- Ferdinand Kübler
Infobox Cyclist
ridername = Ferdinand Kübler
fullname = Ferdinand Kübler
nickname = Ferdi, The Cowboy
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1919|7|24
country = Switzerland
currentteam = Retired
discipline = Road
role = Rider
ridertype = Allround
amateuryears =
amateurteams =
proyears =
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majorwins = Winner Tour de France (1950)
World Cycling Champion (1951)
Winner Tour de France green jersey (1954)
updated =April 16 ,2007 Ferdinand "Ferdi" Kübler (born
24 July 1919 inMarthalen } is a retired Swiss cyclist with over 100 professional victories, including the1950 Tour de France . He began racing professionally in 1940 but his early career was limited to Switzerland by the Nazi occupation elsewhere. He was multiple Swiss national champion and twice winner of theTour de Suisse .Kubler’s most successful years in international racing were 1950-1952, when the classics had resumed after the
Second World War . He won theLa Flèche Wallonne andLiège-Bastogne-Liège , both in 1951 and 1952. He was also World Road Race Champion in 1951, having placed second in 1949 and third in 1950.He rode the
Giro d'Italia from 1950-1952, placing fourth once, and third twice. Kubler abandoned the 1947 and 1949 Tours de France, despite an early stage win in each. In the 1950 Tour, he benefited from the absence ofFausto Coppi , sidelined after a crash in the Giro. OvercomingGino Bartali , Kubler became champion by over nine minutes, also winning three stages. In the 1954 Tour, Kubler was best climber and came second behindLouison Bobet .Kubler was a high-spirited and impulsive rider sometimes given to strategically-unwise attacks, out of exuberance and competitive drive. He was known as “the cowboy” because of his penchant for
Stetson hats. He retired from racing in 1957 at 38. He is the oldest living Tour de France winner.Palmarès
;1940:flagicon|SUI national pursuit champion;1941:flagicon|SUI national pursuit champion:flagicon|SUI national mountain champion;1942:flagicon|SUI national mountain champion:
Tour de Suisse ;1943:flagicon|SUI national pursuit champion;1945:flagicon|SUI national cyclo-cross champion;1947:Tour de France:::Winner stages 1 and 5::Wearingyellow jersey for one day:Paris-Lille;1948:flagicon|SUI national road race champion:Tour de Suisse :Tour de Romandie ;1949:Tour de France:::Winner stage 5:flagicon|SUI national road race champion;1950:Challenge Desgrande-Colombo:Trophée Edmond Gentil:flagicon|SUI national road race champion:Tour de France::::Winner overall classification::Winner stages 6, 10 and 20;1951:flagicon|SUI national road race champion:flagiconUCIWorld road champion:
Liège-Bastogne-Liège :Tour de Romandie :Flèche Wallonne :Week-end Ardennais:Tour de Suisse :Rome-Naples-Rome;1952:Challenge Desgrande-Colombo:Liège-Bastogne-Liège :Flèche Wallonne :Week-end Ardennais;1953:Bordeaux-Paris ;1954:flagicon|SUI national road race champion:Challenge Desgrande-Colombo:Tour de France:::2nd place overall classification::Winner stages 5 and 14:: Winner points classification;1956:Milan-TurinTeams
*1945: Cilo
*1946: Cilo
*1947: Cilo
*1948: Peugeot - Dunlop
*1948: Tebag
*1949: Tebag
*1949: Peugeot - Dunlop
*1949: Bartali
*1950: Tebag
*1950: Frejus
*1951: Frejus
*1951: Tebag
*1952: Frejus
*1952: Fiorelli
*1952: Tebag
*1953: La Perle - Hutchinson
*1953: Fiorelli
*1953: Tebag
*1954: La Perle - Hutchinson
*1954: Fiorelli
*1954: Tebag
*1955: La Perle - Hutchinson
*1955: Fiorelli
*1955: Tebag
*1956: Carpano - Coppi
*1956: Tebag
*1957: TebagExternal links
* [http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/palmares/kubler_ferdinand.php Palmares fr icon]
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