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1948 Tour De Suisse
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The 1948 Tour de Suisse was the 12th edition of the Tour de Suisse cycle race and was held from 12 June to 19 June 1948. The race started and finished in Zürich. The race was won by Ferdinand Kübler. General classification References 1948 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] |
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] |
Giulio Bresci
Giulio Bresci (born 19 November 1921 – 8 August 1998) was an Italian professional road racing cyclist. Major results ;1946 :6th Giro d'Italia ;1947 :2nd Giro del Lazio :2nd Tour de Suisse ::1st Stage 4 :3rd Giro d'Italia ::1st Stage 18 ;1948 :1st Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato :1st Stage 4 Tour de Romandie :2nd Tour de Suisse ::1st Stage 2 :7th Giro d'Italia ;1949 :7th Giro d'Italia ;1951 :2nd Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato The Gran Premio Industria e Commercio di Prato is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in Prato, Italy. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicy ... References Italian male cyclists Italian Giro d'Italia stage winners 1998 deaths 1921 births People from Prato Sportspeople from the Province of Prato Cyclists from Tuscany Tour de Suisse stage winners {{Italy-cycling-bio-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Sommer (cyclist)
Hans Sommer (18 May 1924 – 27 March 2004) 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 ..., finishing in 28th place. References 1924 births 2004 deaths Swiss male cyclists Place of birth missing {{Switzerland-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1947 Tour De Suisse
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The 1947 Tour de Suisse was the 11th edition of the Tour de Suisse cycle race and was held from 16 August to 23 August 1947. The race started and finished in Zürich. The race was won by Gino Bartali. General classification References 1947 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] |
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] |
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] |
Jean Robic
Jean Robic (; 10 June 1921 – 6 October 1980)L'Équipe, 9 July 2003 was a French road racing cyclist, who won the 1947 Tour de France. Robic was a professional cyclist from 1943 to 1961. His diminutive stature (1.61m, 60 kg) and appearance was encapsulated in his nickname ''Biquet'' ''(Kid goat)''. For faster, gravity-assisted descents, he collected drinking bottles ballasted with lead or mercury at the summits of mountain climbs and " cols". After fracturing his skull in 1944 he always wore a trademark leather crash helmet. Origins Robic has always been described as a Breton but he was born in the Ardennes region of France, where his father had found work as a carpenter."Club cyclo du Ninian à Plémet" his father having lived in Brittany before he moved. His father was a racing ... [...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] |
Armando Peverelli
Armando Peverelli (2 December 1921 – 18 July 1981) was an Italian racing cyclist. He rode in the 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 * 1921 births 1981 deaths Italian male cyclists Cyclists from Milan {{Italy-cycling-bio-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfredo Martini
Alfredo Martini (18 February 1921 – 25 August 2014) was an Italian cyclist and coach from Sesto Fiorentino, north of Florence. Professional from 1941 to 1957, he won a stage in the 1950 Giro d'Italia and was later the coach of the Italian national team. He also rode in the 1949 Tour de France. In 2021, in honour of Martini's 100th birthday, the one-day race Per sempre Alfredo was first held; the race finishes in Martini's home town of Sesto Fiorentino. Under his 22-year tenure as head coach, Italy got six gold medals at the Road World Championships with 5 different cyclists (Francesco Moser, Giuseppe Saronni, Moreno Argentin, Maurizio Fondriest once each and Gianni Bugno twice), plus seven silver and as many bronze medals. References 1921 births 2014 deaths Italian male cyclists Italian Giro d'Italia stage winners People from Sesto Fiorentino Sportspeople from the Metropolitan City of Florence Cyclists from Tuscany Tour de Suisse stage winners {{Italy-cycling-bio- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Aeschlimann
Georges Aeschlimann (11 January 1920 – 10 November 2010) was a Swiss 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 * 1920 births 2010 deaths Swiss male cyclists Cyclists from Bern Tour de Suisse stage winners {{Switzerland-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
