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Historic Overview Urs Zimmermann

Rider

Overall Rank827
NameUrs ZIMMERMANN
Country
  Switzerland
Date of birth29-Nov-1959 - Mühledorf (Solothurn)

Biography

Urs Zimmermann

Urs Zimmermann (born 29 November 1959 in Mühledorf) is a Swiss former professional road racing cyclist. He stood on the podium in two of the three Grand Tour events after finishing third in 1986 Tour de France and 1988 Giro d'Italia. He also won several stage races such as the Tour de Suisse, Dauphiné Libéré and Critérium International.

After the eleventh stage of the 1991 Tour de France, there was a rest day, on which the cyclists were transferred from Nantes to Pau, by airplane. Zimmermann had a fear of flying, so he refused to use the airplane. The jury then disqualified him, but after the other cyclists protested, he was allowed to use other means of transportation.

He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1986.

source - Wikipedia

Badges

3 8

Major Victories

Critérium International 1986
Dauphiné Libéré 1986
Giro del Lazio 1986
Giro del Trentino/Tour of the Alps 1988
Tour de Suisse 1984
Critérium International - stages 1986 (1)
Giro del Trentino/Tour of the Alps - stages 1988 (1)
Tour de Romandie - stages 1988 (1)
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Seasons

Urs Zimmermann - Scores by Season

Year Team Score Rank
1. 1982 Individual 20 624
2. 1983 Cilo - Aufina 46 480
3. 1984 Cilo - Aufina - Crans-Montana 761 61
4. 1985 Carrera - Inoxpran 437 141
5. 1986 Carrera - Vagabond 2205 6
6. 1987 Carrera - Vagabond - Peugeot 400 178
7. 1988 Carrera - Vagabond 1073 38
8. 1989 Carrera - Vagabond 776 62
9. 1990 7 Eleven - Hoonved 99 423
10. 1991 Motorola 340 187
11. 1992 Motorola 168 312
Overall: 6325 827