Jean Nuttli

Jean Nuttli (born January 2, 1974 in Kriens ) is a former Swiss cyclist who specialized in time trial disciplines.

Athletic career

Until August 1996, Jean Nuttli weighed over 120 kilograms. He decided to drastically change his lifestyle and spent months training on an ergometer in his room; At Christmas 1996 he weighed only 68 kilograms. Shortly afterwards he took part in his first cycle race, in which he immediately took second place behind the professional Michael Themann .

In 2000, Nuttli took third place in the Swiss championship in the individual time trial and was then sent by the Swiss Cycling Association to the World Championships in France in October 2000 , where he achieved eleventh place in the time trial shortly before the finish despite being misdirected by the accompanying motorcycle. After winning the Chrono des Herbiers shortly afterwards , he was awarded a contract with the Swiss Phonak Cycling Team for 2001 .

In 2001 Jean Nuttli became Swiss champion in the individual time trial and won the Chrono again, in 2002 he was runner-up. In 2003 he won the Brandenburg Tour and, together with Philippe Schnyder, the Duo Normand . In 2004 he finished third again in the Swiss time trial championship.

During his career Nuttli tried several times to break the hour record held by Chris Boardman of 49.441 km. On November 16, 2002, he covered 47.093 kilometers (which is still the Swiss record until 2014 ) after having to abandon his first world record attempt after 20 minutes the day before (at an average of 48.649 km / h). In December 2004, he reached 46.642 kilometers in his last attempt in the Vienna Ferry-Dusika-Hallenstadion .

In 2006 Swiss television broadcast a documentary about Jean Nuttli.

successes

2000

• Chrono of the Herbier

2001

• Swiss champions - time trial
• a stage Tour du Poitou-Charentes
• Chrono of the Herbier
• a stage Circuit Cycliste Sarthe

2002

• a stage Circuit Cycliste Sarthe
• Swiss time trial championship
• Swiss hour record (47.093 km)

2003

• Prologue Jadranska Magistrala
• Overall ranking and a stage of the Brandenburg tour
• Duo Normand
• Swiss time trial championship

2004

• Swiss time trial championship

Teams

• 2001 Phonak Cycling Team
• 2002 Octos-Saint-Quentin
• 2003 Volksbank Ideal
• 2004 Volksbank Ideal Leingruber
• 2006 Rietumu Bank-Riga-Ideal

Web links

• Jean Nuttli in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Erwin Koch: The burden of the early years. taz.de, July 16, 2005, accessed on January 18, 2014 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} The "fat one" is chasing the hourly world record. radsport-news.com, December 13, 2004, accessed January 18, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Erwin Koch: The burden of the early years. taz.de, July 16, 2005, accessed on January 18, 2014 . 
3. ↑ Nathalie Rufer: The Diet World Champion - Jean Nuttli's endless fight against the kilos (video). (No longer available online.) SRF, February 1, 2006, archived from the original on February 2, 2014 ; Retrieved January 18, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.