Dieter Durst

Dieter Durst (born May 24, 1946 in Nuremberg ) is a former German cyclist and former pacemaker .

In his youth, Durst was a successful cyclist and, among other things, Bavarian champion and participant in the 1961 Youth Tour in Radevormwald , together with Ernst Claussmeyer and Piet de Wit , among others .

Since 1968 Dieter Durst was active as a pacemaker in standing races and derny races . With a total of nine titles as world champion and nine titles as European stayer champion as well as 24 German championships won in both disciplines, he is the most successful German pacemaker of all time. He also set a new hour record with the Austrian Franz Dögel in 1978 in the Vienna Ferry-Dusika-Hallenstadion with a distance of 74.540 kilometers .

Since Bruno Walrave's resignation on February 22, 2009, Dieter Durst has also been the world's most successful active pacemaker. On the occasion of his 65th birthday in May 2011, Durst announced that he would end his career for health reasons. As part of the revenge for the European Standing Championship, he was officially bid farewell to active standing sport on October 2, 2011 on his home track at Reichelsdorfer Keller in Nuremberg.

Since 1985 Durst has been an honorary member of RC Herpersdorf , to which he has been a member since his youth.

Dieter Durst is the son of the sports journalist Sigmund Durst , who died in 1974 at the age of 69 and spokesman for many cycling events .

Successes as a pacemaker (excerpt)

Dieter Durst with a pacemaker motorcycle ...

... and as a derny driver

9 world championships

4 world championships for amateur stayers

• 1974 - World champion of amateur stayers with Jean Breuer
• 1978 - World champion of amateur stayers with Rainer Podlesch
• 1983 - World champion of amateur stayers with Rainer Podlesch
• 1992 - World champion of amateur stayers with Carsten Podlesch

4 world championships for professional stayers

• 1975 - World champion of the professional stayers with Dieter Kemper
• 1976 - World champion of the professional stayers with Wilfried Peffgen
• 1978 - World champion of the professional stayers with Wilfried Peffgen
• 1980 - World champion of the professional stayers with Wilfried Peffgen

1 World Championship (open)

• 1994 - World Champion with Carsten Podlesch

9 European championships

7 European championships for professional stayers

• 1978 - European champion of professional stayers with Wilfried Peffgen
• 1979 - European champion of professional stayers with Wilfried Peffgen
• 1980 - European champion of professional stayers with Wilfried Peffgen
• 1981 - European champion of professional stayers with Wilfried Peffgen
• 1985 - European champion of professional stayers with Werner Betz
• 1986 - European champion of professional stayers with Werner Betz
• 1991 - European champion of professional stayers with Roland Günther

2 European Standing Championships (open)

• 1996 - European stayer champion (open) with Carsten Podlesch
• 2006 - European stayer champion (open) with Giuseppe Atzeni (CH)

25 German championships

12 German championships for amateur stayers

• 1977 - German champion amateur stayer with Klaus Burges
• 1978 - German champion amateur stayer with Rainer Podlesch
• 1979 - German champion amateur stayer with Rainer Podlesch
• 1980 - German champion amateur stayer with Rainer Podlesch
• 1981 - German champion amateur stayer with Rainer Podlesch
• 1984 - German champion amateur stayer with Rainer Podlesch
• 1985 - German champion amateur stayer with Rainer Podlesch
• 1986 - German champion amateur stayer with Roland Renn
• 1987 - German champion amateur stayer with Roland Renn
• 1990 - German champion amateur stayer with Carsten Podlesch
• 1991 - German champion amateur stayer with Carsten Podlesch
• 1992 - German champion amateur stayer with Carsten Podlesch

4 German championships of the stayers (open)

• 1993 - German master stayer with Carsten Podlesch
• 1994 - German master stayer with Carsten Podlesch
• 1995 - German master stayer with Carsten Podlesch
• 2009 - German master stayer with Mario Vonhof

4 German championships for professional stayers

• 1975 - German champion professional stayer with Dieter Kemper
• 1976 - German champion professional stayer with Dieter Kemper
• 1984 - German champion professional stayer with Werner Betz
• 1985 - German champion professional stayer with Werner Betz

5 German derny championships

• 1980 - German champion Derny (amateurs) with Rainer Podlesch
• 1983 - German champion Derny (amateurs) with Rainer Podlesch
• 1986 - German champion Derny (amateurs) with Roland Renn
• 1991 - German champion Derny (open) with Carsten Podlesch
• 1992 - German champion Derny (open) with Carsten Podlesch

World record

• 1978 74.540 kilometers in 1 hour with Franz Dögl in Vienna

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Pacemaker legend Dieter Durst gets out of the saddle on Abendzeitung-muenchen.de , accessed on May 27, 2011
2. ↑ radrennbahn-nuernberg.de ( Memento of the original from November 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) 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. 

Web links

• Anniversary on the Radrennbahn am Reichelsdorfer Keller
• "Pacemaker legend Dieter Durst celebrates his 65th birthday" on rad-net.de
• A legend has to say goodbye to nordbayern.de