Cvitko Bilić

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Cvitko Bilić Road cycling
To person
Date of birth October 19, 1943
nation Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia
discipline Street
Most important successes
Yugoslav championships
1970, 1971, 1973 - individual time trialYugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia
1971 - Cyclo-cross racingYugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia
Last updated: January 30, 2016

Cvitko Bilić (born October 19, 1943 in Loborika , Kingdom of Italy , now Croatia ) is a former Yugoslav cyclist. He is considered the best cyclist in the country's history.

Career

1961 Cvitko Bilić was Yugoslav junior champion in road racing . He was active as a competitive cyclist until 1974. During these years he was three times Yugoslav champion in the individual time trial , once in the cyclo-cross race . Four times (1966, 1967, 1970, 1971) he finished second at the national road racing championships, but he never won the title. 1965 and 1971 he won the Yugoslavian tour , three times (1967, 1968 and 1970), the Istrian Spring Trophy and the twice (1971 and 1973), the Croatia-Tour of Slovenia and Serbia Tour (1971 and 1973). At the end of his sporting career, he won the Gran Premio della Liberazione in 1973 . Bilić was also active on the track and won national titles there. Cvitko Bilić started in 1963 (65th overall) and 1970 (eliminated) in the International Peace Tour .

Bilić started twice at the Olympic Games: in 1968 in Mexico City he finished 25th in the road race and was together with the Yugoslav team 16th in the team time trial , in 1972 in Munich the Yugoslav team with Bilić was 21st in the time trial. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul , he looked after the Yugoslav team as team captain and coach.

Honors

1966 was Bilić Croatian Sportsman of the Year .

successes

1961

  • Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslav Champion - Road Race (Juniors)

1965

1967

1968

1969

  • Overall ranking Alpe-Adria

1970

  • Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavian champion - individual time trial
  • Overall rating of the Istrian Spring Trophy

1971

  • Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavian champion - cyclo-cross race
  • Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavian champion - individual time trial
  • Overall ranking and a stage tour of Yugoslavia
  • Overall ranking and a stage tour of Serbia
  • Overall ranking Croatia-Slovenia tour
  • Overall ranking Alpe-Adria

1973

  • Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavian champion - individual time trial
  • Overall ranking Tour of Serbia

1973

Teams

  • 1968–1974 Siporex Pula

doping

In 1967 Bilić was excluded from the race with three other drivers at the Tour de l'Avenir in France after the 9th stage because doping agents were detected in them .

literature

  • Rodolfo Segnan / Tatjana Segnan: Cvitko Bilić: as hrvatskog biciklizma: iz Loborike po lovorike . Pula 2012, ISBN 978-953-7865-00-9 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The history of istrian cycling. In: Istria Bike. Accessed January 30, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Maik Märtin: 50 years of Course de la Paix . Agency Construct, Leipzig 1998, p. 229 .
  3. ↑ Neomedia Komunikacije: Trofej Ivica Jobo Kurtini Puno lijepih sportskih priča, a samo jedan Trofej. In: novilist.hr. Retrieved January 30, 2016 (Croatian).
  4. ^ Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 30/1967 . Deutscher Sportverlag Kurt Stoof, Cologne 1967, p. 10 .
personal data
SURNAME Bilić, Cvitko
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Yugoslav cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH October 19, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Loborika