Peter Abbot

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Peter Abt (born November 6, 1944 in Basel ) is a former cyclist from Switzerland and Swiss champion in cycling .

Athletic career

Abt started cycling in 1961, his first bike was a given military bike . In 1962 he qualified for what was then the A-class for amateurs in Switzerland. In 1963 he won the traditional hill climb from Biel to Magglingen . In 1964 he won the championship in Zurich and the East Swiss Tour. He won his first national title with his club VMC Olympia Basel and took part in the UCI Road World Championship . He achieved an excellent third place in the British Milk Race in 1966 .

In 1967 he obtained a license as a professional driver in the Swiss Zimba team, which was then headed by Ferdy Kübler . Here he achieved his first success with victory in the North-West-Swiss Tour (later the Bern Tour ) ahead of Hennes Junkermann . In 1968 he was runner-up in the road race, and in 1970 third in the championship race. After his Zimba team stopped working and re-amateurization was not possible at the time, he ended his career in the summer of 1970. However, he continued to ride his road bike to work and later began a second career in the senior class , where he won numerous victories.

Professional

Abt completed an apprenticeship as a car plumber. Later he worked regularly for several years as a team guide for recreational cyclists on cycling holidays in Spain. Since 2006 he has been working as a facility manager.

Familiar

Peter Abt is the younger brother of Werner Abt, who was also a cyclist.

Web links

  • Peter Abt in the database of Radsportseiten.net

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Swiss Cycling Association (ed.): SRB calendar 1965 . Grenchen 1965, p. 146 .
  2. ↑ a b Radrenn Club Basel. Retrieved June 30, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Abbot, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel