Günter Haritz
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![]() Günter Haritz during the 1976 Six Days of Munich | |||||||||||||||
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Born | Heidelberg, Allied-occupied Germany | 16 October 1948||||||||||||||
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1973--1974 | Rokado | ||||||||||||||
1975--1977 | TI-Raleigh | ||||||||||||||
1978 | IJsboerke-Gios | ||||||||||||||
1979 | Kondor | ||||||||||||||
1980 | Rauler-Gipiemme | ||||||||||||||
1981 | Citizen-La Hutte | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Günter Haritz (born 16 October 1948) is a retired
Subsequently, he was a professional cyclist from 1973 to 1982, winning the national championship on the road in 1974[2] and becoming second and third in 1975 and 1976 respectively and third in 1979. The chief part of his professional career concerned racing on the track however. Haritz rode 83 Six-day races, winning 11 of them in the period 1975-1977 during which he belonged to the top 5 riders in the 'Sixes'. 7 of which he won with René Pijnen, 2 with Dietrich Thurau (both of whom his then team-mates with TI–Raleigh), 1 with Patrick Sercu the 1975 Six Days of Zürich and 1, in Grenoble, with the Frenchman Bernard Thévenet.
In the 1976
Corroborating his performances in the Six-Day races in these years, he won the 1975 edition of the European championship
In the 1976 Vuelta a España, Haritz tested positive for doping,[3] and left the race after the B-test also was positive.[4]
References
- ^ "Günter Haritz Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
- ^ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Germany". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ^ "Thurau: etappetriomf, Haritz: dopinggebruik" [Thurau: stage victory, Haritz: used doping.]. Nieuwsblad van het Noorden (in Dutch). Delpher. 7 May 1976. p. 25. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
- ^ "Haritz stapt eruit" [Haritz quits.]. De Waarheid (in Dutch). Delpher. 10 May 1976. p. 4. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
External links
- Günter Haritz at Cycling Archives