Dale Stetina
Dale Stetina (born July 9, 1956 in Cleveland , Ohio ) is a retired American cyclist .
Dale Stetina won a US championship title twice, in 1978 and 1980 in the amateur road race .
In 1979 and 1983 Stetina won the Coors International Bicycle Classic , in 1983 and 1984 the Cascade Cycling Classic . In 1980 he won the overall ranking of the Vuelta Ciclista a Costa Rica with 30 minutes ahead of the runner-up and in 1981 in the Vuelta de República Dominicana . In 1980 he decided the charity race Mount Washington Auto Road Bicycle Hillclimb , which goes steeply uphill for more than twelve kilometers, in the record time of 58 minutes and 41 seconds, which was only beaten in 1997 by Tyler Hamilton .
Dale Stetina is the brother of racing cyclist Wayne Stetina and father of Peter Stetina .
In 2007, Dale Stetina was inducted into the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame .
Web links
- Dale Stetina in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Dale Stetina on usbhof.org
- Stetina and Burghart among six new US Bicycling Hall of Fame inductees on cyclingnews.com v. 20 July 2007 (Engl.)
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stetina, Dale |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stetina, Wayne Dale |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 9, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cleveland , Ohio |