Torpedo (cycling team)
| torpedo | |
| Team data | |
| nationality |
 Germany
|
| First season | 1957 |
| Last season | 1967 |
| discipline | Street |
| Wheel manufacturer | Torpedo (1957-1967) |
| staff | |
| Team manager |
Ludwig Geyer (1958–1970) Rolf Baier (1959–1967) |
| Name story | |
| Years | Surname |
| 1957–1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 |
Torpedo Torpedo - Fichtel & Sachs Torpedo - Freewheel Torpedo Torpedo - Continental Torpedo Torpedo - Continental Torpedo - Fichtel & Sachs Torpedo Torpedo - Continental |
Torpedo was a German cycling team that existed from 1957 to 1967.
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history
The team's main sponsor was Torpedo-Werke , a manufacturer of bicycles and office machines based in Frankfurt am Main , Hesse .
Presumably because of difficulties in selling their office machines, the Torpedo-Werke stopped sponsoring in 1967 .
successes
- 1959
- two stages of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- one stage tour of Luxembourg
- 1960
- two stages tour of the Netherlands
- Cologne-guilt-cheeky
- 1961
- Overall ranking and five stages of the Tour of Germany
- one stage Tour de Suisse
- a stage Tour de France
- 1962
- Overall ranking and three stages of the Tour de Suisse
- a stage Germany tour
- a stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1963
- Overall ranking and a stage Tour de l'Oise
- two stages of the Tour de Suisse
- 1964
- Around Cologne
- a stage 4 Jours de Dunkerque
- 1966
- Around Cologne
- Overall ranking and a stage Tour de l'Oise
- North-west Swiss tour
- 1967
- Overall ranking Tour de l'Oise
Known former drivers
- Peter Glemser (1965–1967)
- Lothar Friedrich (1957–1961)
- Rudi Altig (1959)
- Hans Junkermann (1962–1967)
- Dieter Kemper (1961–1965)
- Otto Altweck (1958–1961)
- Manfred Donike (1959–1961)
- Friedhelm Fischerkeller (1960–1962)
- Horst Oldenburg (1961–1964 + 1966)
- Sigi Renz (1961–1966)
- Dieter Puschel (1961)
- Klaus Bugdahl (1957 + 1959 + 1962–1964 + 1966-1967)
Web links
- Torpedo 1957 on www.radsportseiten.net
- Torpedo 1958 on www.radsportseiten.net
- Torpedo 1959-1967 on www.radsportseiten.net
- Team Torpedo 1957 on www.memoire-du-cyclisme.eu
- Participation in the Tour de France 1957-1961 on histo.letour.fr (fr)