Kurt Postl

Kurt Postl (born August 13, 1937 in Vienna ) is a former Austrian cyclist and national champion in cycling .

Athletic career

In 1956 he drove his first tour of Austria (he was 19th), in 1958 he was sixth. In his five participations he won a total of three stages. Postl won his first state championship in 1959 when he won the road race title fight . Together with his partner Ruelke , he was also national champion in tandem races on the track. A year later he was double champion on the road; he won the road race and also the team time trial . He was a participant in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and came in 42nd place in the individual race. In the same year he became a professional driver in the Italian team Ignis. He competed in the Tour de Suisse in 1961 and was classified 14th there. In 1962 he was reamateurised.

Web links

Kurt Postl in the Radsportseiten.net database

Kurt Postl in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Christian Glaner: Triumphs and Tragedies . Part 2. Bad Vöslau 2009, p. 170 .
^ Pascal Sergent, Guy Crasset, Herve Dauchy: Wereld Encyclopedie Wielrennen . Verlag Eecloonaar, Eeklo 2001, p. 1508 (Flemish).

personal data
SURNAME	Postl, Kurt
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian cyclist, national champion in cycling
DATE OF BIRTH	August 13, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna

[:0-1] A ^b Christian Glaner: Triumphs and Tragedies . Part 2. Bad Vöslau 2009, p. 170 .

[2] Pascal Sergent, Guy Crasset, Herve Dauchy: Wereld Encyclopedie Wielrennen . Verlag Eecloonaar, Eeklo 2001, p. 1508 (Flemish).