Klaus-Peter Thaler (born 14 May 1949 in Eckmannshausen,

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...

) is a former professional cyclist whose career spanned from 1976 to 1988, he was successful in road-racing and cyclo-cross. He was world cyclo-cross champion twice as amateur and twice as professional and German champion eight times.

Biography

Thaler studied at the

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. In 1976, Thaler entered the

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, in the road race. He finished in ninth place. He turned professional one year later. In the 1978 Tour de France, Thaler led the race for two days, after his team won the

team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...

. Thaler organises the Tour of Hope bicycle charity ride, and was given the

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for that in 2005.

Career achievements

Major results

Source: * World Champion Cyclo-cross: 1985,1987 * German champion cyclo-cross: 1976,1977,1978,1979,1982,1986,1987,1988 * German cycling road champion for amateurs: 1976 *

Vuelta a Andalucía The Vuelta a Andalucía (Tour of Andalusia) or Ruta del Sol (Route of the Sun) is a regional Spanish road bicycle race first held in 1925. Since 2005, it has been a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour. The race became a part of the new UCI P ...

1977: Stage 1B * Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré 1979: Stage 1 *

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1980: Stage 5

Tour de France results

Source: *

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: did not finish, won stage 9 *

1978 Tour de France The 1978 Tour de France was the 65th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place between 29 June and 23 July, with 22 stages covering a distance of . The 1978 Tour had a high-profile doping case when Michel Pollent ...

: 35th place, won stage 3, wore the yellow jersey for

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* 1979 Tour de France: 37th place * 1980 Tour de France: 49th place *

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: 90th place

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Thaler, Klaus-Peter 1949 births Living people People from Siegen-Wittgenstein Sportspeople from Arnsberg (region) German male cyclists Cyclo-cross cyclists German Tour de France stage winners Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany University of Siegen alumni UCI Cyclo-cross World Champions (men) Cyclists from North Rhine-Westphalia Olympic cyclists of West Germany Cyclists at the 1976 Summer Olympics German Vuelta a España stage winners