Winfried Bölke

Winfried Bölke (25 May 1941 – 26 January 2021) was a German cyclist.

Winfried Bölke

Bölke at the 1963 UCI Road World Championships
Personal information
Born	(1941-05-25)25 May 1941 Genthin, Saxony, Prussia, Germany
Died	26 January 2021(2021-01-26) (aged 79) Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Medal record Representing  West Germany Men's road bicycle racing World Championships 1963 Renaix Amateur's Road Race

Career

He rode for West Germany. In 1963, he won the national championships and a bronze medal at the world championships in the road race for amateurs. Next year, he turned professional and won the Tour de Picardie and one stage at the Volta a Catalunya. In 1965–1967, he won all national road race championships,^[1] as well as one madison title in 1967. In the following three years, he won the road races of Maaslandse Pijl (1968), Saint-Raphael (1969), Kaistenberg (1970) and Porz (1970). He continued competing professionally until 1973.^[2]