Franciszek Surmiński (5 December 1934 – 2 October 2021) was a Polish racing cyclist, active in international competitions from 1961 to 1970. He participated in road races and
cyclo-cross. He lived in
Rudziczka, a village near the town of
Prudnik
Prudnik (, szl, Prudnik, Prōmnik, german: Neustadt in Oberschlesien, Neustadt an der Prudnik, la, Prudnicium) is a town in southern Poland, located in the southern part of Opole Voivodeship near the border with the Czech Republic. It is the ...
, from which he received honorary citizenship on 28 February 2020.
Major results
;1960
: 1st Stage 5
Tour de Pologne
The Tour de Pologne (Polish: ''Wyścig Dookoła Polski'', English: ''Tour of Poland'', official abbreviation TdP,) is an annual, professional men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stage ...
;1961
: 1st Stage 3
Tour de Pologne
The Tour de Pologne (Polish: ''Wyścig Dookoła Polski'', English: ''Tour of Poland'', official abbreviation TdP,) is an annual, professional men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stage ...
;1963
: 1st Overall
Tour of Małopolska
Tour of Malopolska ( Polish: ''Małopolski Wyścig Górski'') is an annual, professional men's multiple-stage cycling race in Lesser Poland Voivodeship. Since 2005, it has been part of the UCI Europe Tour.
History
The race was first held in 1 ...
;1964
: 1st Stages 8 & 10
Tour de Pologne
The Tour de Pologne (Polish: ''Wyścig Dookoła Polski'', English: ''Tour of Poland'', official abbreviation TdP,) is an annual, professional men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stage ...
: 1st Stages6 & 13
Tour du Maroc
Tour du Maroc is the most important road bicycle race in the African state of Morocco. The editions 1957–1993 were reserved to amateurs. Since 2006, it is organized as a 2.2
The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the world's governing bod ...
;1969
: 1st
National Cyclo-Cross Championships
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* Nation or country
** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen
Places in the United States
* National, Maryland, ce ...
;1970
: 1st Stage 7
Tour de Pologne
The Tour de Pologne (Polish: ''Wyścig Dookoła Polski'', English: ''Tour of Poland'', official abbreviation TdP,) is an annual, professional men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stage ...
References
1934 births
2021 deaths
Polish male cyclists
People from Tarnopol Voivodeship
People from Prudnik County
Sportspeople from Opole Voivodeship
20th-century Polish sportsmen
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