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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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
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 ... [...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] |
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 ... [...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] |
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] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincenzo Rossello
Vincenzo Rossello (16 February 1923 – 20 January 1989) was an Italian professional road bicycle racer from 1946 to 1957. He won two stages in the Tour de France. Major results ;1948 :Tour de France: ::Winner stage 2 ;1949 :Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...: ::Winner stage 18 ;1951 : Giro d'Italia: ::9th place overall classification ;1953 : Giro d'Italia: ::10th place overall classification External links *Official Tour de France results for Vincenzo Rossello Italian male cyclists 1923 births 1989 deaths Italian Tour de France stage winners Sportspeople from the Province of Savona Cyclists from Liguria {{Italy-cycling-bio-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
