Rudolf Mitteregger

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Rudolf "Rudi" Mitteregger (born November 27, 1944 in Gaal , Styria ) is a former Austrian cyclist . He is three times winner of the Tour of Austria (four times second) and four times Glocknerkönig. He went down in Austrian cycling history as the “eternal rival” of Wolfgang Steinmayr .

Glockner King Rudi Mitteregger in front of the Johann Puch Museum Graz, Puchstrasse (July 19, 2014, 100th anniversary of Johann Puch's death)

Sporting highlights

After winning a prestigious stage of the Austria cycling tour, the mountain time trial to the Karneralm, in 1968 , he was considered the favorite for the overall victory. 1968 and 1969 still made impossible by a Dutch world class selection (Olympic champion and later professional driver Jan Krekels and Joop Zoetemelk ) he achieved this for the first time in 1970. He was also able to achieve overall victory in 1974 and 1977. In 1974, while he was leaving the Gaberl-Pass with a defective tire, he was abandoned by the supervisor's vehicle, the legendary desperate saying “Where are the monkeys? San die deppat? ”He was also able to win the 1970 tour of Lower Austria, which was well attended internationally .

Rudi Mitteregger and Wolfgang Steinmayr shaped a full decade of cycling history in the Großglockner stage broadcast by ORF (accompanied by Gershon Kingsley's “Hey Hey”) , the fight for the “Glockner King” prize. He was the Großglocknerkönig four times in his career, ie he was the first to cross the Großglockner on the stage. While Steinmayr ended his career in 1977/78, Mitteregger competed at a high level until he was 39. He and his teammate Hans Lienhart (Askö Puch Knittelfeld) achieved a sensational coup in September 1981. The national team of the USSR competed in the Viennese high road race, and among its ranks was the reigning Olympic champion and world's best amateur racing driver Sergei Suchorutschenkow . In the last of 13 laps that led exclusively uphill and downhill (130 km in total and over 3,000 meters in altitude), the two were able to catch up with and distance the Olympic champion. Mitteregger finished second; For a long time, he and Lienhart adorned the Puch advertising posters.

Rudi Mitteregger now lives as a retired army soldier and functionary of the RC Rapso Knittelfeld in the Rudolf Mitteregger settlement of his home town of Gaal.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sigi Lützow, When the King lost his composure, derstandard.at of April 29, 2012
  2. ↑ Video of the saying on YouTube: "Rudi Mitteregger is waiting for the service car"

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SURNAME Mitteregger, Rudolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mitteregger, Rudi (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Gaal , Judenburg District, Styria , Austria