Beat Breu
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Full name | Beat Breu | |||||||||||
Born | St. Gallen, Switzerland | 23 October 1957|||||||||||
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Current team | Retired | |||||||||||
Discipline | Cyclo-cross Road | |||||||||||
Role | Rider | |||||||||||
Rider type | Climbing specialist | |||||||||||
Major wins | ||||||||||||
Switzerland Cyclo-cross Championship (1988, 1994) Giro d'Italia, 1 stage Tour de France, 2 stages Tour de Suisse (1981, 1989) | ||||||||||||
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Beat Breu (born 23 October 1957 in St. Gallen) is a Swiss former road bicycle racer. In 1982 Tour de France he won the prestigious stage on Alpe d'Huez, as well as another mountain stage finishing in Saint-Lary-Soulan, and finished sixth overall. He also won Tour de Suisse two times and a stage in 1981 Giro d'Italia.
Major results
- 1981
- 1st, Züri-Metzgete
- 1st, Overall, Tour de Suisse
- 1st, Stages 3 and 7b
- 8th, Overall, Giro d'Italia
- 1st, Stage 20
- 1982
- 6th, Overall, Tour de France
- 1st, Stages 13 and 16
- 1st, Stage 5, Tour de Suisse
- 1984
- 1st, Stage 2, Tour de Suisse
- 1987
- 1st, Stage 4, Tour de Romandie
- 1988
- Switzerland Cyclo-cross Championship
- 3rd, UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
- 1989
- 1st, Overall, Tour de Suisse
- 1st, Stage 6
- 1994
- Switzerland Cyclo-cross Championship
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