Rudi Altig
German racing cyclist (1937–2016)
Rudi Altig (18 March 1937 – 11 June 2016) was a German professional track and road racing cyclist. He won the 1962 Vuelta a España and the world championship in 1966. After his retirement from sports he worked as a television commentator.
 Altig in 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Rudi Altig | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 March 1937 Mannheim, Germany | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 June 2016 (aged 79) Remagen, Germany | |||||||||||||||||
| Team information | ||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Track and road | |||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | |||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter | |||||||||||||||||
| Professional teams | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1959 | Torpedo-Fichtel & Sachs | |||||||||||||||||
| 1960–1961 | Rapha-Gitane-Dunlop | |||||||||||||||||
| 1962–1964 | Saint Raphael | |||||||||||||||||
| 1965 | Margnat-Paloma | |||||||||||||||||
| 1966–1967 | Molteni | |||||||||||||||||
| 1968–1969 | Salvarani | |||||||||||||||||
| 1970–1971 | GBC-Zimba | |||||||||||||||||
| Major wins | ||||||||||||||||||
| World champion individual pursuit (1960–1961) Vuelta a España (1962) Tour de France green jersey (1962) Tour of Flanders (1964) World Cycling Championship (1966) Milan – San Remo (1968) | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Altig died on 11 June 2016 in Remagen, Germany, as a result of cancer, aged 79.[1]
References change
- ↑ "Radsport-Legende Rudi Altig ist tot". sportschau.de (in German). 11 June 2016. Archived from the original on 11 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
Other websites change
Media related to Rudi Altig at Wikimedia Commons
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