Gottfried Weilenmann (29 March 1920 – 14 November 2018)[1] was a Swiss cyclist. Professional 1945 to 1952, he won the Tour de Suisse in 1949 and the Swiss National Road Race Championships in 1952.[2] In the latter year, he placed second in the UCI World Road Racing Championships road behind Heinz Müller.
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 29 March 1920 Amriswil, Switzerland |
| Died | 14 November 2018 (aged 98) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Professional teams | |
| 1946 | Individual |
| 1947 | Rico |
| 1948 | Sala |
| 1948 | Stucchi |
| 1949–1950 | Wolf |
| 1950 | Colomb-Manera |
| 1950–1952 | Guerra-Ursus |
| 1951 | Tigra |
| 1951–1952 | Cilo |
His brother Leo was also a professional rider during the same period as he was. His father, Gottfried was part of the Swiss team pursuit at the 1924 Olympic Games.
Major results
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- 1942
- 1st
Road race, National Amateur Road Championships - 1944
- 2nd À Travers Lausanne
- 1945
- 2nd Overall Circuito del Norte
- 2nd À Travers Lausanne
- 3rd Tour du Lac Léman
- 1946
- 2nd Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 3rd Zurich–Lausanne
- 1947
- 8th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 10th GP du Midi Libre
- 1949
- 1st
Overall Tour de Suisse - 2nd Giro del Ticino
- 2nd Tour du Nord-Ouest de la Suisse
- 3rd Züri-Metzgete
- 1950
- 3rd Road race, National Road Championships
- 1952
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 2nd
Road race, UCI Road World Championships - 5th La Flèche Wallonne
- 8th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
Grand Tour Results
editSource: [3]
References
edit- ^ Si è spento Weilenmann, vincitore del Tour de Suisse nel 1949 Archived 15 November 2018 at archive.today (in Italian)
- ^ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Switzerland (Men)". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
- ^ "Gottfried Weilenmann". Retrieved 21 May 2014.
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