Remig Stump

Remig Stump

Remig Stump (1987)
To person
Date of birth	March 25, 1966
date of death	May 14, 2019
nation	Germany
discipline	Road / train
End of career	1993
Societies)
	RSG Nuremberg
Last updated: May 14, 2019

In 1987 Stumpf (center) won the 13th stage of the International Peace Tour

Remig Stumpf (born March 25, 1966 in Schweinfurt ; † May 14, 2019 in Bergrheinfeld ) was a German racing cyclist .

Athletic career

Stumpf, who started for the RSG Nürnberg , was one of the best German road racing drivers of the 1980s. He was already successful in the youth and junior classes. In 1986 he won, still as an amateur , Rund um Köln , Rund um Düren and the Berlin stage trip . In 1987 he took part in the Peace Tour starting in Berlin and won the 13th stage. In the overall individual ranking he finished 38th. In 1987 and 1988 he was German champion in the individual time trial . In 1987 and 1988 he won the International Ernst Sachs Tour . In 1988 Remig Stumpf started at the Olympic Games in Seoul in the individual road race (14th place) and in the team time trial , but without winning a medal.

He then became a professional with the French cycling team Toshiba . In the 1989 Tour de Suisse , Stumpf won the fifth stage. In total, he won eight races on the international calendar as a professional. In 1991 and 1992 he took part in the Tour de France , but both times did not arrive in Paris . He also drove six days and won twice in Cologne , in 1992 with Bruno Holenweger and in 1993 with Urs Freuler .

In 1993 Stumpf ended his active cycling career. He then played American football and then took over a restaurant in Schweinfurt.

death

On May 14, 2019, Remig Stumpf and his wife Mirjam, who was separated from him and who was twelve years his junior, were found dead in a house in Bergrheinfeld. After the autopsy was completed, the investigators confirmed that Stumpf had killed his wife. Then he set a fire and suicide committed.

The couple had three children, and Stumpf also had a child from his first marriage.

successes

Street

1986

• Overall ranking of the Berlin stage trip
• Around Cologne
• Around Düren

1987

• a stage of the peace journey
• two stages tour of Lower Saxony
• International Ernst Sachs Tour
• German amateur champion - individual time trial

1988

• German amateur champion - individual time trial, team time trial (with Ernst Christl , Werner Stauff and Werner Wüller )
• one stage Tour du Vaucluse
• one stage tour of Cuba
• International Ernst Sachs Tour

1989

• three stage Tour of Britain
• a stage 4 Jours de Dunkerque
• one stage Tour de Suisse

1990

• one stage tour of Valencia

1991

• a stage 4 Jours de Dunkerque

1993

• one stage tour of Valencia

train

1992

• Six-day race Cologne (with Bruno Holenweger )

1993

• Six-day race Cologne (with Urs Freuler )

Teams

• 1988-1990 Toshiba
• 1991 Histor-Sigma
• 1992 Team Telekom
• 1993 Collstrop-Assur Carpets

Web links

Commons : Remig Stumpf  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Remig Stumpf in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Remig Stumpf in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Remig Stumpf in the ProCyclingStats.com database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Tragic family drama: cyclist Remig Stumpf is dead. In: in-und-um-schweinfurt.de. May 14, 2019, accessed May 14, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Maik Märtin: 50 years of Course de la Paix . Agency Construct, Leipzig 1998, p. 259 .
3. ^ Adrian Rehling: Remig Stumpf: Ex-professional cyclist and wife dead - autopsy report is available. In: welt.de . May 17, 2019, accessed May 17, 2019 . 
4. ^ Adrian Rehling: Cycling: Remig Stumpf - Police investigate homicide. In: welt.de . May 15, 2019, accessed May 16, 2019 .