Klaus-Peter Thaler
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| Thaler as world champion 1987 (left: Danny De Bie , right: Christophe Lavainne) | |
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| Date of birth | 14th May 1949 (age 71) |
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 Germany
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| discipline | Road / cross-country |
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| 1977 1978-1979 1980-1981 |
Team Teka TI-Raleigh Puch |
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| Last updated: December 13, 2019 | |
Klaus-Peter Thaler (* 14. May 1949 in Eckmannshausen , Office Netphen ) is a former German cyclist and cycling - national coach . Alongside Dietrich Thurau, he was one of the dominant German cyclists in the 1970s.
Cycling career
As a teenager he began cycling in the RV 1909 Dreis-Tiefenbach club . After graduating from high school, Klaus-Peter Thaler first studied sport and geography at the University of Siegen to become a teacher . After completing his training as a teacher, he completed an apprenticeship as a qualified cycling coach at the Cologne Trainer Academy , which he completed in 1976 with a thesis with Arnd Krüger .
Before Thaler started cycling, he was active as a teenager in skiing , ice hockey and football . From 1964, Thaler was an active cyclist. He owed this to his acquaintance with the former German mountain master Horst Kämpfer . This also encouraged him to become a member of the RV Dreis-Tiefenbach cycling club. He proved his talent by winning the German Youth Championship twice. In 1973 and 1976 he became world champion in the amateur cyclo-cross race . In 1973 he won on a bike that Rolf Wolfshohl , who was his great role model, had given him shortly before . 1974 and 1976 he became German amateur road racing champion. At the 1976 Olympic Games he also took part as a road driver and crossed the finish line second in the sprint of the leading group. However, the silver medal was revoked because of his disability, so Thaler was classified as the last of the top group and thus ninth.
From anger at the lack of support by the German Cycling Federation (BDR) in 1977 he joined the professional camp and signed a contract with the Spanish team Teka . When he participated in the Tour de France for the first time in the same year, he won a stage straight away. In the following year he finished 35th in the final ranking, came sixth in the points classification , temporarily wore the yellow jersey and won another stage. In total, he started the tour five times.
After working as a trainer at the BDR, Thaler decided to continue his professional career, and after only six weeks of training he amazed the competition with a second place at the 1985 German Cyclo-cross Championships in the Munich Olympic Stadium. In 1987 the fourth world title was added. In 1988, after almost 25 years of active career, he finally said goodbye to cycling. Thaler had several offers to start in six-day races, especially in Germany. However, he consistently refused all offers because he thought he was already too old to gain a foothold in a new profession and did not want to “follow” in these races.
Motorsport career
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In 1986, Thaler first came into contact with motor racing . During his time as an active cyclist, he competed in long-distance races in the Veedol long-distance cup from 1987 . In 1989 he started in an Opel Kadett GSi in two races in the German Touring Car Championship . His greatest successes in motorsport include fourth and fifth places in the 24-hour race at the Nürburgring and winning the 2001 endurance championship.
As a lover of vintage cars , Thaler takes part in events such as the Histo Monte rally or the Heidelberg Classics .
Professional
In 1983 Thaler said goodbye to active sport for the time being and used his qualification as a qualified coach for an interlude as a national coach for two years. Towards the end of his time as an active athlete, he and his wife founded the cycling wholesaling company Thaler sports , of which he is now the managing director, and sells his own textile brand Protective (cycling and ski / snowboard clothing).
Familiar
His father was also active as a cyclist, later an official in cycling and chairman of his home club in Dreis-Tiefenbach.
social commitment
On December 2, 2003, Klaus-Peter Thaler received the Cross of Merit on Ribbon from the President of the North Rhine-Westphalian state parliament, Ulrich Schmidt . At that time he was honored for his diverse social commitment. His collaboration as captain of the Tour of Hope , the foundation of the non-profit association Menschen für Kinder e. V. and his work in the Freundeskreis in favor of the radWerk foundation , which helps unemployed young people to find an apprenticeship, were highlighted in the laudation . In 2005 he was awarded the Pierre de Coubertin Medal for his commitment .
Miscellaneous
Klaus-Peter Thaler is a member of the renowned Pickwick Bicycle Club in London under the nickname Tom Smart .
Successes in cycling (selection)
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Cross country
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Grand Tour placements
| Grand Tour | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 |
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 Vuelta a España
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3 | - | - | DNF | - | - |
 Giro d'Italia
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- | - | - | - | - | - |
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Tour de France
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DNF | 35 | - | 37 | 49 | 90 |
Awards
- Silver Bay Leaf (1973)
- Cross of Merit on Ribbon (2003)
- Pierre de Coubertin Medal (2005)
- UCI Hall of Fame
Web links
- Klaus-Peter Thaler in the Tour de France database(French / English )
- Klaus-Peter Thaler in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Klaus-Peter Thaler in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Klaus-Peter Thaler in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Heroes of cycling: Klaus-Peter Thaler on biciclettadacorsa.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 1/1967 . German sports publisher Kurt Stoof, Cologne, p. 12 .
- ↑ a b Klaus Peter Thaler - Alumni Association. In: uni-siegen.de. August 22, 2010. Retrieved August 13, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c Association of German Cyclists (ed.): Cycling . No. 8/1983 . German sports publisher Kurt Stoof, Cologne, p. 8 .
- ^ A b Vanessa Kögl: Klaus-Peter Thaler. (No longer available online.) In: biciclettadacorsa.de. Archived from the original on August 6, 2017 ; accessed on August 6, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ MOTORSPORT 2000 - VLN Klaus-Peter Thaler: In the beginning there was a women's team. (No longer available online.) In: motorsport2000.de. August 27, 1978, archived from the original on August 6, 2017 ; accessed on August 5, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ SID: Cycling - National: Ex-world champion Thaler celebrates his 60th birthday. In: Focus Online . May 14, 2009. Retrieved August 13, 2017 .
- ^ Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 9/1967 . Deutscher Sportverlag Kurt Stoof, Cologne 1967, p. 14 .
- ↑ Order of Merit - Date: Press release of the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia on the award of the Cross of Merit on ribbon ( memento of the original from January 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b pickwickbc.org.uk (English)
1950 Jean Robic | 1951–1953 Roger Rondeaux | 1954–1958 André Dufraisse | 1959, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967 Renato Longo | 1960, 1961, 1963 Rolf Wolfshohl | 1966, 1968–1973 Erik De Vlaeminck | 1974 Albert Van Damme | 1975 Roger De Vlaeminck | 1976–1979, 1986 Albert Zweifel | 1980, 1982–1984 Roland Liboton | 1981 Hennie Stamsnijder | 1985, 1987 Klaus-Peter Thaler | 1988 Pascal Richard | 1989 Danny De Bie | 1990 Henk Baars | 1991 Radomír Šimunek | 1992 Mike Kluge | 1993 Dominique Arnould | 1994 Paul Herijgers | 1995 Dieter Runkel | 1996 Adrie van der Poel | 1997 Daniele Pontoni | 1998, 1999, 2002 Mario De Clercq | 2000 Richard Groenendaal | 2001, 2006, 2007 Erwin Vervecken | 2003, 2004 Bart Wellens | 2005, 2013 Sven Nys | 2008 Lars Boom | 2009, 2012 Niels Albert | 2010, 2011, 2014 Zdeněk Štybar | 2015, 2019, 2020 Mathieu van der Poel | 2016–2018 Wout Van Aert
1954 Emil Reinecke | 1955 Herbert Ebbers | 1956 Albert Rinn | 1957 Günther Debusmann | 1958–1963, 1965–1970, 1972, 1973 Rolf Wolfshohl | 1964 Günther Weiss | 1971 Wolfgang Renner | 1976–1982, 1986–1988 Klaus-Peter Thaler | 1983 Dieter Uebing | 1984, 1985 Reimund Dietzen | 1989–1993, 1996 Mike Kluge | 1994 Ralph Berner | 1995 Fritz Seeberger | 1997 Franz-Josef Nieberding | 2000, 2004, 2008 Malte Urban | 2001 Tobias Nestle | 2002, 2005 Jens Schwedler | 2003 Jens Reuker | 2006 Johannes Sickmüller | 2007 René Birkenfeld | 2009–2011, 2013, 2014, 2016 Philipp Walsleben | 2012 Christoph Whitsun | 2015, 2017–2020 Marcel Meisen
From 1967 to 1992 championships for amateurs and professional drivers were held.
1967–1969 Karl Stähle | 1970–1972 Wolfgang Renner | 1973, 1975–1976 Klaus-Peter Thaler | 1974 Klaus Jördens | 1977, 1979 Dieter Uebing | 1978 Ekkehard Teichreber | 1980–1981 Raimund Dietzen | 1982 Jörgfried Schleicher | 1983 Frank Ommer | 1984–1988 Mike Kluge | 1989–1991 Georg Bickel | 1992 Ralph Berner |
Until 1992, separate championships for amateurs and professional drivers were held. In 1993 this separation was lifted.
1920 Hermann Katzensteiner | 1921, 1922 Matthias Schlembach | 1923 Otto Papenfuß | 1924 Erich Möller | 1925 Hans Hundertmarck | 1926 Alfred Schmidt | 1927 Heinrich Kessmeier | 1928 Karl Koch | 1929 Rudolf Risch | 1930 Willi Hoffmann | 1931 August Brandes | 1932, 1936, 1937 Fritz Scheller | 1933 Jupp Arents | 1934 Sebastian Krückl | 1935 Herbert Gerber | 1938 Herbert Schmidt | 1939, 1942 Ludwig Hörmann | 1940 Karl Kittsteiner | 1941 Franz Bronold | 1943 Harry Saager | 1944 Rudi Mirke | 1947 Heinrich Rühl | 1948 Eugen Hasenforther | 1949 Walter Schürmann | 1950 Alois Schmied | 1951 Horst Holzmann | 1952 Walter Becker | 1953 Edi Ziegler | 1954 Paul Maue | 1955 Karl Loy | 1956 Hanns Brinckmann | 1957, 1958 Friedhelm Fischerkeller | 1959 Günter Tüller | 1960 Klaus Nadler | 1961 Karl-Heinz customer | 1962, 1963 Winfried Bölke | 1964 Jürgen Goletz | 1965 Wilfried Peffgen | 1966 Paul Unterkircher | 1967 Jürgen Walter | 1968 Burkhard Ebert | 1969 Michael Bittner | 1970 Erwin Derlick | 1971 Dieter Leitner | 1972 Alfred Gaida | 1973 Burckhard Bremer | 1974, 1976 Klaus-Peter Thaler | 1975, 1977 Wilfried Trott | 1978 Friedrich von Loeffelholz | 1979 Peter Kehl | 1980 Hans Neumayer | 1981 Reimund Dietzen | 1982 Dieter Burkhardt | 1983 Dieter Flögel | 1984 Thomas Freienstein | 1985 Michael Schenk | 1986 Werner Stauff | 1987 Hartmut Bölts | 1988 Bernd Gröne | 1989 Uwe Winter | 1990 Gerhard Dummert | 1991 Steffen Rein | 1992 Stephan Gottschling | 1993 Bert Dietz | 1994 Dirk Baldinger
After 1994 the separation between amateurs and professionals was lifted, further results → German champions in road races (elite)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Thaler, Klaus-Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German racing cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Netphen- Eckmannshausen |