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Gottfried Weilenmann (cyclist, born 1920)
Swiss cyclist (1920–2018) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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.
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Major results
- 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
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Grand Tour Results
Source: [3]
Tour de France
Giro d'Italia
References
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