Rolf Maurer

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Rolf Maurer (born April 16, 1938 in Hedingen ; † June 6, 2019 there ) was a Swiss cyclist .

Athletic career

In 1955 he began his cycling career. In 1956 he was able to qualify for the then Swiss A class of amateurs at the Courtételle street race. As early as 1957, Rolf Maurer became the Swiss amateur champion in the singles pursuit . In 1959 he won his second and third national championship title with his club, this time in the team time trial and in the team pursuit . In 1960 he began his professional career with the Swiss team Tigra , he initially had a contract as an independent. As a result, he was able to start in the amateur races and he achieved two stage wins in the Tour of Tunisia and he was able to contest the Tour de l Àvenir (in which he was second in 1962) the following year . He celebrated his greatest success in 1964 when he won the Tour de Suisse with a lead of 1:58 minutes. Maurer ended his career in 1969.

successes

1960
1961
1963
1964
  • Overall ranking Tour de Romandie
  • Overall ranking and two stages of the Tour de Suisse
1966
1968

Professional

Rolf Maurer completed an apprenticeship as a builder.

Individual evidence

  1. Svizzera, la di Scomparsa Rolf Maurer. In: tuttobiciweb.it. June 14, 2019, accessed June 24, 2019 (Italian).
  2. a b c Swiss Cycling Association (ed.): SRB calendar 1965 . Grenchen 1965, p. 135 .

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