Paul Egli (18 August 1911 – 23 January 1997) was a
Swiss
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professional
road bicycle racer
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. He is most known for his silver and bronze medals in respectively the
1938
Events
January
* January 1
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and the
1937 UCI Road World Championships. He was also the
Swiss National Road Race champion in 1935 and 1936.
Major results
;1932
: Amateur Cyclo-Cross Champion
: World Amateur Road Race Championship
;1933
: World Amateur Road Race Champion
;1934
:
Züri-Metzgete
: Stage 3,
Tour de Suisse
: Stage 1,
Critérium du Midi
;1935
: Road Race Champion
:
Züri-Metzgete
: Stage 1,
Tour of Nord-East-Spain
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;1936
: Road Race Champion
:
Tour de France
::Winner stage 1
::Wearing
yellow jersey for one day
:
Tour de Suisse:
:: Winner Stages 4a & 4b
;1937
: World Road Race Championship
:
Tour de Suisse:
:: Winner Stage 3
;1938
: World Road Race Championship
;1941
:
Berner Rundfahrt
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;1942
:
Züri-Metzgete
References
External links
*
Official Tour de France results for Paul Egli
1911 births
1997 deaths
Swiss male cyclists
Swiss Tour de France stage winners
People from Hinwil District
Tour de Suisse stage winners
Sportspeople from the canton of Zürich
20th-century Swiss people
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