Albert Fritz (cyclist)

Albert Fritz

To person
Date of birth	March 30, 1947
date of death	1st September 2019
nation	Germany
discipline	Railway (endurance) / road
End of career	1985
Societies)
- 1967	Stuttgarter SC
Team (s)
1968 1969 1969–1970 1970 1971 1971 1972 1973 1974–1976 1977–1982 1983–1984 1984–1985	Individual Costa Azurra Ovaphil Bonanza Frimatic Furniture - Märki Hoover-De Gribaldy Furniture - Märki Rokado Individual Peugeot Pogliaghi Portas
Last updated: October 12, 2019

Albert Fritz (born March 30, 1947 in Jestetten ; † September 1, 2019 in Zurich ) was a German racing cyclist .

Athletic career

In December 1966, he and Karl Link as a partner won the two-man team event for the Silver Eagle in Cologne , one of the most important track races of the time. In 1968 Albert Fritz was with the team of the Stuttgarter SC German champion of the amateurs in the team pursuit . After he was not nominated for the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City , he turned professional .

In 1969 Fritz drove his first six-day race in Münster and took third place together with the Dane Freddy Eugen . In the same year he became German champion in the single pursuit . His little success on the road led him to concentrate entirely on track cycling , even though he had won three stages in the Tour de Suisse in 1970 and 1971 .

By 1984 Albert Fritz had started in 198 six-day races, 34 of which he was able to win. This made him one of the most successful six-day drivers in Germany, and in Cologne alone he was the best driver with seven wins. In the “all-time ranking” he is seventh, the only German ahead of him is Klaus Bugdahl in sixth. He had the most starts (78) and wins (13) together with Wilfried Peffgen . However, he also drove with other drivers, including Patrick Sercu and Dietrich Thurau .

Later, Albert Fritz lived in Switzerland and was with the company Bicycle Holidays operates by former stayer world champion Max Hürzeler was founded.

successes

1968

• German amateur champion - team pursuit (with Karl Link , Herbert Honz and Hans Lutz )

1969

• German champion - persecution

1970

• one stage Tour de Suisse
• Six days Dortmund (with Rudi Altig )

1971

• two stages of the Tour de Suisse
• Bremen six-day race (with Rudi Altig )
• Six-day race Cologne (with Rudi Altig )
• Six-day race in Brussels (with Sigi Renz )

1972

• Six-day race Münster (with Wilfried Peffgen )
• Six-day race Münster (with Wilfried Peffgen )

1973

• European Championship - two-man team driving (with Wilfried Peffgen )

1975

• Six-day race Cologne (with Wilfried Peffgen )

1976

• Six days in Herning (with Wilfried Peffgen )
• Six-day race in Munich (with Wilfried Peffgen )
• Zurich six-day race (with Wilfried Peffgen )

1977

• Bremen six-day race (with Wilfried Peffgen )
• German champion - two-man team driving (with Wilfried Peffgen )

1978

• Bremen six-day race (with Wilfried Peffgen )
• Six-day race Cologne (with Wilfried Peffgen )
• Six-day race Münster (with Wilfried Peffgen )

1979

• Six days Hanover (with Patrick Sercu )
• Six days London (with Patrick Sercu )
• Six-day race Münster (with Wilfried Peffgen )
• Six days Rotterdam (with Patrick Sercu )
• Zurich Six Days (with Patrick Sercu )
• Six days Antwerp (with Michel Vaarten and René Pijnen )

1980

• Bremen six days race (with Patrick Sercu )
• Six days of Gent (with Patrick Sercu )
• Six days in Copenhagen (with Patrick Sercu )

1981

• Six day race Cologne (with Patrick Sercu )
• Zurich six-day race (with Dietrich Thurau )
• Six days in Copenhagen (with Patrick Sercu )

1982

• Bremen six days race (with René Pijnen )
• Six-day race Cologne (with Wilfried Peffgen )
• German champion - two-man team driving (with Dietrich Thurau )

1983

• Six-day race Frankfurt (with Dietrich Thurau )
• Six-day race Cologne (with Dietrich Thurau )
• Six days Maastricht (with Dietrich Thurau )

1984

• Bremen six day race (with Dietrich Thurau )
• Six days in Copenhagen (with Dietrich Thurau )

literature

• Albert Fritz in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)

Web links and sources

• Albert Fritz in the database of Radsportseiten.net
• Roger de Maertelaere: Mannen van de night. Eeklo 2000, p. 263.
• Jacq van Reijendam: 6-daagsen statistics 2009 .

References and comments

1. ↑ Obituary notice. In: Südkurier , September 7, 2019. Accessed September 7, 2019.
2. ↑ Death: Tour de Suisse stage winner and Six Day King Albert Fritz died. In: 06.live-radsport.ch. Retrieved September 7, 2019 . 
3. ^ Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 50/1966 . Deutscher Sportverlag Kurt Stoof, Cologne 1966, p. 4 .
4. ↑ Jacq van Reijendam: 6-daagsen statistics 2009 . P. 20.
5. ↑ Group leader training at Huerzeler Bicycle Holidays. In: Bike Performance. April 18, 2015, accessed December 30, 2017 . 
6. ↑ The European championships before the establishment of the " Union Européenne de Cyclisme " (UEC) in 1995 are considered unofficial, as they were usually invitation races up to this point in which non-European drivers could also take part.