Dietrich Thurau

Dietrich Thurau

Personal information
Full name	Dietrich Thurau
Born	November 9, 1954 (1954-11-09) (age 57) Frankfurt, West Germany
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
TI-Raleigh
Major wins
Liège–Bastogne–Liège 6 stages Tour de France
Medal record Competitor for  West Germany Road bicycle racing World Championships Silver 1977 San Christóbal Elite Men's Road Race Silver 1979 Valkenburg Elite Men's Road Race
Infobox last updated on July 1, 2008

Dietrich ("Didi") Thurau (born 9 November 1954 in Frankfurt) is a retired German professional road bicycle racer. His biggest career achievements include winning the one-day classic, Liège–Bastogne–Liège, his home country's Deutschland Tour and surprising the field at the 1977 Tour de France by capturing four stages and holding the yellow jersey from the prologue for 15 days. Thurau did win the maillot blanc as best young rider although he lost the overall lead to eventual winner Bernard Thévenet.

Thurau was German pursuit champion three times and won 29 six-day races.

Major achievements

1975

Tour de Picardie

GP de Fourmies

1976

1st, Points classification, Vuelta a España

German Road Race Champion

1977

Winner prologue and stages 2, 5b, 16 and 22a; Maillot blanc (Best Young Rider); 3rd, Maillot vert – Tour de France

1978

Winner prologue and stage 4 – Giro d'Italia

Züri-Metzgete

3rd overall – Tour of Belgium

Étoile de Bessèges

1979

Liège–Bastogne–Liège

1st overall and Prologue (ITT) win – Deutschland Tour

Winner stage 19 – Tour de France

Six Days of Munich (with Patrick Sercu)

1984

Six Days of Bremen (with Albert Fritz)

1986

Six Days of Bremen (with Josef Kristen)

Six Days of Munich (with Danny Clark)

1987

Six Days of Bremen (with Danny Clark)

Six Days of Munich (with Urs Freuler)

See also

• List of doping cases in cycling

• Palmares (French)
• Dietrich Thurau profile at Cycling Archives
• Official Tour de France results for Dietrich Thurau

Awards
Preceded by Gregor Braun	German Sportsman of the Year 1977	Succeeded by Eberhard Gienger

Persondata
Name	Thurau, Dietrich
Alternative names
Short description	German racing cyclist
Date of birth	1954-11-09
Place of birth	Frankfurt, West Germany
Date of death
Place of death