Felix Baur

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Felix Baur Road cycling
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Full name Felix Rolf Baur
Date of birth May 12, 1992
date of death December 22, 2013
nation SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland
discipline Road cycling
Societies)
RMV Elgg
Team (s)
2011
2012-2013 		Price your Bike (Stagiaire)
Atlas Personal-Jakroo

Felix Rolf Baur (born May 12, 1992 in Heidelberg ; † December 22, 2013 in Winterthur ) was a Swiss cyclist .

Felix Baur started cycling at RMV Elgg and was trained there by the former Swiss champion Godi Schmutz . In 2010 he won a stage of the GP Rüebliland for juniors and was fourth in the overall ranking of the Luxembourg junior race GP Général Patton . At the 2010 UCI Road World Championships for Juniors , he finished 45th in the road race.

In 2011, Baur was signed to the UCI Continental Team Atlas Personal-Jakroo after riding as a stagiaire at Price your Bike in 2011 . He was also part of the Swiss national team. In 2013 he achieved his greatest success with eighth place in the Tour of Bern .

On December 18, 2013, Felix Baur was hit by a car while training on the road in Spain and suffered severe head injuries. Four days later he died at the age of 21 in the Winterthur Cantonal Hospital .

Baur's sister, Caroline , is also a successful cyclist (Swiss junior champion in the individual time trial 2013).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In memory of Felix Baur. Swiss Cycling, December 23, 2013, accessed December 29, 2013 .
  2. ↑ This is where the Zurich talent Felix Baur (21) died. Blick.ch, December 23, 2013, accessed on December 29, 2013 .
  3. ↑ Felix Baur dies after a serious training accident. radsport-news.com, December 21, 2013, accessed December 29, 2013 .
personal data
SURNAME Baur, Felix
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baur, Felix Rolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Heidelberg
DATE OF DEATH December 22, 2013
Place of death Winterthur