Rolf Maurer (16 April 1938 – 6 June 2019)[1] was a Swiss road racing cyclist who competed professionally between 1960 and 1969. In 1964, he won Tour de Suisse and Tour de Romandie.[2]

Rolf Maurer
Maurer c. 1968
Personal information
Born(1938-04-16)16 April 1938
Hedingen, Switzerland
Died6 June 2019(2019-06-06) (aged 81)
Hedingen, Switzerland
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1960–1961Tigra
1961Margnat–Rochet–Dunlop
1962Liberia–Grammont–Wolber
1962Mittelholzer–Cynar
1962Afri-Cola–Rabeneick
1962Schwab
1963–1965Cynar–Frejus
1966Tigra–Meltina
1966–1967Filotex
1968–1969Zimba–Mondia
1968–1969G.B.C.
Major wins
Grand Tours
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (1964)

Stage races

Tour de Suisse (1964)
Tour de Romandie (1964)

One-day races and Classics

Züri-Metzgete (1961)

Major results

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1960
5th Tour du Nord-Ouest
1961
1st Züri-Metzgete
1962
2nd Tour du Nord-Ouest
10th Overall Tour de Suisse
1963
1st Stage 4 Tour de Romandie
2nd Overall Tour de Suisse
2nd Overall Tour de l'Avenir
1st Stage 12
3rd Tour du Nord-Ouest
1964
1st   Overall Tour de Suisse
1st Stages 2 & 3 (ITT)
1st   Overall Tour de Romandie
9th Overall Giro d'Italia
1st Stage 10
10th Züri-Metzgete
1965
2nd Overall Tour de Romandie
3rd Tour des Quatre-Cantons
1966
3rd Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
1st Stage 1
3rd Overall Tour de Romandie
5th Gran Piemonte
6th Overall Tour de Suisse
6th Milan–San Remo
7th Giro di Toscana
10th Overall Giro d'Italia
1967
2nd Overall Tour de Suisse
9th A Travers Lausanne
1968
1st Tour des Quatre-Cantons
6th Milan–San Remo
9th Overall Tour de Suisse
1st Stage 5

References

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  1. ^ "Svizzera, la scomparsa di Rolf Maurer". Tuttobiciweb (in Italian). 14 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  2. ^ Rolf Maurer at Cycling Archives (archived)
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