Harry Saager

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Memorial plaque for Germany's oldest road race in Zossen

Harry Saager (born November 11, 1919 in Bad Reichenhall , † May 8, 1999 in Hungary ) was a German racing cyclist .

Harry Saager was considered Germany's best road driver during and after the Second World War until the 1950s. During the war, in 1941 and 1942, he won twice as an amateur around Berlin and in 1943 he became the German amateur street champion. In 1942 he won the Rund um die Hainleite race and became the German tandem champion with Werner Bunzel .

At the first track championships after the war, Saager, who lived in Berlin and drove for the “RC Sturmvogel 1900” club, was now a professional together with Rudi Mirke, German champion in two-man team driving ; In 1950 he repeated this victory together with Heinrich Schwarzer . In 1949 Harry Saager won the overall ranking of the IRA Green Belt , a forerunner of the later Tour of Germany, in the team of the Rabeneick racing team . In the early 1950s Saager also drove 30 six-day races ; In 1951 he won that in Frankfurt am Main with Ludwig Hörmann .

Harry Saager, who returned to Bad Reichenhall after the end of his active career and opened a pension there, died of a heart attack while training in Hungary in 1999 after having previously participated in the Senior World Championships in St. Johann in Tyrol .

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Commons : Harry Saager  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cycling gallery Schürmann: "Werner Bunzel"
  2. ↑ Harry Saager in the Radsportseiten.net database
  3. ↑ Der Spiegel v. July 28, 1949
  4. ↑ Kultur-buch.de: "Harry Saager"

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personal data
SURNAME Saager, Harry
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German racing cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Reichenhall
DATE OF DEATH May 8, 1999
Place of death Hungary