Charles Guyot (25 April 1925 – 22 September 1973) was a Swiss

racing cyclist Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling spo ...

. He raced as a professionnel from 1946 to 1952, winning the

Züri-Metzgete Züri-Metzgete (Zürich German; ; ) was a European Classic cycle races, Classic cycle race held annually in Zürich, Switzerland, and continued as a non-professional mass participation event from 2007 until 2014. It was a race with a long history ...

in 1947 and a stage in the

Tour de Suisse The Tour de Suisse () is an annual road cycling stage race. Raced over eight days, the event covers two weekends in June, and along with the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is considered a proving ground for the Tour de France, which is on the calend ...

and the

Giro del Ticino The Giro del Ticino was a professional one-day road cycling race held annually from 1949 to 1968 in the Canton of Ticino Ticino ( ), sometimes Tessin (), officially the Republic and Canton of Ticino or less formally the Canton of Ticino, is o ...

in 1949. His father

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was also a professional racing cyclist.

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1925 births 1973 deaths Swiss male cyclists Cyclists from the canton of Bern Tour de Suisse stage winners 20th-century Swiss sportsmen {{Switzerland-cycling-bio-stub