|
1952 Tour De Suisse
The 1952 Tour de Suisse was the 16th edition of the Tour de Suisse cycle race and was held from 14 June to 21 June 1952. The race started and finished in Zürich. The race was won by Pasquale Fornara. General classification References 1952 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 ... 1952 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo {{Tour de Suisse-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pasquale Fornara
Pasquale Fornara (29 March 1925 – 24 July 1990) was a professional Italian road bicycle racer who gained fame in the 1950s by winning the Tour de Suisse stage race four times, a record that still stands to this day. In addition to his Tour de Suisse achievements, Fornara won the 1956 Tour de Romandie and finished on the podium in two Grand Tours: a third place behind the legendary Fausto Coppi at the 1953 Giro d'Italia and a second place at the 1958 Vuelta a España behind Frenchman Jean Stablinski. Major achievements ;1952 : 1st, Overall, Tour de Suisse (and 2 stage wins) : 1st, Stage, Giro d'Italia ;1953 : 3rd, Overall, Giro d’Italia (and 1 stage win) :: 1st, King of the Mountains ;1954 : 1st, Overall, Tour de Suisse ;1955 : 4th, Overall, Tour de France : 1st, Stage, Giro d’Italia ;1956 : 1st, Overall, Tour de Romandie : 1st, Stage, Giro d'Italia : 24th, Overall, Tour de France ;1957 : 1st, Overall, Tour de Suisse (and 1 stage win) :: 1st, King of the Mountains ;1958 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferdinand Kübler
Ferdinand Kübler (; 24 July 1919 – 29 December 2016) was a Swiss cyclist with 71 professional victories, including the 1950 Tour de France and the 1951 UCI Road World Championships, 1951 World Road Race Championship. Biography Kübler was born in Marthalen. He began racing professionally in 1940 but his early career was limited to Switzerland by the Nazism, Nazi occupation elsewhere. He was multiple Swiss national champion and a three time winner of the Tour de Suisse. Kübler's most successful years in international racing were 1950–1952, when the classics had resumed after the Second World War. He won the La Flèche Wallonne and Liège–Bastogne–Liège, both in 1951 and 1952, in a time where these races were still contested in the same weekend. He was also World Cycling Championship, World Road Race Champion in 1951, having placed second in 1949 and third in 1950. Kübler rode the Giro d'Italia from 1950–1952, placing fourth once, and third twice. Kübler abandoned t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Clerici
Carlo Clerici (3 September 1929 – 28 January 2007) was a Swiss professional road bicycle racer. The highlight of his career was his overall win in the 1954 Giro d'Italia. Major results ;1950 : 3rd Stausee-Rundfahrt Klingnau ;1952 : 1st GP de Suisse : 2nd Züri-Metzgete : 2nd GP du Locle : 2nd Rund um Altdorf : 3rd Overall Tour de Suisse : 10th Overall Tour de Romandie ;1953 : 2nd Rund um Altdorf : 3rd Züri-Metzgete : 4th Overall Tour de Suisse : 6th Overall Tour de Romandie : 7th Giro del Ticino ;1954 : 1st Overall Giro d'Italia ::1st Stage 6 : 1st GP du Locle : 3rd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd Overall Tour de Romandie : 4th Züri-Metzgete ;1955 : 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 3rd Overall Tour de Suisse : 4th Züri-Metzgete : 4th Genoa–Nice : 5th Overall Tour de Romandie ;1956 : 1st Züri-Metzgete : 1st GP du Locle : 2nd Overall Tour de Romandie : 9th Giro dell'Emilia ;1957 : 7th Overall Tour de Suisse The Tour de Suisse () is an annual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951 Tour De Suisse
The 1951 Tour de Suisse was the 15th edition of the Tour de Suisse cycle race and was held from June 15 to June 23,1951. The race started and finished in Zürich. The race was won by Ferdinand Kübler. General classification References 1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the Uni ... 1951 in Swiss sport 1951 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo {{Tour de Suisse-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1953 Tour De Suisse
The 1953 Tour de Suisse was the 17th edition of the Tour de Suisse cycle race and was held from 17 June to 27 June 1953. The race started and finished in Zürich. The race was won by Hugo Koblet. General classification References 1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a Estonian government-in-exile, government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito ... 1953 in Swiss sport 1953 Challenge Desgrange-Colombo {{Tour de Suisse-race-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 calendar approximately two weeks after the end of the Tour de Suisse. Since 2011 the event is part of the UCI World Tour, cycling's highest level of professional races. From 2021, a women's race has been held at the same time, with the event joining the UCI Women's World Tour from 2023. History The race was first held in 1933 and has evolved in timing, duration and sponsorship. Like the Tour de France and the Dauphiné, the Tour de Suisse has several stages with significant mountain climbs in the Swiss Alps and at least one individual time trial. Several winners of the Tour de Suisse have also won the Tour de France, including Eddy Merckx and Jan Ullrich. In 2005 the Tour de Suisse was included in the inaugural UCI Pro Tour and organisers mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zürich
Zurich (; ) is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich. , the municipality had 448,664 inhabitants. The Urban agglomeration, urban area was home to 1.45 million people (2020), while the Zurich Metropolitan Area, Zurich metropolitan area had a total population of 2.1 million (2020). Zurich is a hub for railways, roads, and air traffic. Both Zurich Airport and Zürich Hauptbahnhof, Zurich's main railway station are the largest and busiest in the country. Permanently settled for over 2,000 years, Zurich was founded by the Roman Empire, Romans, who called it '. However, early settlements have been found dating back more than 6,400 years (although this only indicates human presence in the area and not the presence of a town that early). During the Middle Ages, Zurich gained the independent and privileged status of imperial immediacy and, in 1519 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pino Cerami
Giuseppe "Pino" Cerami (28 April 1922 – 20 September 2014) was a Belgian road bicycle racer. He joined the professional peloton in 1946 as an independent. Born in Misterbianco, Sicily, Italy he was naturalised as a Belgian on 16 March 1956. Cerami won the 1960 Paris–Roubaix Classic with Tino Sabbadini of France second and Miguel Poblet of Spain in third place. Cerami also won La Flèche Wallonne Classic in 1960. He was 3rd in the 1960 World Championship Road Race behind Rik Van Looy of Belgium and Frenchman André Darrigade. At the 1963 Tour de France, Cerami won the 9th stage at 41 years old; Cerami is the oldest Tour de France stage winner ever. Since 1964 the Grand Prix Pino Cerami professional cycling race has taken place every year in Belgium. Cerami died on 20 September 2014 after a long illness. Major results Source: ;1948 : 1st : 3rd Dokter Tistaertprijs Zottegem : 7th Giro di Lombardia : 8th overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré : 9th La Flèche Wall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pietro Giudici
Pietro Giudici (21 July 1921 – 11 November 2002) was an Italian professional racing cyclist. He rode in two editions of the Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage cycle sport, bicycle race held primarily in France. It is the oldest and most prestigious of the three Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tours, which include the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a .... References External links * 1921 births 2002 deaths Italian male cyclists Cyclists from the Province of Varese 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-cycling-bio-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Goldschmit
Jean Goldschmit (20 February 1924 – 14 February 1994) was a professional Luxembourgish road bicycle racer. He was professional from 1946 to 1953 and had 14 victories which included two stage wins and wearing the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification in the Tour de France for three stages. Other wins included cyclo-cross champion of Luxembourg in 1946 and 1947 and road race champion of Luxembourg in 1947 and 1950. Major results ;1945 :Tour de Luxembourg ;1946 : national cyclo-cross championship ;1947 : national cyclo-cross championship : national road race championship ;1948 :Tour de Luxembourg ;1949 :Tour de France: ::8th place overall classification ::Winner stage 14 ;1950 : national road race championship :Tour de France: ::10th place overall classification ::Winner stage 1 ::Wearing yellow jersey The general classification of the Tour de France is the most important classification of the race and determines the winner of the race. Since 1919, the leader ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fritz Schär
Fritz Schär (13 March 1926 in Kaltenbach, Switzerland, Kaltenbach – 29 September 1997 in Frauenfeld) was a Swiss people, Swiss cycle sport, cyclist who in 1953 won the first points classification in the Tour de France, points classification ever in the 1953 Tour de France, Tour de France. He also finished third in the general classification in the 1954 Tour de France. He was the Swiss National Road Race Championships, Swiss National Road Race champion in 1953. Major results ;1948 : 3rd 1948 Giro di Lombardia, Giro di Lombardia ;1949 : 1st Züri-Metzgete : 1st Stage 8 1949 Tour de Suisse, Tour de Suisse : 4th Overall 1949 Tour de Romandie, Tour de Romandie ;1950 : 1st Züri-Metzgete : 1st Stage 14 1950 Giro d'Italia, Giro d'Italia ;1951 : 3rd Overall 1951 Tour de Romandie, Tour de Romandie : 4th Overall 1951 Tour de Suisse, Tour de Suisse ;1952 : 1st Stage 19 1952 Giro d'Italia, Giro d'Italia : 5th Overall 1952 Tour de Romandie, Tour de Romandie : 7th Overall 1952 Tour de Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcel De Mulder
Marcel De Mulder (29 March 1928 – 18 May 2011) was a Belgian racing cyclist. He finished 21st in the 1949 Tour de France The 1949 Tour de France was the 36th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 30 June to 24 July. It consisted of 21 stages over . The Italian team had internal problems, because Gino Bartali and Fausto Coppi could both be the team leade .... He finished in seventh place in the 1954 Paris–Roubaix. References External links * 1928 births 2011 deaths Belgian male cyclists Cyclists from East Flanders People from Kruisem 20th-century Belgian sportsmen {{Belgium-cycling-bio-1920s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
