Heiri Suter
Swiss cyclist
Heiri Suter in 1926 | |
Personal information | |
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Born | (1899-07-10)10 July 1899 Gränichen, Switzerland |
Died | 6 November 1978(1978-11-06) (aged 79) Bülach, Switzerland |
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Role | Rider |
Heinrich 'Heiri' Suter (10 July 1899 – 6 November 1978) was a Swiss road racing cyclist. Excelling mainly in the classics, Suter was the first non-Belgian winner of the Tour of Flanders in 1923. Two weeks after his win in the Tour of Flanders, he won Paris–Roubaix, becoming the first cyclist to win both classics in the same year.[1] He also holds a record six victories in Züri-Metzgete, Switzerland's most important one-day race.
Suter won 58 professional races, including:
- Grand Prix Wolber (unofficial world championship): (1922, 1925)
- Road champion of Switzerland: (1920, 1921, 1922, 1926, 1929)[2]
- motor-paced champion of Switzerland: (1932, 1933)
- Züri-Metzgete: (1919, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1928, 1929)
- Paris–Roubaix: (1923)
- Tour of Flanders: (1923)
- Bordeaux–Paris (1925)
- Paris–Tours: (1926, 1927)
Career
- 1919
- 1st - Züri-Metzgete
- 1st — Grand Prix Aurore
- 1st — Tour de Zürich
- 1920
- Switzerland National road champion
- 1st - Züri-Metzgete
- 1st — Tour du Nord-Ouest
- 1921
- Switzerland National road champion
- 1st — Grand Prix Aurore
- 1st — Tour de Zürich
- 1st — Tour du Nord-Ouest
- 1st — Genève-Zürich
- 1st — Tour de Suisse Orientale
- 1st — Prix de Genève
- 1922
- 1st - Grand Prix Wolber
- Switzerland National road champion
- 1st - Züri-Metzgete
- 1st — Tour du Nord-Ouest
- 1st — Circuit de Neuchâtel
- 1st — Circuit de Fribourg
- 1st — Circuit du Vaudois
- 1st — Munich-Zürich
- 1st, 2 stages — Paris-Saint-Etienne
- 1923
- 1st - Tour of Flanders
- 1st - Paris–Roubaix
- 1st — Tour du Nord-Ouest
- 1st — Zürich-Munich
- 1st — Prix de Genève
- 1924
- 1st - Züri-Metzgete
- 1st — Circuit de Champagne (1st, 2 Stages)
- 1st — Tour du Lac Léman
- 1st — Grand Prix Griffon
- 1st — Zürich-La Chaux-de-Fonds
- 1st, 3 stages — Bordeaux-Marseille
- 1st — Prix de Genève
- 1925
- 1st - Grand Prix Wolber
- 1st - Bordeaux–Paris
- 1st — Circuit de Champagne
- 1st — Circuit du Vaudois
- 1926
- Switzerland National road champion
- 1st - Paris–Tours
- 1st — Tour de Cologne
- 1st — Circuit de Cologne
- 1st — Tour de Francfort
- 1st — Tour du Württemberg
- 1st — Circuit de la Montagne
- 1st — Grand Prix Yverdon
- 1927
- 1st - Paris–Tours
- 1st — Tour du Lac Léman
- 1st — Grand Prix Yverdon
- 1st — Tour de Francfort
- 1928
- 1st - Züri-Metzgete
- 1929
- Switzerland National road champion
- 1st - Züri-Metzgete
- 1st — Tour du Nord-Ouest
- 1st — Tour du Lac Léman
- 1st — Circuit Franco-Suisse
- 1932
- Switzerland National motor-paced champion
- 1933
- Switzerland National motor-paced champion
References
External links
- Heiri Suter at Cycling Archives
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Tour of Flanders winners
- Paul Deman (1913)
- Marcel Buysse (1914)
- (1915–1918, not held)
- Henri Vanlerberghe (1919)
- Jules Vanhevel (1920)
- René Vermandel (1921)
- Léon Devos (1922)
- Heiri Suter (1923)
- Gerard Debaets (1924)
- Julien Delbecque (1925)
- Denis Verschueren (1926)
- Gerard Debaets (1927)
- Jan Mertens (1928)
- Joseph Dervaes (1929)
- Frans Bonduel (1930)
- Romain Gijssels (1931–1932)
- Alphonse Schepers (1933)
- Gaston Rebry (1934)
- Louis Duerloo (1935)
- Louis Hardiquest (1936)
- Michel D'Hooghe (1937)
- Edgard De Caluwé (1938)
- Karel Kaers (1939)
- Achiel Buysse (1940–1941)
- Briek Schotte (1942)
- Achiel Buysse (1943)
- Rik Van Steenbergen (1944)
- Sylvain Grysolle (1945)
- Rik Van Steenbergen (1946)
- Emiel Faignaert (1947)
- Briek Schotte (1948)
- Fiorenzo Magni (1949–1951)
- Roger Decock (1952)
- Wim van Est (1953)
- Raymond Impanis (1954)
- Louison Bobet (1955)
- Jean Forestier (1956)
- Fred De Bruyne (1957)
- Germain Derycke (1958)
- Rik Van Looy (1959)
- Arthur Decabooter (1960)
- Tom Simpson (1961)
- Rik Van Looy (1962)
- Noël Foré (1963)
- Rudi Altig (1964)
- Jo de Roo (1965)
- Edward Sels (1966)
- Dino Zandegù (1967)
- Walter Godefroot (1968)
- Eddy Merckx (1969)
- Eric Leman (1970)
- Evert Dolman (1971)
- Eric Leman (1972–1973)
- Cees Bal (1974)
- Eddy Merckx (1975)
- Walter Planckaert (1976)
- Roger De Vlaeminck (1977)
- Walter Godefroot (1978)
- Jan Raas (1979)
- Michel Pollentier (1980)
- Hennie Kuiper (1981)
- René Martens (1982)
- Jan Raas (1983)
- Johan Lammerts (1984)
- Eric Vanderaerden (1985)
- Adri van der Poel (1986)
- Claude Criquielion (1987)
- Eddy Planckaert (1988)
- Edwig Van Hooydonck (1989)
- Moreno Argentin (1990)
- Edwig Van Hooydonck (1991)
- Jacky Durand (1992)
- Johan Museeuw (1993)
- Gianni Bugno (1994)
- Johan Museeuw (1995)
- Michele Bartoli (1996)
- Rolf Sørensen (1997)
- Johan Museeuw (1998)
- Peter Van Petegem (1999)
- Andrei Tchmil (2000)
- Gianluca Bortolami (2001)
- Andrea Tafi (2002)
- Peter Van Petegem (2003)
- Steffen Wesemann (2004)
- Tom Boonen (2005–2006)
- Alessandro Ballan (2007)
- Stijn Devolder (2008–2009)
- Fabian Cancellara (2010)
- Nick Nuyens (2011)
- Tom Boonen (2012)
- Fabian Cancellara (2013–2014)
- Alexander Kristoff (2015)
- Peter Sagan (2016)
- Philippe Gilbert (2017)
- Niki Terpstra (2018)
- Alberto Bettiol (2019)
- Mathieu van der Poel (2020)
- Kasper Asgreen (2021)
- Mathieu van der Poel (2022)
- Tadej Pogačar (2023)
- Mathieu van der Poel (2024)
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