Josef Kristen

Josef Kristen

Josef Kristen (2017)
To person
Nickname	Yep
Date of birth	January 26, 1960
nation	Germany
discipline	Train / street
End of career	1987
Most important successes
European championships 1987 - two-man team driving
Last updated: June 17, 2017

Josef "Jupp" Kristen (born January 26, 1960 in Cologne ) is a former German track cyclist .

Josef Kristen was a professional racing driver from 1981 to 1988. Before that, in 1980 he was third in the amateurs ' points race at the World Track Championships .

Kristen specialized in six-day races ; He started at 76, of which he won six: 1984 with René Pijnen in his hometown of Cologne, 1985 in Dortmund with Roman Hermann and in Stuttgart with Henry Rinklin , 1986 in Bremen with Dietrich Thurau and 1987 in Münster and Stuttgart again with Hermann.

In 1985 Jupp Kristen won the European Omnium Championship. In 1987 he became European champion in two-man team driving , together with Roman Herrmann. In a fall during the “Kölner Nacht” track race in November 1987, he suffered such serious injuries that he had to end his cycling career.

successes

1980

• World Championship - points race
• German amateur champion - Omnium, individual pursuit

1981

• German champions (amateurs) - two-man team driving (with Manfred Donike )

1982

• European Championship - two-man team driving (with Gert Frank )

1983

• European Championship - two-man team driving (with Henry Rinklin )
• German amateur champion - Omnium

1984

• European Championship - two-man team driving (with Henry Rinklin )
• Cologne six-day race (with René Pijnen )

1985

• European Championship - two-man team driving (with Dietrich Thurau )
• Six days Dortmund (with Roman Hermann )
• Six days Stuttgart (with Henry Rinklin )

1986

• Bremen six day race (with Dietrich Thurau )

1987

• European champion - two-man team driving (with Roman Hermann )
• Six-day race in Münster (with Roman Hermann )
• Six-day race Stuttgart (with Roman Hermann )

Web links

• Josef Kristen in the Radsportseiten.net database

Individual evidence

1. ^ ARD Sportschau Friday, December 6, 1985
2. ↑ The European championships before the founding of the " European Cycling Union " (UEC) in 1995 are considered unofficial, as they were usually invitational races up to this point, in which non-European riders could take part as well as nationally mixed teams.