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1962 Tour De Suisse
The 1962 Tour de Suisse was the 26th edition of the Tour de Suisse cycle race and was held from 14 June to 20 June 1962. The race started and finished in Zürich. The race was won by Hans Junkermann of the team. General classification References 1962 Events January * January 1 – Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – Pope John XXIII excommunicates Fidel Castro for preaching communism. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the wors ... Tour de Suisse {{Tour de Suisse-race-stub ...
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Hans Junkermann
Hennes "Hans" Junkermann (6 May 1934 – 11 April 2022) was a German professional racing cyclist who won 35 road races in 18 seasons from 1956 to 1973. He won the German National Road Race in 1959, 1960, and 1961. Biography Junkermann was born in St. Tönis, near Krefeld, Rhine Province. He excelled in mountainous stage races and hard one-day events. He won nine Six Day races and the European Madison championship in 1965. He rode the Tour de France eight times. Junkermann showed class as an amateur and was approached twice in 1954 to defect to the GDR and become a paid amateur, but he wanted to stay in West Germany and be a professional. He turned professional in 1955 season for the small Bauer team. In May 1957 he won Züri-Metzgete, followed by fourth in the Tour de Suisse, the start of his excellent record in the Swiss tour, a hilly stage race. In 1959 he moved to Faema-Molteni under Rik Van Looy, winning the national road championship, a feat he repeated in 1960 and 19 ...
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Jan Hugens
Johannes Joseph "Jan" Hugens (22 March 1939 – 12 March 2011) was a Dutch road cyclist who was active between 1958 and 1968. He won individual stages of the Olympia's Tour in 1958 and 1959 and finished second overall in the Tour of Yugoslavia in 1958. Two years later he qualified for two events at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held ... and finished 38th in the individual road race and 4th in the 100 km team time trial. The same year he turned professional, but raced without a team until 1962 when he won two stages of the Tour de l'Avenir. In 1966 he was close to winning the Amstel Gold Race, but finished third after his chain derailed when switching gears near the finish line. He was selected for the Tour de France several times, b ...
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Rolf Maurer
Rolf Maurer (16 April 1938 – 6 June 2019) was a Swiss road racing cyclist who competed professionally between 1960 and 1969. In 1964, he won Tour de Suisse and Tour de Romandie. Major results ;1960 : 5th Tour du Nord-Ouest ;1961 : 1st Züri-Metzgete ;1962 : 2nd Tour du Nord-Ouest : 10th Overall 1962 Tour de Suisse, Tour de Suisse ;1963 : 1st Stage 4 1963 Tour de Romandie, Tour de Romandie : 2nd Overall 1963 Tour de Suisse, Tour de Suisse : 2nd Overall Tour de l'Avenir ::1st Stage 12 : 3rd Tour du Nord-Ouest ;1964 : 1st Overall 1964 Tour de Suisse, Tour de Suisse ::1st Stages 2 & 3 (ITT) : 1st Overall 1964 Tour de Romandie, Tour de Romandie : 9th Overall 1964 Giro d'Italia, Giro d'Italia ::1st Stage 10 : 10th Züri-Metzgete ;1965 : 2nd Overall 1965 Tour de Romandie, Tour de Romandie : 3rd Tour des Quatre-Cantons ;1966 : 3rd Overall 1966 Tirreno–Adriatico, Tirreno–Adriatico ::1st Stage 1 : 3rd Overall 1966 Tour de Romandie, Tour de Romandie : 5th Gran Piemonte : 6th Overall ...
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Kurt Gimmi
Kurt Gimmi (13 January 1936 – 29 March 2003) was a Swiss professional road bicycle racer. He was born and died in Zürich and was a professional from 1958 until 1964. He won the eleventh stage of the 1960 Tour de France The 1960 Tour de France was the 47th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place between 26 June and 17 July, with 21 stages covering a distance of . The race featured 128 riders, of which 81 finished. Because Ja ... and the 1959 Tour de Romandie. Major results ; 1959 : 1st, Overall, Tour de Romandie :: 1st, Stage 1 part b Tour de Romandie, Carouge (SUI) :: 2nd, Stage 2 Tour de Romandie, Carouge (SUI) : 1st, Stage 3a Tour de Suisse ; 1960 : 1st, Stage 11 Tour de France : 2nd, Overall, Tour de Suisse (SUI) :: 3rd, Stage 2 :: 2nd, Stage 5 ; 1961 : 1st, Stage 5 Tour de Suisse ; 1963 : 1st, Stage 5 Tour de Suisse External links * Swiss male cyclists Swiss Tour de France stage winners 1936 births 2003 death ...
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Giuseppe Fezzardi
Giuseppe Fezzardi (born 28 December 1939) is a retired Italy, Italian professional road bicycle racer, who competed professionally between 1961 and 1972. He won the 1962 Tre Valli Varesine and 1963 Tour de Suisse. Fezzardi rode the 1965 Tour de France, 1965 and 1966 Tour de France and won the 15th stage in 1965. References External links Official Tour de France results for Giuseppe Fezzardi
Italian male cyclists 1939 births Living people Italian Tour de France stage winners Cyclists from the Province of Varese {{Italy-cycling-bio-1930s-stub ...
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Tigra (cycling Team)
Tigra was a Swiss professional cycling team A cycling team is a group of cycle sport, cyclists who join a team or are acquired and train together to compete in bicycle racing, bicycle races whether amateur or professional – and the supporting personnel. Cycling teams are most important i ... that existed from 1950 to 1969. Its main sponsor was Swiss bicycle manufacturer Tigra. References Cycling teams based in Switzerland Cycling teams based in France Defunct cycling teams based in Switzerland Defunct cycling teams based in France 1950 establishments in Switzerland 1969 disestablishments in Switzerland Cycling teams established in 1950 Cycling teams disestablished in 1969 {{Switzerland-sport-team-stub ...
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Rolf Graf
Rolf Graf (19 August 1932 - 18 January 2019) was a Swiss professional road bicycle racer. Rolf Graf was a protégé of the Swiss cyclist Ferdinand Kübler. He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1956. In 1963, Graf had car crash in Italy, from which he never really recovered, and in 1964 he had to stop his cycling career. Major results ;1954 :Gent–Wevelgem ;1955 :Locarno ;1956 : national road race championship :Tour de Suisse :Trofeo Baracchi (with André Darrigade) ;1957 :Basel ;1958 :GP du Locle ;1959 : national road race championship : Giro d'Italia: ::Winner stage 22 :Tour de France: ::Winner stages 12 and 19 ;1960 :Nice :Tour de France: ::Winner stage 19 :Trofeo Longines (with Guido Carlesi, Silvano Ciampi, Emile Daems Emile Daems (born 4 April 1938) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist. Major results ;1960 :1st, Giro dell'Appennino :1st, Giro di ...
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Juan Campillo
Juan Campillo García (16 August 1930 – 28 February 1964) was a professional road bicycle racer between 1953 and 1963. Career Campillo competed in five Vuelta a Españas and four Tour de Frances, with his best result being fifth overall in the 1960 Vuelta a España. Retirement and death Campillo retired from racing at the end of the 1963 season and used his savings to buy a restaurant in Andorra. On 28 February 1964, the day before its opening, he was crushed by a truck and died aged 33, leaving his six-year-old son an orphan after his mother died giving birth to him. Career achievements Source: Major results ;1956 :3rd Trofeo Masferrer ;1957 :6th Trofeo Jaumendreu ;1959 :1st Trofeo Jaumendreu :1st Stage 1a ( TTT), Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana :2nd Spanish National Hill Climb Championship ;1960 :2nd Vuelta a La Rioja :Vuelta a España ::3rd Points classification ::5th General classification :5th Trofeo Masferrer ;1961 :3rd Circuito de Getxo ;1962 :3rd Grand Prix d'Issoir ...
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Franco Balmamion
Franco Balmamion (born 11 January 1940), is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist who raced between 1960 and 1972. The highlight of his career was his successive overall wins in the 1962 and 1963 editions of the Giro d'Italia.The Eagle of the Canavese: Franco Balmamion and the Giro d'Italia
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;1960 :10th National Amateur Road Championships ;1961 :3rd ;1962 :1st
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Gilbert Desmet
Gilbert Desmet (born 2 February 1931 in Roeselare), nicknamed ''Smetje van Lichtervelde'', is a former Belgian cyclist who was professional from 1952 to 1967. In the 1956 Tour de France, he wore the yellow jersey for 2 days, and in the 1963 Tour de France he wore it for 9 days. Desmet won 101 professional races, including Paris–Tours, La Flèche Wallonne and Four Days of Dunkirk. His best result in the Tour de France was his 4th place in 1962. He finished second in the 1959 Paris–Roubaix. Throughout his career, he was often confused with Gilbert De Smet, another Belgian cyclist with a similar name. Major results ;1951 : 2nd Kattekoers ;1954 : 1st GP Stad Zottegem : 8th Omloop Het Volk ;1956 : Tour de France ::Held after Stages 3–4a : 1st Overall Drielandentrofee ::1st Stage 1 : 1st Omloop van Oost-Vlaanderen : 2nd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk : 2nd Vijfbergenomloop ;1957 : 1st Omloop van het Houtland : 2nd Overall Driedaagse van Antwerpen : 6th Kuurne–Brussels†...
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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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