Tomas Pettersson

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Tomas Rune Pettersson , also Tomas Fåglum Pettersson , (born June 15, 1947 in Vårgårda ) is a former Swedish cyclist .

Tomas Petterson was one of four fåglum brothers as a team in the 1960s, the team time trial on the road dominated. The brothers became world champions three times in this discipline, in 1967 , 1968 and 1969 . At the 1968 Olympic Games , Tomas, Sture , Gösta and Erik Pettersson won the silver medal in the same discipline. A few weeks later, three of them finished third in the team pursuit at the World Track Championships in Montevideo with Josef Ripfel (instead of Sture) . In the period from 1963 to 1968 he won three national titles in the team time trial, which was held in Sweden at that time in teams of three drivers and over a distance of 50 kilometers.

Tomas Pettersson also achieved some individual successes: as a junior he was Swedish champion in the individual time trial and road race in 1965 , after winning the youth team time trial title the year before. In 1968 he became the Swedish champion in the elite individual time trial, started at the Olympic Games in Mexico City and finished seventh. In 1968 he and his three brothers became the first team of four in the world to achieve a time of less than two hours over the 100-kilometer route.

In 1970 Pettersson joined the pros and in the same year won the Trofeo Baracchi together with his brother Gösta , in 1971 the two finished second and in 1972 third. He started twice in the Tour de France , 36th place in 1970 was his best result. At the Giro d'Italia he competed in 1972 and was 41st in the overall classification. At the end of the 1973 season he ended his career as a professional driver.

The Fåglum brothers were named after a part of Vårgårda, where they grew up and started for the “Fåglums Cykelklubb”. Tomas Pettersson later, like two of his brothers (except Gösta), also adopted the surname “Fåglum”, as the name Pettersson is very common in Sweden.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ German Cycling Association of the GDR (ed.): The cyclist . No. 2/1970 . Berlin 1970, p. 7 .
  2. ^ Pascal Sergent, Guy Crasset, Herve Dauchy: Wereld Encyclopedie Wielrennen . Eecloonaar, Eeklo 2001, p. 1460 (Flemish).
personal data
SURNAME Pettersson, Tomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fåglum, Tomas (adopted name); Pettersson, Tomas Rune (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH June 15, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Vårgårda