Paul Egli

Paul Egli
Personal information
Full name Paul Egli
Born (1911-08-18)18 August 1911
Died 23 January 1997(1997-01-23) (aged 85)
Team information
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Major wins
silver medal 1938 Road World Championships
bronze medal 1937 Road World Championships
Infobox last updated on
June 19, 2008

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 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
2nd, silver medalist(s) 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
3rd, bronze medalist(s) World Road Race Championship
Tour de Suisse:
Winner Stage 3
1938
2nd, silver medalist(s) World Road Race Championship
1941
Berner Rundfahrt
1942
Züri-Metzgete

References

  1. "National Championship, Road, Elite, Switzerland (Men)". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Walter Blattmann
Winner of the Züri-Metzgete
19341935
Succeeded by
Werner Buchwalder
Preceded by
Walter Diggelmann
Winner of the Züri-Metzgete
1942
Succeeded by
Ferdinand Kübler


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