Josef Fuchs (born 24 July 1948) is a retired Swiss
racing cyclist
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. As an amateur he won two world championship medals in 1969 and 1971, both on the road and on track. He also won a few minor races and two stages of the
Tour de l'Avenir
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(1969 and 1971) and one of the
Milk Race
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(1971).
[
In late 1971 he turned professional and the same year won the ]Giro della Toscana
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. He placed eighth overall in the 1975 Tour de France
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and won the Liège–Bastogne–Liège
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race in 1981.[
During his career Fuchs won four national titles, two on track, as amateur in 1970 and 1971, and two
]on the road
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, as professional in 1972 and 1973.
Major results
;1966
: 3rd Road race, National Junior Road Championships
;1969
: 1st Stage 10b Tour de l'Avenir
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;1970
: 1st Individual pursuit, National Amateur Track Championships
: 1st Tour des Quatre-Cantons
;1971
: 1st Individual pursuit, National Amateur Track Championships
: 1st Giro del Mendrisiotto
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: 1st Stage 1 (ITT
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) Tour de l'Avenir
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: 2nd Individual pursuit, UCI Amateur Track World Championships
: 3rd Overall Milk Race
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::1st Stage 8
;1972
: 1st Road race, National Road Championships
: 1st Giro di Toscana
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: 1st Stage 1c ( TTT) Cronostaffetta
: 2nd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
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::1st Stage 2
: 6th GP Monaco
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;1973
: 1st Road race, National Road Championships
: 1st Prologue ( TTT) Tour de Suisse
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;1974
: 1st Overall ( TTT) Cronostaffetta
: 4th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
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: 7th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana
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::1st Prologue ( TTT)
: 7th Giro di Toscana
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: 7th Giro di Campania
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: 8th Trofeo Laigueglia
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: 9th Giro di Romagna
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: 10th Coppa Sabatini
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;1975
: 2nd Overall Tour de Romandie
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: 4th Overall À travers Lausanne
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: 4th GP Lugano
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: 8th Overall Tour de France
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: 9th Züri-Metzgete
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;1976
: 2nd Trofeo Masferrer
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: 4th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
: 4th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
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: 4th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana
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: 8th Overall Vuelta a España
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: 9th Overall Volta a Catalunya
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;1977
: 4th GP Alghero
: 5th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
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: 10th Züri-Metzgete
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: 10th Giro di Toscana
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: 10th Coppa Placci
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;1978
: 3rd Overall Tour de Suisse
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: 3rd Overall Giro di Sardegna
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: 4th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
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::1st Stage 3
: 9th Tre Valli Varesine
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;1979
: 1st Stage 3 Tirreno–Adriatico
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: 2nd GP Lugano
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: 4th Overall Tour de Suisse
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::1st Stage 5
: 4th Overall Vuelta a AndalucÃa
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: 5th Overall Volta a Catalunya
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::1st Stage 4
: 8th Overall Giro d'Italia
;1980
: 2nd Overall Tour de Suisse
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::1st Stage 8b (ITT
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)
: 2nd Visp–Grachen
: 3rd Trofeo Baracchi
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(with Daniel Gisiger
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)
: 6th Gran Piemonte
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: 8th Overall Giro d'Italia
: 8th Milano–Torino
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: 10th GP du canton d'Argovie
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;1981
: 1st Liège–Bastogne–Liège
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: 1st GP Lugano
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: 2nd Overall Tour de Suisse
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: 5th Overall Giro d'Italia
: 7th Overall Critérium International
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: 7th Overall Tour Méditerranéen
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: 10th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
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References
1948 births
Living people
Swiss male cyclists
Sportspeople from the canton of Schwyz
Tour de Suisse stage winners
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