Willi Altig
Willi Altig (born January 17, 1935 in Mannheim ) is a former German professional cyclist .
Athletic career
Willi Altig had been active at the RRC final spurt in Mannheim since 1949 . In his career as a cyclist, he was German champion five times and in the 1950s, together with his brother Rudi Altig, he was an attraction on the cycling tracks in Germany in the two-man team and the track four. Their dynamism and powerful driving style earned the brothers the nickname "The Ox".
From 1960 to 1967 he was a professional racing driver. He celebrated his greatest success in 1964 when he won the final stage of the Giro d'Italia . In 1960 and 1966 he took part in the Tour de France .
Professional and honors
After the end of his professional career, Altig was the tenant of a petrol station and an insurance agent before he took over a bicycle shop in Mannheim- Neckarstadt from Karl Ziegler . In 2002 he became chairman of the RRC final spurt in Mannheim . The cycling track in Mannheim was named after him and his brother in 2012. In March 2017 a path in Mannheim was named after the Altig Altigweg brothers .
successes
- 1957
- German amateur champion - two-man team driving (with Rudi Altig ), team pursuit (with Rudi Altig, Hans Mangold and Bernd Rohr )
- 1958
- German amateur champion - team pursuit (with Hans Mangold , Karlheinz Karg and Heinz Nawratil )
- 1959
- German amateur champion - two-man team driving (with Rudi Altig ), team pursuit (with Rudi Altig, Hans Mangold and Dieter Wagner )
- 1964
- a stage of the Giro d'Italia
literature
- Brockhaus Mannheim. Mannheim, Leipzig 2006, ISBN 3-7653-0181-7
Web links
- Willi Altig in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Willi Altig in the ProCyclingStats.com database
- Willi Altig in the Tour de France database(French / English )
Individual evidence
- ^ Association of German cyclists (ed.): Radsport . No. 2/1962 . German sports publisher Kurt Stoof, Cologne, p. 11 .
- ↑ Mannheimer Morgen , January 16, 2010, p. 21
- ↑ Mannheim Morning . March 5, 2002
- ↑ Mannheimer Morgen , June 18, 2012, p. 17
- ↑ City of Mannheim honors the Altig brothers with "Altigweg". In: rad-net.de. March 29, 2017, accessed March 31, 2017 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Old, Willi |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German racing cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 17, 1935 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Mannheim |