- Heiri Suter
Heinrich 'Heiri' Suter (
July 10 ,1899 Gränichen –November 6 ,1978 ) was a professional road racing cyclist fromSwitzerland . In 1923, he became the first of an exclusive group of riders that have won the "monuments" ofclassic cycle races ,Paris-Roubaix and theRonde van Vlaanderen in the same year.Suter has 58 professional career wins, which includes becoming a:
* 2-time winner of the Grand Prix Wolber ("unofficial world championships") (1922, 1925)
* 5-time national road race champion of Switzerland: (1920, 1921, 1922, 1926, 1929)
* 2-time national middle-distance champion of Switzerland: (1932, 1933)
* 6-time winner of theZüri-Metzgete : (1919, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1928, 1929)
* 2-time winner ofParis-Tours : (1926, 1927)
* Winner of Paris-Roubaix (1923)
* Winner of Ronde van Vlaanderen (1923)
* Winner ofBordeaux-Paris (1925)Career accomplishments
;1919: 1st -
Züri-Metzgete : 1st - Grand Prix Aurore: 1st - Tour de Zürich;1920: SUI National Road Race Champion: 1st -Züri-Metzgete : 1st - Tour du Nord-Ouest;1921: SUI National Road Race Champion: 1st - Grand Prix Aurore: 1st - Tour de Zürich: 1st - Tour du Nord-Ouest: 1st - Genève-Zürich: 1st - Tour de Suisse Orientale: 1st - Prix de Génève;1922: 1st - Grand Prix Wolber: SUI National Road Race Champion: 1st -Züri-Metzgete : 1st - Tour du Nord-Ouest: 1st - Circuit de Neuchâtel: 1st - Circuit de Fribourg: 1st - Circuit du Vaudois: 1st - Munich-Zürich: 1st, 2 stages - Paris-Saint-Etienne;1923: 1st -Ronde van Vlaanderen : 1st -Paris-Roubaix : 1st - Tour du Nord-Ouest: 1st - Zürich-Munich: 1st - Prix de Génève;1924: 1st -Züri-Metzgete : 1st - Circuit de Champagne (1st, 2 Stages): 1st - Tour du Lac Léman: 1st - Grand Prix Griffon: 1st - Zürich-La Chaux-de-Fonds: 1st, 3 stages - Bordeaux-Marseille: 1st - Prix de Génève;1925: 1st - Grand Prix Wolber: 1st -Bordeaux-Paris : 1st - Circuit de Champagne: 1st - Circuit du Vaudois;1926: SUI National Road Race Champion: 1st -Paris-Tours : 1st - Tour de Cologne: 1st - Circuit de Cologne: 1st - Tour de Francfort: 1st - Tour du Württemberg: 1st - Circuit de la Montagne: 1st - Grand Prix Yverdon;1927: 1st -Paris-Tours : 1st - Tour du Lac Léman: 1st - Grand Prix Yverdon: 1st - Tour de Francfort;1928: 1st -Züri-Metzgete ;1929: SUI National Road Race Champion: 1st -Züri-Metzgete : 1st - Tour du Nord-Ouest: 1st - Tour du Lac Léman: 1st - Circuit Franco-Suisse;1929: 1st - Tour du Lac Léman;1932: SUI National Middle-Distance Race Champion;1933: SUI National Middle-Distance Race Champion
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