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Albert Büchi
Albert Büchi (27 June 1907 – August 1988) was a Swiss professional road bicycle racer. He is mainly known for his bronze medal in the Elite race of the 1931 Road World Championships. He was also the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1931. Major results ;1930 : Amateur Road Race Champion ;1931 - Oscar Egg : Road Race Champion : 1st, GP de l'Echo d'Alger : World Road Race Championship : 3rd, Züri-Metzgete : 9th, Tour de France ;1932 - Oscar Egg : 1st, Sion-Lausanne-Sion : 1st, Tour du Canton de Genève : 2nd, National Road Race Championship : 4th, Züri-Metzgete : 11th, Tour de France : 11th, World Road Race Championship ;1933 : 1st, Stage 3, Tour de Savoie : 2nd, Tour de Suisse : 8th, World Road Race Championship : 8th, Züri-Metzgete : 13th, Tour de France ;1934 - Dei : 1st, Circuit of Basel : 17th, Tour de France ;1935 : 10th, Tour de Suisse The Tour de Suisse ( en, Tour of Switzerland) is an annual road cycling stage race. Raced over eight days, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Road Bicycle Racing
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on Road surface, paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional sport, professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common competition formats are mass start events, where riders start simultaneously (though sometimes with a Handicapping, handicap) and race to a set finish point; and time trials, where individual time trial, individual riders or team time trial, teams race a course alone against the clock. Stage races or "tours" take multiple days, and consist of several mass-start or time-trial stages ridden consecutively. Professional racing originated in Western Europe, centred in France, Spain, Italy and the Low Countries. Since the mid-1980s, the sport has diversified, with races held at the professional, semi-professional and amateur levels, worldwide. The sport is governed by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI). As w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
