Paul Egli

Paul Egli
Tour de France de 1936 - 26
Personal information
Full namePaul Egli
Born(1911-08-18)18 August 1911
Died23 January 1997(1997-01-23) (aged 85)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Major wins
silver medal 1938 Road World Championships
bronze medal 1937 Road World Championships
Medal record
Men's road bicycle racing
Representing  Switzerland
World Championships
1933 Montlhéry Amateur's Road Race
1938 Valkenburg Elite Men's Road Race
1932 Rome Amateur's Road Race
1937 Copenhagen Elite Men's Road Race

Paul Egli (18 August 1911 – 23 January 1997) was a Swiss professional road bicycle racer. He is most known for his silver and bronze medals in respectively the 1938 and the 1937 UCI Road World Championships. He was also the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1935 and 1936.[1]

Major results

1932
 Switzerland Amateur Cyclo-Cross Champion
World Amateur Road Race Championship
1933
World Amateur Road Race Champion
1934
Züri-Metzgete
Stage 3, Tour de Suisse
Stage 1, Critérium du Midi
1935
 Switzerland Road Race Champion
Züri-Metzgete
Stage 1, Tour of Nord-East-Spain
1936
 Switzerland Road Race Champion
Tour de France
Winner stage 1
Wearing yellow jersey for one day
Tour de Suisse:
Winner Stages 4a & 4b
1937
World Road Race Championship
Tour de Suisse:
Winner Stage 3
1938
World Road Race Championship
1941
Berner Rundfahrt
1942
Züri-Metzgete

References

  1. ^ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Switzerland (Men)". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 13 March 2015.