Urs Zimmermann
Zimmermann in 1984 | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Urs Zimmermann |
Born | (1959-11-29) 29 November 1959 (age 64) Mühledorf, Switzerland |
Team information | |
Current team | Retired |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider |
Professional teams | |
1983–1984 | Cilo-Aufina |
1985–1989 | Carrera Jeans-Vagabond |
1990 | 7 Eleven-Hoonved |
1991–1992 | Motorola |
Major wins | |
Stage races
One-day races and Classics | |
Urs Zimmermann (born 29 November 1959 in Mühledorf) is a Swiss former professional road racing cyclist. He stood on the podium in two of the three Grand Tour events after finishing third in 1986 Tour de France and 1988 Giro d'Italia. He also won several stage races such as the Tour de Suisse, Dauphiné Libéré and Critérium International.
After the eleventh stage of the 1991 Tour de France, there was a rest day, on which the cyclists were transferred from Nantes to Pau, by airplane. Zimmermann had a fear of flying, so he refused to use the airplane. The jury then disqualified him, but after the other cyclists protested, he was allowed to use other means of transportation.[1]
He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1986.[2]
Career achievements
Major results
- 1981
- 3rd National Hill Climb Championships
- 10th Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
- 1982
- 2nd Overall Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
- 3rd Overall Tour du Vaucluse
- 1983
- 4th GP du Canton d'Argovie
- 1984
- 1st Overall Tour de Suisse
- 1st Grabs–Voralp
- 2nd Gran Premio di Lugano
- 7th La Flèche Wallonne
- 9th Trofeo Baracchi
- 1985
- 1st GP de la Liberté
- 1st Stage 9a (TTT) Tour de Suisse
- 2nd Giro del Piemonte
- 3rd Coppa Agostoni
- 8th Coppa Sabatini
- 1986
- 1st Road race, National Road Championships
- 1st Overall Criterium du Dauphiné Libéré
- 1st Overall Critérium International
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Giro del Lazio
- 1st Profronde van Tiel
- 2nd Overall Paris–Nice
- 3rd Overall Tour de France
- 4th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 8th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 10th Giro dell'Emilia
- 1987
- 1st Stage 2 (TTT) Tour de France
- 6th Gran Premio di Lugano
- 8th Overall Paris–Nice
- 1st Stage 1 (TTT)
- 1988
- 1st Overall Giro del Trentino
- 1st Stage 1
- 3rd Overall Tour de Romandie
- 1st Stage 4b (ITT)
- 3rd Overall Giro d'Italia
- 6th Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 1989
- 5th Overall Tour de Romandie
- 6th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 1990
- 2nd Giro del Friuli
- 4th Overall Giro del Trentino
General classification results timeline
Grand Tour | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 |
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Vuelta a España | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Giro d'Italia | — | 50 | — | — | 3 | 6 | DNF | — | 44 |
Tour de France | 58 | — | 3 | DNF | DNF | DNF | — | 116 | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
References
External links
- Urs Zimmermann at CycleBase
- Urs Zimmermann at Cycling Archives
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