 1st Züri-Metzgete : 1st Stage 8 Tour de Suisse : 4th Overall Tour de Romandie ;1950 : 1st Züri-Metzgete : 1st Stage 14 Giro d'Italia ;1951 : 3rd Overall Tour de Romandie : 4th Overall Tour de Suisse ;1952 : 1st Stage 19 Giro d'Italia : 5th Overall Tour de Romandie : 7th Overall Tour de Suisse :: 1st Stage 2 ;1953 : 2nd Overall Tour de Suisse :: 1st Stage 1 : 4th Overall Tour de Romandie : 6th Overall Tour de France :: 1st Points classification :: 1st Stages 1 & 2 ;1954 : 2nd Road race, UCI Road World Championships : 3rd Overall Tour de France : 4th Overall Tour de Romandie : 9th Overall Giro d'Italia ;1955 ...
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Danilo Barozzi
Danilo Barozzi (21 August 1927 – 25 March 2020) was an Italian cyclist. Biography Barozzi was a professional cyclist from 1949 to 1958. He won a stage of the Volta a Catalunya in 1950 and the Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato in 1954 and 1956. He died of COVID-19 in 2020. Career achievements Major results ;1948 : 1st Coppa Caivano ;1949 : 2nd Giro di Toscana : 3rd Coppa Placci : 5th Overall Tour de Suisse ;1950 : 1st Stage 6 Volta a Catalunya : 3rd Giro dell'Emilia ;1951 : 3rd Giro del Veneto : 9th Milan–San Remo ;1952 : 2nd Giro del Veneto : 2nd Coppa Bernocchi : 3rd GP Alghero : 4th Giro di Romagna : 4th Giro di Lombardia : 5th Tre Valli Varesine ;1953 : 2nd Trofeo Matteotti : 2nd Coppa Placci : 3rd Giro di Romagna : 3rd Overall Tour de Suisse ;1954 : 1st Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato ;1955 : 2nd Trofeo Matteotti : 8th Giro di Lombardia ;1956 : 1st Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato Grand Tour Results Tour de France The Tour de France ...
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1952 Tour De Suisse
The 1952 Tour de Suisse was the 16th edition of the Tour de Suisse cycle race and was held from 14 June to 21 June 1952. The race started and finished in Zürich. The race was won by Pasquale Fornara. General classification References 1952 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 ... 1952 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo {{Tour de Suisse-race-stub ...
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1954 Tour De Suisse
The 1954 Tour de Suisse was the 18th edition of the Tour de Suisse cycle race and was held from 7 August to 14 August 1954. The race started and finished in Zürich. The race was won by Pasquale Fornara. General classification References 1954 Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ... 1954 in Swiss sport 1954 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo {{Tour de Suisse-race-stub ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Carlo Clerici
Carlo Clerici (3 September 1929 – 28 January 2007) was a Swiss professional road bicycle racer. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1954 Giro d'Italia. Major results ;1950 : 3rd Stausee-Rundfahrt Klingnau ;1952 : 1st GP de Suisse : 2nd Züri-Metzgete : 2nd GP du Locle : 2nd Rund um Altdorf : 3rd Overall Tour de Suisse : 10th Overall Tour de Romandie ;1953 : 2nd Rund um Altdorf : 3rd Züri-Metzgete : 4th Overall Tour de Suisse : 6th Overall Tour de Romandie : 7th Giro del Ticino ;1954 : 1st Overall Giro d'Italia ::1st Stage 6 : 1st GP du Locle : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd Overall Tour de Romandie : 4th Züri-Metzgete ;1955 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd Overall Tour de Suisse : 4th Züri-Metzgete : 4th Genoa–Nice : 5th Overall Tour de Romandie ;1956 : 1st Züri-Metzgete : 1st GP du Locle : 2nd Overall Tour de Romandie : 9th Giro dell'Emilia ;1957 : 7th Overall Tour de Suisse The Tour de Suisse ( en, Tour of ...
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Pasquale Fornara
Pasquale Fornara (29 March 1925 – 24 July 1990) was a professional Italian road bicycle racer who gained fame in the 1950s by winning the Tour de Suisse stage race four times, a record that still stands to this day. In addition to his Tour de Suisse achievements, Fornara won the 1956 Tour de Romandie and finished on the podium in two Grand Tours: a third place behind the legendary Fausto Coppi at the 1953 Giro d'Italia and a second place at the 1958 Vuelta a España behind Frenchman Jean Stablinski. Major achievements ;1952 : 1st, Overall, Tour de Suisse (and 2 stage wins) : 1st, Stage, Giro d'Italia ;1953 : 3rd, Overall, Giro d’Italia (and 1 stage win) :: 1st, King of the Mountains ;1954 : 1st, Overall, Tour de Suisse ;1955 : 4th, Overall, Tour de France : 1st, Stage, Giro d’Italia ;1956 : 1st, Overall, Tour de Romandie : 1st, Stage, Giro d'Italia : 24th, Overall, Tour de France ;1957 : 1st, Overall, Tour de Suisse (and 1 stage win) :: 1st, King of the Mountains ;1 ...
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Nino Defilippis
Nino Defilippis (21 March 1932, in Turin – 13 July 2010, in Turin) was an Italian road bicycle racer who won the Giro di Lombardia in 1958, as well as nine stages at the Giro d'Italia, seven stages at the Tour de France and two stages at the Vuelta a España. He also won the mountains classification at the 1956 Vuelta a España and the Italian National Road Race Championship in 1956 and 1958. Major results *Giro di Lombardia (1958) * Italian National Road Race Championship (1960, 1962) *Tre Valli Varesine (1953, 1960) *Giro del Piemonte (1954, 1958) *Giro dell'Emilia (1954, 1955) *Giro del Lazio (1958, 1962) *Giro di Toscana (1960) *Trofeo Baracchi (1952) (with Giancarlo Astrua) *Giro del Veneto The Giro del Veneto is a semi classic European bicycle race held in the region of Veneto, Italy. The race is a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. In 2012 the race merged with another Italian classic, Coppa Placci The Coppa Placci is a semi cla ... (1961) *9 stage victories in t ...
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Donato Zampini
Donato Zampini (10 December 1926 – 20 March 2007) was an Italian racing cyclist. He finished in fourth place in the 1952 Giro d'Italia. Major results ;1947 : 2nd Coppa Agostoni ;1950 : 1st Overall Giro di Sicilia : 1st Stage 1 Giro dei Tre Mari : 4th Giro di Lombardia : 9th Milan–San Remo ;1951 : 1st Stage 5 Giro di Sicilia : 8th Overall Tour de Romandie ;1952 : 2nd Overall Paris–Nice : 4th Overall Giro d'Italia : 5th Giro del Lazio : 5th Giro del Ticino : 7th Overall Tour de Romandie ;1953 : 1st Giro del Ticino : 3rd Milano–Torino : 4th Giro dell'Emilia : 5th Overall Tour de Romandie : 7th Overall Volta a Catalunya ::1st Stage 7 : 7th Overall Tour de Suisse : 8th Giro di Lombardia : 9th Tre Valli Varesine ;1954 : 1st Stage 3 Tour de Suisse : 1st Stage 4 Euskal Bizikleta : 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Asturias : 9th Giro dell'Appennino ;1955 : 4th Giro dell'Emilia ;1958 : 6th Tre Valli Varesine The Tre Valli Varesine is a semi classic European bicycle race held in Varese, ...
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Marcel Huber
Marcel Huber (born 25 June 1927) was a Swiss racing cyclist. He rode in the 1951 Tour de France 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 .... References 1927 births Possibly living people Swiss male cyclists {{Switzerland-cycling-bio-stub ...
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