Adolf Schön

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Adolf Schön (right) with Kees Pellenaars

Adolf Schön (born April 8, 1906 in Wiesbaden , † August 2, 1987 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German racing cyclist.

Life

Adolf Schön got into cycling at the age of 14 through his brother Heinrich (who died in a training accident in 1921) . He was one of the most popular and versatile German racing cyclists in the 1930s. His professional career lasted from 1930 to 1943. He took part in the Tour de France 1930 and was 10th overall. In the following years Schön started in 45 six-day races, of which he was able to win eight, u. a. with partners like Jan Pijnenburg and Kees Pellenaars . When there were no more six-day races in Germany after 1934, he turned to the standing races and was German champion in this discipline in 1937; at the UCI track world championships in 1937 he took 3rd place behind the leadership of Jupp Merkens , the brother of Olympic champion Toni Merkens . However, he was denied further major successes due to the strong national competition from Walter Lohmann and Erich Metze . In the post-war period in Germany , Adolf Schön attempted a comeback, but ended his cycling career in 1947 after a fall and a subsequent jaundice. In his hometown, he founded a company that dealt in car accessories.

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  1. a b c RadsportBund Deutscher Radfahrer . No. 14/1966 . Deutscher Sportverlag Kurt Stoof, Cologne 1966, p. 8 .