Friedhelm Fischerkeller

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Friedhelm Fischerkeller (born January 3, 1935 in Cologne ; † January 28, 2008 there ) was a German racing cyclist .

After finishing school, Fischerkeller completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter. He turned to cycling at the age of 18. His first success in road races was achieved in 1956 with a second place at the Germania Prize in Frankfurt , which was followed in 1957 by the state championship of North Rhine-Westphalia . With the third victory of his career, he won the German amateur road driver championship in the same year . He was able to repeat this success in 1958. In between, he took part in the amateur world championships for road drivers in Waregem , Belgium in 1957 and sprinted into sixth place. 1958 Fischerkeller was first used in stage races. In the three-country tour of the International Peace Tour from Warsaw to East Berlin to Prague , he came in 13th as the best German driver.

In the winter of 1958, Fischerkeller moved to the professional driver's camp , where he rode for various small cycling teams in 1959 . His first major professional race was the Tour de Suisse in 1959 , which he finished sixth. He also completed his first professional road racing championship in 1959 , in which he finished seventh as the best German driver at the same time as the new world champion André Darrigade . In 1962 he was also a participant in the world championship, but retired from the race there.

Also in 1958 he began to work as a track driver in six-day races. However, his track debut with partner Willi Franssen ended after 25 minutes in Cologne with a fall. By 1963, Fischerkeller had competed in nine six-day races, of which Cologne ended most successfully in 1960 with Lucien Gillen in sixth place.

From 1960, Fischerkeller drove torpedo for the German racing team , but was unsuccessful that year. In 1961, he competed in almost all major stage races. He started the Tour of Germany in April , which he finished as the winner. At the subsequent Giro d'Italia he was 34 among 92 classified participants. Finally, he also took part in the Tour de France , but retired there prematurely. He also had to pass at the Road World Cup in 1961 , because of an illness he had to cancel his planned participation.

After Fischerkeller finished 45th in the Tour de Suisse in 1962, he increasingly turned to track cycling. Now driving for Afri-Cola-Rabeneick, he and his partner Willi Altig reached third place in the German championship in two-man team driving . He achieved the same result in the same line-up again in 1964. After his contract with the Belgian team Wiel's-Groene Leeuw had expired, Fischerkeller ended his career as a professional cyclist after the 1964 cycling season.

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  1. ^ Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 33/1966 . Deutscher Sportverlag Kurt Stoof, Cologne 1966, p. 8 .
personal data
SURNAME Fischerkeller, Friedhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German racing cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH January 28, 2008
Place of death Cologne