Nentscho Christow

Nentscho Christow, Peace Trip 1961

Nentscho Christow ( Bulgarian Ненчо Христов ; born December 17, 1933 in Varna , Bulgaria ; † May 3, 2002 ) was a Bulgarian cyclist and national champion in cycling .

Athletic career

As a member of the army, he began cycling. He took part in the peace run several times (in 1955 he was 18th) a total of five times at the start of the tour and won a stage, in 1959 he was able to place himself at the front with 6th place.

In 1955 and 1957 he was national road racing champion

In 1956 he won the Tour of Egypt .

His most successful year was 1957: winner of the Tour of Bulgaria and winner of the Peace Tour .

In 1959 he won the Tour of Yugoslavia .

When he won the Peace Drive in 1957, he started on a bike from the French company La Perle . His victory was in jeopardy several times because he had broken fork three times. The Bulgarian mechanic then borrowed a fork from the German company Diamant from the GDR team , with which Christow finally won the race.

Professional

After his active cycling, he became the coach of the Bulgarian cycling team.

Individual evidence

↑ dnevnik.bg: Почина Ненчо Христов , Bulgarian , accessed August 25, 2012
↑ Cycling website Friedensfahrt 1955
↑ Maik Märtin: 50 years of Course de la Paix . Agency Construct, Leipzig 1998, p. 232 .
^ Organization office of the XVI. Friedensfahrt (Ed.): XVI Course de la Paix . Berlin 1963, p. 14 .

Web links

Nentscho Christow in the Radsportseiten.net database

[1] , [2] Museociclismo

personal data
SURNAME	Christow, Nentscho
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ненчо, Христов (Bulgarian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bulgarian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	December 17, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH	Varna , Bulgaria
DATE OF DEATH	May 3, 2002

[1] vnik.bg: Почина Ненчо Христов , Bulgarian , accessed August 25, 2012

[2] Cycling website Friedensfahrt 1955

[3] Maik Märtin: 50 years of Course de la Paix . Agency Construct, Leipzig 1998, p. 232 .

[4] Organization office of the XVI. Friedensfahrt (Ed.): XVI Course de la Paix . Berlin 1963, p. 14 .