Bruno Risi

Bruno Risi on August 2nd, 2007 at the Entega Grand Prix in Lorsch

Bruno Risi during the break in a six-day race

Bruno Risi at the six days in Hasselt in 2009

Bruno Risi during the Zurich six-day race in 2007

Bruno Risi (* 6. September 1968 in Altdorf , Uri ) is a former Swiss professional - cyclist . The five-time world champion in points racing and world and European champion in two-man team racing was mainly active on the track.

Driver profile

Bruno Risi was a strong sprinting, explosive and spectacularly attacking driver, which is why he was in great demand at the six-day races that take place every winter . But he was also very persistent and fast-paced, which is why he repeatedly managed to dominate these competitions - initially until his resignation almost always with partner Kurt Betschart , later with other partners (including Franco Marvulli , Erik Zabel ).

Athletic career

As early as 1991 Risi became world champion in points race on the track in Stuttgart . In 1992, 1994, 1999 and 2001 he was able to repeat this success. Together with his former standard partner Kurt Betschart, he formed the most successful pairing in six-day sport: the Swiss won a six-day race 37 times. In the main discipline of the six-day race, the two-man team driving (Madison), Bruno Risi was a proven specialist. In 2003 and 2007 he and his compatriot Franco Marvulli won the world title in this discipline. In 2004 he was able to celebrate the culmination of his career at the Olympic Games in Athens with the same partner in two-team driving by winning the silver medal .

In his home town of Erstfeld , a square was named “Risi-Betschart-Platz” after Risi and his standard partner Kurt Betschart for years.

Bruno Risi ended his career with the 2009/2010 winter railway season. He contested his last six-day race in Copenhagen in February 2010 , where he finished third with Marvulli after winning the Bremen six-day race for the last time in January .

Honors

In March 2014, Bruno Risi was made an honorary member of the Swiss Cycling Association.

Professional and family

Bruno Risi has been working for the ski manufacturer Völkl since 2010 .

In Erstfeld grew up, moved Risi 2005 after Bürglen . He is married and has three children.

Achievements (summary)

• World championship points race in 1991, 1992, 1994, 1999 and 2001;
• World champion in two-man team driving in 2003 and 2007 with Franco Marvulli
• European Champion Américaine 1995 and 2006
• World record with Kurt Betschart as the standard team: 37 victories in six-day races;
• Silver Medal Athens Olympic Games 2004 Americaine
• Also:
  • 20 times Swiss champion,
  • 9-time track world cup winner,
  • three further podium places at world championships (2nd place WM Américaine 2004, 2nd place WM points race 1990, 1997 and 3rd place WM Américaine 1995)

Victories in six days

With 61 wins, Bruno Risi is fifth in the all-time ranking of six-day winners, behind Patrick Sercu (88), Danny Clark (74), René Pijnen (72) and Peter Post (65):

• 2010: Bremen (with Franco Marvulli )
• 2009: Munich, Zurich (with Franco Marvulli), Hasselt (with Kenny De Ketele )
• 2008: Zurich (2 races), Berlin , Copenhagen, Hasselt, Turin, Fiorenzuola d'Arda (with Franco Marvulli)
• 2007: Zurich, Copenhagen, Hasselt, Dortmund , Fiorenzuola d'Arda, Munich and Zuidlaren (with Franco Marvulli), Bremen (with Erik Zabel ), Stuttgart (with Franco Marvulli and Alexander Aeschbach )
• 2006: Dortmund and Munich (with Erik Zabel ), Maastricht (with Franco Marvulli)
• 2005: Stuttgart (with Kurt Betschart and Franco Marvulli), Berlin and Amsterdam (with Kurt Betschart)
• 2004: Bremen (with Kurt Betschart)
• 2003: Berlin, Dortmund and Munich (with Kurt Betschart)
• 2002: Bremen, Gent and Stuttgart (with Kurt Betschart)
• 2000: Munich (with Kurt Betschart), Zurich (with Kurt Betschart and Markus Zberg )
• 1999: Bremen, Zurich and Dortmund (with Kurt Betschart)
• 1998: Munich, Zurich, Stuttgart and Herning (with Kurt Betschart), Fiorenzuola d'Arda (with Giovanni Lombardi )
• 1997: Dortmund, Leipzig and Munich (with Kurt Betschart)
• 1996: Zurich, Gent and Copenhagen (with Kurt Betschart)
• 1995: Zurich, Bremen and Cologne (with Kurt Betschart)
• 1994: Copenhagen, Bordeaux and Munich (with Kurt Betschart)
• 1993: Zurich, Dortmund, Gent and Munich (with Kurt Betschart)
• 1992: Zurich, Dortmund (with Kurt Betschart)

literature

• Bruno Risi in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)

Web links

Commons : Bruno Risi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Bruno Risi in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Bruno Risi in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Personal website of Bruno Risi ( Memento of August 2, 2008 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Place of honor "Risi-Betschart Platz" in Erstfeld September 11, 2005.
2. ↑ Franz Gallati is the new President of Swiss Cycling. (No longer available online.) Swiss Cycling, March 24, 2014, archived from the original on September 6, 2018 ; accessed on March 24, 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.  
3. ↑ Hans-Peter Hildbrand: New job for the legend of the six-day races: Risi switches from bike to ski. In: blick.ch. June 17, 2010, accessed April 27, 2015 . 
4. ↑ Jacq van Reijendam: 6-daagsen statitiesken 2009 , No. 17, p. 7.