Adolf "Piccolo" Läuppi (born March 3, 1906 in Gränichen , † July 25, 1974 in Zurich ) was a Swiss cyclist .
Athletic career
Adolf Läuppi came from Gränichen, the place where the legendary Swiss cyclist Suter also came from. At a young age, Läuppi joined them in training. In 1924 he was third in the amateur class of the Zurich championship . In 1926 he joined the professionals .
On the cycling track at the Buffalo Stadium in Paris , Läuppi came into contact with standing sport and shifted his focus to it. From 1928 to 1930 Läuppi was Swiss champion in the standing race three times in a row . By 1935 he was also three times second and twice third. At the UCI track world championships in 1928 he finished fourth and in 1930 fifth.
Trivia
Adolf Läuppi was very petite. The Swiss cycling journalist Max Burgi used to cheer him on with “allez, Piccolo”, which is why he was nicknamed “Piccolo”.
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1897, 1898 Emile Barrot | 1900, 1901 Charles Lugon | 1903 Charles Läser | 1905 Jean Gougoltz | 1906, 1907 Marcel Lequatre | 1920 Paul Suter / Arthur Pasquier | 1921, 1923–1927 Paul Suter | 1922 Heinrich Wegman | 1928–1930 Adolf Läuppi | 1931, 1935, 1936, 1938 Hans Gilgen | 1932, 1933 Heiri Suter | 1934 Gottlieb Wanzenried / Georges Grolimund | 1937 Gottlieb Wanzenried / Maurice Jubi | 1939, 1941, 1944 Theo Heimann / Georges Grolimund | 1940, 1943 Hans Martin | 1942, 1946–1949, 1951, 1952, 1954 Jacques Besson | 1945 Walter Diggelmann | 1950 Walter Diggelmann / Hans Martin | 1953 Fritz Schär | 1955, 1957 Walter Bucher / Arthur Pasquier | 1958–1960 Walter Bucher / Georges Grolimund | 1956 Walter Zehnder / Hans Martin | 1961, 1962, 1965 Fritz Gallati / August Meuleman | 1966 Fredy Rüegg / Otto Notter | 1963 Peter Tiefenthaler / Albertus de Graaf | 1964 Peter Tiefenthaler / Georges Grolimund | 1968 Emanuel Plattner / Bruno Walrave | 1969, 1970 Max Janser / Ueli Luginbühl | 1976, 1977, 1978 René Savary / Ueli Luginbühl | 1979 Meinrad Vögele / Ueli Luginbühl | 1980 Roland Vögeli / Ueli Luginbühl | 1981–1987 Max Hürzeler / Ueli Luginbühl | 1988–1992 Peter Steiger / Ueli Luginbühl | 1993 Arno Küttel / René Aebi | 1994, 1996 Richi Rossi / Helmut Baur | 1995, 1997 Felice Puttini / Bruno Walrave | 1998 Felice Puttini / Roberto Puttini | 1999, 2000 Hanskurt Brand / René Aebi | 2001, 2002, 2003 Peter Jörg / René Aebi | 2006 Peter Jörg / Robert Buchmann | 2004, 2005 Jan Ramsauer / René Aebi | 2008 Jan Ramsauer / Helmut Baur | 2007, 2009 Giuseppe Atzeni / Wilfried Baumgartner | 2010 Mario Birrer / Felix Weiss | 2011 Peter Jörg / Helmut Baur | 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019 Giuseppe Atzeni / Mathias Luginbühl | 2016 Claudio Imhof / Robert Buchmann
If known, with details of the pacemaker. In years not listed, the championship was not held, in a few years for amateurs and stayers together ("open"), since 1993 open.
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