Swiss cyclist
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Personal information | |
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Born | (1920-03-29)29 March 1920 Amriswil, Switzerland |
Died | 14 November 2018(2018-11-14) (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 |
Gottfried Weilenmann (29 March 1920 – 14 November 2018) 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. In the "latter year," he placed second in the UCI World Road Racing Championships road behind Heinz Müller.
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※
Source:
Tour de France※
Giro d'Italia※
References※
- ^ 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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