Fritz Schär

Fritz Schär

Personal information
Full name	Fritz Schär
Born	(1926-03-13)13 March 1926 Kaltenbach, Switzerland
Died	29 September 1997(1997-09-29) (aged 71) Frauenfeld, Switzerland
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France Points classification (1953) 2 individual stages (1953) Giro d'Italia 2 individual stages (1950, 1952) One-day races and Classics Züri-Metzgete (1949, 1950)
Medal record Representing Switzerland Men's road bicycle racing World Championships 1954 Solingen Elite Men's Road Race

Fritz Schär (13 March 1926 in Kaltenbach – 29 September 1997 in Frauenfeld) was a Swiss cyclist who in 1953 won the first points classification ever in the Tour de France. He also finished third in the general classification in the 1954 Tour de France. He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1953.

Major results

1948

3rd Giro di Lombardia

1949

1st Züri-Metzgete

1st Stage 8 Tour de Suisse

4th Overall Tour de Romandie

1950

1st Züri-Metzgete

1st Stage 14 Giro d'Italia

1951

3rd Overall Tour de Romandie

4th Overall Tour de Suisse

1952

1st Stage 19 Giro d'Italia

5th Overall Tour de Romandie

7th Overall Tour de Suisse

1st Stage 2

1953

2nd Overall Tour de Suisse

1st Stage 1

4th Overall Tour de Romandie

6th Overall Tour de France

1st Points classification

1st Stages 1 & 2

1954

2nd Road race, UCI Road World Championships

3rd Overall Tour de France

4th Overall Tour de Romandie

9th Overall Giro d'Italia

1955

1st Stage 1 Tour de Suisse

1956

2nd Overall Tour de Suisse

1st Stage 7

External links

• Fritz Schär at Cycling Archives (archive)