René Binggeli

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René Binggeli (born January 17, 1941 in Geneva , † September 27, 2007 in Geneva) was a cyclist from Switzerland .

Athletic career

René Binggeli had been an active cyclist since 1957. He achieved his first victory in 1957 at the Grand Prix Cilo. Between 1957 and 1959 he won 12 races as a junior, including the four-cantons tour and he was twice runner-up in road races. In 1960 he qualified in the championship race for the Swiss A-class of amateurs . During the year he obtained an independent license , which gave him the opportunity to compete in amateur and professional races. That year he won the long-distance journey from Pruntrut to Zurich . In 1962 he was able to win a stage of the Tour de l Àvenir . He was also used by the Swiss Association for the Tour of Tunisia and took several top places at stage arrivals. Binggeli started at the UCI World Championships with professional drivers and was 23rd, his best result at the Road World Championships in 1965 was 6th. In 1963 he won several races, especially in France , where he also had contracts with the Saint-Raphael-Helyett teams -Hutchinson (where Rudi Altig and Jacques Anquetil also drove) and Gancia-Urago . He started again in the Tour de l Àvenir and for the first time in the Tour de Suisse . In 1964, Binggeli was able to win two stages of the Tour de Romandie and was 7th of the local tour of the country. In 1965 he celebrated an outstanding success by winning the 22nd stage of the Giro d`Italia . He took part in the Giro five times; his best result in the overall standings was 20th place in 1965. A little later he was 49 at his first start in the Tour de France . In total, he started three times in the Tour. In 1967 he won the first half-stage of the 22nd stage of the Tour de France in Versailles when he drove for the mixed team Switzerland / Luxembourg . Binggeli contested several of the classic races in cycling without being able to place in the front field.

In 1968 he ended his career after participating in the Tour de Suisse (he was 38th overall).

Professional

René Binggeli completed an apprenticeship as a banker.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Swiss Cycling Association (ed.): SRB calendar 1961 . Grenchen 1961, p. 71 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Swiss Cycling Association (ed.): SRB calendar 1965 . Grenchen 1965, p. 129 .
  3. ↑ Tour Encyclopedie 1966-1975 . Uitgeverij Worldstrip, Gent 2000, p. 39 .
personal data
SURNAME Binggeli, René
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Geneva
DATE OF DEATH September 27, 2007
Place of death Geneva