Josef Fuchs (born 24 July 1948) is a retired Swiss

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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

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(1969 and 1971) and one of the

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(1971). In late 1971 he turned professional and the same year won the Giro della Toscana. He placed eighth overall in the

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and won the

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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, as professional in 1972 and 1973.

Major results

;1966 : 3rd

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, National Junior Road Championships ;1969 : 1st Stage 10b

;1970 : 1st MaillotSuiza

Individual pursuit, National Amateur Track Championships : 1st Tour des Quatre-Cantons ;1971 : 1st MaillotSuiza

Individual pursuit, National Amateur Track Championships : 1st

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: 1st Stage 1 ( ITT)

: 2nd

Individual pursuit, UCI Amateur Track World Championships : 3rd Overall

::1st Stage 8 ;1972 : 1st MaillotSuiza

, National Road Championships : 1st

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: 1st Stage 1c ( TTT) Cronostaffetta : 2nd Overall

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::1st Stage 2 : 6th GP Monaco ;1973 : 1st MaillotSuiza

, National Road Championships : 1st Prologue ( TTT)

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;1974 : 1st Overall ( TTT) Cronostaffetta : 4th Overall

: 7th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana ::1st Prologue ( TTT) : 7th

: 7th

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: 8th

Trofeo Laigueglia The Trofeo Laigueglia is an early season road bicycle race held annually in Liguria, Italy. From 2005 to 2014, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. It is held about ten days after the opening to the Italian season, the ...

: 9th

Giro di Romagna The Giro della Romagna was a semi classic European bicycle race held in the Italian region of Romagna. After 2005, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race was discontinued in 2011, and in 2013, it merged with the M ...

: 10th

Coppa Sabatini The Coppa Sabatini is a late season road bicycle race held annually in Province of Pisa, Italy. From 2005 to 2019, the race was organised as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing com ...

;1975 : 2nd Overall

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: 4th Overall

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: 4th

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: 8th Overall

Tour de France The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consist ...

: 9th

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;1976 : 2nd

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: 4th Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré : 4th Overall

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: 4th Overall Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana : 8th Overall

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: 9th Overall

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;1977 : 4th GP Alghero : 5th Overall

: 10th

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;1978 : 3rd Overall

: 3rd Overall

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: 4th Overall

::1st Stage 3 : 9th

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;1979 : 1st Stage 3

: 2nd

: 4th Overall

::1st Stage 5 : 4th Overall

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 ...

: 5th Overall

::1st Stage 4 : 8th Overall Giro d'Italia ;1980 : 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 8b ( ITT) : 2nd Visp–Grachen : 3rd

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(with

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) : 6th Gran Piemonte : 8th Overall Giro d'Italia : 8th

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: 10th

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;1981 : 1st

: 1st

: 2nd Overall

: 5th Overall Giro d'Italia : 7th Overall

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: 7th Overall

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: 10th Overall

References

1948 births Living people Swiss male cyclists Sportspeople from the canton of Schwyz Tour de Suisse stage winners {{Switzerland-cycling-bio-stub