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Rolf Graf

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Rolf Graf
Personal information
Full nameRolf Graf
Born (1932-08-19) 19 August 1932 (age 92)
Unterentfelden, Aargau, Switzerland
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Major wins
3 stages Tour de France

Rolf Graf (born 19 August 1932) was a Swiss professional road bicycle racer. Rolf Graf was protected by Swiss cyclist Ferdinand Kübler.

He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1] He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1956.[2] In 1963, Graf had car crash in Italy, from which he never really recovered, and in 1964 he had to stop his cycling career.

Major results

1954
Gent–Wevelgem
1955
Locarno
1956
 Switzerland national road race championship
Tour de Suisse
Trofeo Baracchi (with André Darrigade)
1957
Basel
1958
GP du Locle
1959
 Switzerland national road race championship
Giro d'Italia:
Winner stage 22
Tour de France:
Winner stages 12 and 19
1960
Nice
Tour de France:
Winner stage 19
Trofeo Longines (with Guido Carlesi, Silvano Ciampi, Emile Daems and Alfredo Sabbadin)
1962
 Switzerland national road race championship
Berner Rundfahrt

References

  1. ^ "Kobi Scherer Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2012-12-30.
  2. ^ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Switzerland (Men)". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 13 March 2015.