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Gottfried Weilenmann
- March 29, 1920
- November 8, 2018
About Gottfried Weilenmann
Gottfried Weilenmann, 98, Swiss racing cyclist, Tour de Suisse winner (1949).
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|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
- 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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