Thomas Dürst

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Thomas Dürst (born June 22, 1967 in Munich ) is a former German cyclist who was active in both road and track cycling .

Athletic career

Dürst began his sports career with RV Sturmvogel Munich in 1922 . With his U-15 team, he won the Bavarian championship in team time trial in 1980 . He later concentrated on track cycling and was runner-up in the German junior championships in two-man team driving in 1984 .

A second and a third place went to Dürst, who meanwhile trained with the sports promotion group of the Bundeswehr in Neubiberg, in 1987 at the German amateur championships in the individual and team pursuit . Dürst competed in several six-day races for amateurs and won in Munich in 1988. In 1988 he crowned his track cycling career with the German championship of amateurs in the single pursuit. At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul Dürst was part of the German cycling team and was used in the track cycling competitions in the 4000 m pursuit. In the single pursuit he did not come under the top eight, with the German four he was tenth in the team pursuit. In the same year, the 1.80 meter tall Dürst stepped up his activities again in road races. His road successes this year include winning the amateur version of the Belgian stage race Ronde van Limburg and third place in the Berlin stage race .

In 1989 Dürst made his debut in the professional paddock with a contract with the Dutch cycling team Panasonic-Isostar . The highlight of the season was his participation in the road world championship in France, in which he was only penultimate with 41st place. The best placement of his first year as a professional he achieved with ninth place in the Belgian one-day race Druivenkoers-Overijse . He was able to place twice in the traditional races Tour de Suisse (1989 70th, 1990 44th) and Paris – Tours (1989 129th, 1990 109th). In the 1990 Mediterranean Tour he achieved a stage win, but did not complete the tour. In 1991 Dürst switched to the Dutch team PDM-Concorde and achieved his best result with sixth place at the Druivenkoers-Overijse. Dürst drove his last professional season in 1992, in which he narrowly missed the podium with two fourth places in the Around Cologne and the Grand Prix Cholet-Pays de la Loire .

His father Peter Dürst worked as a prop master in film and television.

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  1. ^ German Cycling Association of the GDR (ed.): The cyclist . No. 49/1988 . Berlin, S. 8 .
personal data
SURNAME Thirst, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich