Beat Breu

Beat Breu
	Breu in 1984
Personal information
Full name	Beat Breu
Born	23 October 1957 (age 67); St. Gallen, Switzerland
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Cyclo-cross; Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climbing specialist
Professional teams
1979	Willora–Piz Buin–Bonanza
1980	TI–Raleigh–Creda
1981–1984	Cilo–Aufina
1985–1986	Carrera–Inoxpran
1987–1988	Isotonic–Cyndarella
1989–1990	Domex–Weinmann
1991–1995	Appenzeller Käse
1992	Bleiker
Major wins
	Grand Tours Tour de France 2 individual stages (1982) Giro d'Italia 1 individual stage (1981) Stage races Tour de Suisse (1981, 1989) One-day races and Classics Züri-Metzgete (1981)
Medal record
Men's cyclo-cross
World Championships

Beat Breu (born 23 October 1957, in St. Gallen) is a Swiss former road bicycle racer.^{[citation needed]}^[1] In 1982 Tour de France he won the prestigious stage on Alpe d'Huez, as well as another mountain stage finishing in Saint-Lary-Soulan, and finished sixth overall.^[2] This double strike earned Beat Breu the nickname "Mountain Flea".^[3] He also won Tour de Suisse two times and a stage in 1981 Giro d'Italia. In later life in 2019 he fulfilled his childhood dream of having his own circus.^[4]^[5]

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Grand Tour	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Giro d'Italia	23	—	8	—	—	8	—	—	—	11	—	—
Tour de France	—	—	—	6	22	43	23	74	26	—	21	42

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