Arno Kuettel

Arno Küttel (born December 20, 1963 in Bremgarten ) is a former Swiss cyclist .

As an amateur , Arno Küttel won several one-day races in Switzerland from 1982 onwards . In 1983 he was third in the Swiss Mountain Championship. In 1985 he became Swiss amateur champion in road racing, second in the mountain championship and third in the Tour of Eastern Switzerland . In 1986 he won the championship in Zurich among the amateurs. In his time as an amateur, he started for the VMC Wohlen club.

From 1987 to 1996 Küttel drove as a professional . In 1989 he started the Tour de Suisse and won the fourth stage. In 1990 he was third in the Swiss championship in the individual time trial and the mountain championship. After that, he focused on standing races . In 1991 he was third of the professional stayers at the UCI track world championships in 1991 in Stuttgart and in 1993 behind René Aebi Swiss champion in this discipline; in further years he stood on the podium at national championships. In 1995 he was the first to achieve the official title of European Champion, also together with Aebi.

In 1996 Arno Küttel opened a bicycle shop in Wohlen .

Remarks

^ German Cycling Association of the GDR (ed.): The cyclist . No. 36/1982 . Berlin, S. 3 .
↑ Up until the founding year of the " European Cycling Union " (UEC) in 1995, European championships were considered unofficial, since up to this point they were usually invitation races in which non-European riders could also take part.

Web links

Arno Küttel in the Radsportseiten.net database

personal data
SURNAME	Kuettel, Arno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	December 20, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bremgarten

[1] German Cycling Association of the GDR (ed.): The cyclist . No. 36/1982 . Berlin, S. 3 .

[2] Up until the founding year of the " European Cycling Union " (UEC) in 1995, European championships were considered unofficial, since up to this point they were usually invitation races in which non-European riders could also take part.