Viktor Rausch

Viktor Rausch (born October 19, 1904 in Cologne ; † April 1, 1985 ) was a German track cyclist who specialized in six-day races.

Viktor Rausch (nickname "Fibbes") was one of the stars of the German six-day drivers in the late 1920s and early 1930s. It started at 42 “six days” in Europe and North America. He was particularly successful as a team mate of Gottfried Hürtgen , who also came from Cologne. Between 1928 and 1931, the "black hussars" won six six-day races together. In the connection, intoxication was seen as the stormy daredevil who preferred to attack constantly, while his partner was the quieter tactician. The Cologne composer Willi Ostermann wrote in their honor: "That was a spurt, that was a feeling, long live intoxication, long live Hürtgen!"

In 1932, however, “Fibbes” Rausch and Hürtgen split up in a dispute. By 1934, Rausch achieved three more victories in six-day races with other partners such as Walter Lohmann , Jan Pijnenburg and Willy Falck Hansen . After the Second World War he took part in the road race Green Ribbon from the Rhine in 1947 .

literature

Renate Franz : The forgotten world champion , Bielefeld 2008, p. 110.
Roger de Maertelaere: Mannen van de Nacht , Eeklo 2000, p. 238

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Association of German Cyclists (ed.): Cycling . No. 42/1964 . German sports publisher Kurt Stoof, Cologne, p. 9 .

Web links

Viktor Rausch in the Radsportseiten.net database

personal data
SURNAME	Intoxication, Viktor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German track cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH	October 19, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cologne
DATE OF DEATH	April 1, 1985

[:0-1] Association of German Cyclists (ed.): Cycling . No. 42/1964 . German sports publisher Kurt Stoof, Cologne, p. 9 .