Beat Breu
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Beat Breu (born 23 October 1957, in St. Gallen) is a Swiss former road bicycle racer.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".[1] 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.[2] This double strike earned Beat Breu the nickname "Mountain Flea".[3] He also won Tour de Suisse two times and a stage in 1981 Giro d'Italia. In later life in 2019 he fulfilled his childhood dream of having his own circus.[4][5]
Major results
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- 1981
- 1st Template:Cjersey Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stages 3b & 7b
- 1st Züri-Metzgete
- 8th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 20
- 1982
- 4th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 4b
- 6th Overall Tour de France
- 1st Stages 13 &16
- 1983
- 10th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 10th GP du canton d'Argovie
- 1984
- 6th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 2
- 8th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 8th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1985
- 5th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 8th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1986
- 6th GP du canton d'Argovie
- 9th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1987
- 6th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stage 4
- 1988
- 1st File:MaillotSuiza.svg National Cyclo-cross Championships
- 3rd File:Bronze medal blank.svg UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
- 7th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1989
- 1st Template:Cjersey Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1st Stage 5b (ITT)
- 1994
- 1st File:MaillotSuiza.svg National Cyclo-cross Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Cjersey Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Template:Cjersey Giro d'Italia | 23 | — | 8 | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | 11 | — | — |
| Template:Cjersey Tour de France | — | — | — | 6 | 22 | 43 | 23 | 74 | 26 | — | 21 | 42 |
Trivia
- At the Velomuseum Fribourg in Switzerland there is a miniature model of Breu's stage win up Alpe d'Huez (Tour de France) in 1982, made by Beat Breu himself.[7]
- The Swiss dialect pop band DACHS dedicated a song to Beat Breu. The single, titled Beat Breu, was released in November 2019.[8][9]
References
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- ↑ in: "Beat Breu's magnificent victory, in miniature". Swiss National Museum - Swiss history blog (29 July 2022). Retrieved 23 October 2022.
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- ↑ in: mouthwateringrecords.com. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
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External links
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- Swiss male cyclists
- 1957 births
- Living people
- Swiss Tour de France stage winners
- Swiss Giro d'Italia stage winners
- Tour de Suisse stage winners
- Sportspeople from St. Gallen (city)
- Cyclists from the canton of St. Gallen
- Swiss cyclo-cross cyclists
- 20th-century Swiss sportsmen