Louis Pfenninger

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Louis Pfenninger (born November 1, 1944 in Bülach ) is a former Swiss professional cyclist .

Athletic career

He started cycling in 1961 and qualified in 1963 for what was then the A-class for amateurs in Switzerland. Pfenninger started for the RV Höngg club. Louis Pfenninger began his professional career at the age of 20 with the Swiss Filotex team . He celebrated his first major success in 1968 at the six-day race in Montreal as a duo with his namesake Fritz Pfenninger . In the same year he managed to win the Tour de Suisse . In 1970 he became Swiss champion in the individual time trial and a year later in the road race. He also won the six-day race in Zurich in 1971 together with Klaus Bugdahl and Dieter Kemper . Pfenninger won the Tour de Suisse again in 1972 with a lead of 21 seconds over Roger Pingeon . Since he took part in the Tour de Suisse eleven times (and finished it ten times), he was also called Monsieur Tour de Suisse . In 1975 he ended his career.

successes

1968
1969
1970
1971
1972

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Swiss Cycling Association (ed.): SRB calendar 1965 . Grenchen 1965, p. 155 .
  2. ↑ Chronicle. In: rvhoengg.ch. Retrieved January 22, 2020 .

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personal data
SURNAME Pfenninger, Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Bülach , Switzerland