Franz Verheyen

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Franz Verheyen

Franz Verheyen (born February 20, 1877 in Frankfurt am Main ; † February 9, 1955 ) was a German racing cyclist .

Athletic career

Franz Verheyen drove his first amateur races at the age of 16 . In 1895, at the age of 18, he switched to the professionals . In the years 1898 and 1899 he became German and European champion and got another 200 victories. In 1898 he was also runner-up at the 1898 World Track Cycling Championships in Vienna . In 1900 he retired from active cycling, opened a bicycle shop in Frankfurt, which he ran until shortly before his death, and built the "Verheyen" bike. He was also one of the pioneers of aviation; he was the first owner of a Blériot aircraft in Germany.

Verheyen also worked as a car racing driver and took part in several Prince Heinrich rides . He caused a sensation in 1901 when he was the first Frankfurt citizen to drive up to the registry office in his car.

Familiar

His older brother was the racing driver Alex Verheyen.

Professional

Verheyen ran a bicycle shop in Frankfurt am Main after his career.

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Individual evidence

  1. Registry Office IV: death register (entries 1-600) 01.01.1955-01.04.1955, 1955 (ISG Frankfurt am Main order STA 12/1047 ), entry no.234
  2. ibid.
  3. ^ Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 8/1953 . German sports publisher Kurt Stoof, Cologne, p. 15 .