Fredy Rüegg

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Alfred "Fredy" Rüegg (born May 7, 1934 in Zurich ; † April 24, 2010 in Affoltern am Albis ) was a Swiss cyclist .

Life

Fredy Rüegg was a trained cabinet maker; By cycling over 24 kilometers to work, he came to cycling, which he had been doing since 1952. Just a year later, he qualified for what was then the A-class for amateurs in Switzerland. In 1954 he was not active for professional reasons, the following year he was second in the state championship. As an amateur, he was a member of RV Höngg.

During his active time as a cyclist from 1952 to 1967, he was eleven times Swiss champion on road and track . In 1960 he won the Tour de Suisse . In 1961 he took part in the Tour de France and finished 12th overall. In 1957 he had also won the Giro del Mendrisiotto . He also won a couple time trial in Le Locle with his brother Walti, who was killed in a car accident in 1965. In 1959 he obtained an independent license so that he could also take part in professional driver races. He took part in the UCI Road World Championships several times, but was never able to place himself at the top, nor as an amateur he was 35th of the championship in 1958.

Fredy Rüegg set three hour world records, on November 16, 1958 as an amateur over 45.587 kilometers, as a professional on December 27, 1959 over 45.843 kilometers and on January 2, 1962 over 46.819 kilometers, where he also improved the world record over 20 kilometers . All record runs took place in the Zurich Hallenstadion .

At the UCI track world championships in 1967 , a doping test gave him a positive result. He was then excluded from the World Cup and banned, which he took as an opportunity to end his career.

Professional

In 1967 Rüegg retired from active cycling and in 1974 founded the company "Fredy Rüegg Velo-Sport" in Affoltern. His saying was well known: "I build very beautiful bicycle frames for än Schriner".

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Swiss Cycling Association (ed.): SRB calendar 1965 . Grenchen 1965, p. 139 .
  2. ^ Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 37/1967 . Deutscher Sportverlag Kurt Stoof, Cologne 1967, p. 16 .

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personal data
SURNAME Rüegg, Fredy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rüegg, Alfred (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH May 7, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH April 24, 2010
Place of death Affoltern am Albis