Leo Amberg
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| Full name | Leo Amberg | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 23 March 1912 Ballwil, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 18 September 1999 (aged 87) Oberriet, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
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Leo Amberg (23 March 1912 – 18 September 1999) was a
road bicycle racer. He is most known for his bronze medal in the 1938 UCI Road World Championships. He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1937 and 1938.[1] He also rode in the 1947 Tour de France.[2]
Major results
- 1935
- 1st Mont Faron
- 2nd Overall Tour de Suisse
- 5th Road race, UCI Road World Championships
- 1936
- 3rd Overall Tour de Suisse
- 8th Overall Tour de France
- 1937
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships - 1st Züri-Metzgete
- 2nd Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stages 1, 2 & 6
- 3rd Overall Tour de France
- 1st Stages 5c & 19b (ITT)
- 1938
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 3rd
Road race, UCI Road World Championships - 1st Stage 18a Giro d'Italia
- 1939
- 1st Stage 16 Deutschland Tour
- 4th Züri-Metzgete
- 10th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1942
- 5th Züri-Metzgete
- 1943
- 10th Züri-Metzgete
- 1946
- 9th Züri-Metzgete
References
- ^ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Switzerland (Men)". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
- ^ "34ème Tour de France 1947" (in French). Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
External links
- Leo Amberg at Cycling Archives
- Official Tour de France results for Leo Amberg