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Historic Overview Gregor Braun

Rider

Overall Rank977
NameGregor BRAUN
Country
  Germany
Date of birth31-Dec-1955 - Neustadt an der Weinstrasse (Rheinland Pfalz)
ContemporiesView Contemporary Ranking

Biography

Gregor Braun (German pronunciation: [ˈɡʁeːɡoːɐ̯ ˈbʁaʊ̯n] ; born 31 December 1955) is a retired track cyclist and road bicycle racer from Germany, who was a professional rider from 1977 to 1989 and who became a multiple Olympic Gold medaillist and track world champion. his profession was a locksmith.

He represented West Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada, where he won the gold medal in both the men's individual pursuit and in the team pursuit with Peter Vonhof, Hans Lutz and Günther Schumacher, corroborating their win a year before, also as amateurs, with capturing the gold in the men's team pursuit in the 1975 world championships in Montreal. The West German Olympic track team for 1976 was managed by former track champion Gustav Kilian. In 1977 Braun turned professional, riding mostly on the road and proving himself a capable rider on the road by winning, inter alia, the Giro di Sardegna (1983, 1980), the 14th stage of the 1983 Giro d'Italia, Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne (1982), the Tre Valli Varesine (1981), Milano–Vignola (1981), the Deutschland Tour (1980), the Tour d'Indre-et-Loire (1979), the then Rund um den Henninger-Turm, three national road championships (1983, 1980, 1978) and ending on the podium in the 1982 Paris–Roubaix, the 1982 Amstel Gold Race and the 1978 Tour of Flanders.

On the track as a professional, Braun became world champion in the (then) 5k pursuit in the 1977 world championships and the 1978 track world championships and won bronze in this discipline in 1985. Furthermore, he won the 1979 European championships madison (with Patrick Sercu). Additionally, Braun started in 44 (mostly German) six-day races, 4 to 6 per season, resulting in 11 wins, with Patrick Sercu (4 wins), René Pijnen (4×), Dietrich Thurau (2×) and Gert Frank (1×) and proving himself very well able to win these races when coupled with a top six-days rider.

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Badges

9

Major Victories

Rund um den Henninger Turm 1978
Kuurne - Brussel - Kuurne 1982
G.P. Bruno Beghelli / Milano - Vignola 1981
Tre Valli Varesine 1981
Deutschland Rundfahrt 1980
Giro d'Italia - stages 1983 (1)
Tirreno - Adriatico - stages 1980 (1), 1982 (1)
Setmana Catalana - stages 1987 (1)
More results

Seasons

Gregor Braun - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1974 Individual 3 844
2. 1976 Individual 7 654
3. 1977 Peugeot - Esso - Michelin 308 150
4. 1978 Peugeot - Esso - Michelin 618 74
5. 1979 Peugeot - Esso - Michelin 609 78
6. 1980 Sanson - Campagnolo 830 59
7. 1981 Famcucine - Campagnolo 556 114
8. 1982 Capri Sonne 1256 32
9. 1983 Vivi - Benotto - Selle Italia - Puma 510 100
10. 1984 La Redoute 304 188
11. 1985 Ariostea - Oece 220 246
12. 1986 Murella - Fanini - Edilcimini - Alan 17 722
13. 1987 ADR- - Fangio - IOC - MBK 89 444
14. 1988 Boccacio Life - La William - Fondua - Daccordi 0 1474
15. 1989 Titanbonifica - Benotto - Sidermec 0 1569
Overall: 5327 977