Gottfried Weilenmann (29 March 1920 – 14 November 2018)Si è spento Weilenmann, vincitore del Tour de Suisse nel 1949 was a Swiss cyclist. Professional 1945 to 1952, he won the Tour de Suisse in 1949 and the Swiss National Road Race Championships in 1952. In the latter year, he placed second in the UCI World Road Racing Championships road behind Heinz Müller.
His brother Leo was also a professional rider during the same period as he was. His father, Gottfried was part of the Swiss team pursuit at the 1924 Olympic Games.
Major results
1942 1st Road race, National Amateur Road Championships 1944 2nd À Travers Lausanne 1945 2nd Overall Circuito del Norte 2nd À Travers Lausanne 3rd Tour du Lac Léman 1946 2nd Overall Volta a Catalunya 3rd Zurich–Lausanne 1947 8th Overall Tour de Romandie 10th GP du Midi Libre 1949 1st Overall Tour de Suisse 2nd Giro del Ticino 2nd Tour du Nord-Ouest de la Suisse 3rd Züri-Metzgete 1950 3rd Road race, National Road Championships 1952 1st Road race, National Road Championships 2nd Road race, UCI Road World Championships 5th La Flèche Wallonne 8th Liège–Bastogne–Liège
Grand Tour Results Source:
Tour de France 1947: 17th 1950: 39th 1950: 50th 1951: 50th 1952: 12th
Giro d'Italia 1950: 45th 1952: 39th
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