Felix Manthey

Felix Manthey (born October 24, 1898 in Berlin ; † October 8, 1971 there ) was a German cyclist .

As an amateur he was a member of the Berlin association BBC Germania . In 1920, at the age of 21, Felix Manthey took third place in the German championship in road racing. In the following years he repeatedly took podium places in races such as Around Cologne , Munich-Berlin , Championships of Zurich , Berlin-Cottbus-Berlin and Munich-Zurich . In 1922 he won the Bavarian Tour and in 1925 Bern-Geneva . In 1928 he became German road racing champion ahead of Herbert Nebe and Bruno Wolke .

In 1930 Manthey started in the Tour de France , where national teams competed for the first time, and finished 22nd overall. He also took part in the Tour of Germany twice, in 1922 he was seventh and in 1930 fifth in the overall ranking.

Individual evidence

^ RC Charlottenburg (ed.): RC Charlottenburg. 125 years of cycling in Charlottenburg . Berlin 2008, p. 41 .

Web links

Felix Manthey in the Radsportseiten.net database

personal data
SURNAME	Manthey, Felix
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German racing cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	October 24, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	October 8, 1971
Place of death	Berlin

[1] RC Charlottenburg (ed.): RC Charlottenburg. 125 years of cycling in Charlottenburg . Berlin 2008, p. 41 .