Paul Süß (cyclist)

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Paul Suess Road cycling
To person
Date of birth circa 1924
date of death February 5, 1999
nation Germany
discipline Road cycling
Societies)
RC Schwalbe 03 Solingen
Team (s)
1948 to 1951 Patria WKC

Paul Süß (* approx. 1924 in Solingen ; † February 5, 1999 there ) was a German racing cyclist .

Paul Süß started as an amateur for the RC Schwalbe 03 Solingen since 1946 and won the Cologne – Malmedy – Cologne race in the same year . He was a professional from 1948 to 1951 . During these four years he rode exclusively for the Patria WKC cycling team from his hometown of Solingen. In 1948 he was third at Berlin – Cottbus – Berlin . As a professional, he started annually at the previous events of the Germany Tour . In 1948 he was 16th and in 1949 sixth place in the overall ranking of the IRA Green Belt , as the tour was called that year; In 1951 he finished the tour as 19th. He then ended his active cycling career and opened a bicycle shop in Solingen.

literature

  • Wilhelm Matthies: "Cycling in Solingen". In: The bone shaker. Magazine for lovers of historic bicycles . Issue 33. 1/2005. P. 4
  • Kurt Graunke / Walter Lemke / Wolfgang Rupprecht: giants of the country road from then until today. History of the German professional road cyclists . Munich 1993. ISBN 3-9803273-0-2

Web links

  • Paul Süß in the database of Radsportseiten.net
personal data
SURNAME Sweet, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German racing cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH around 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Solingen
DATE OF DEATH February 5, 1999
Place of death Solingen