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Paul Egli

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Paul Egli
Tour de France de 1936 - 26
Personal information
Full namePaul Egli
Born(1911-08-18)18 August 1911
Died23 January 1997(1997-01-23) (aged 85)
Team information
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Major wins
silver medal 1938 Road World Championships
bronze medal 1937 Road World Championships
Medal record
Men's road bicycle racing
Representing  Switzerland
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1933 Montlhéry Amateur's Road Race
Silver medal – second place 1938 Valkenburg Elite Men's Road Race
Silver medal – second place 1932 Rome Amateur's Road Race
Bronze medal – third place 1937 Copenhagen Elite Men's Road Race

Paul Egli (18 August 1911 – 23 January 1997) was a Swiss professional road bicycle racer. He is most known for his silver and bronze medals in respectively the 1938 and the 1937 UCI Road World Championships. He was also the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1935 and 1936.[1]

Major results

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1932
 Switzerland Amateur Cyclo-Cross Champion
2nd place, silver medalist(s) World Amateur Road Race Championship
1933
World Amateur Road Race Champion
1934
Züri-Metzgete
Stage 3, Tour de Suisse
Stage 1, Critérium du Midi
1935
 Switzerland Road Race Champion
Züri-Metzgete
Stage 1, Tour of Nord-East-Spain
1936
 Switzerland Road Race Champion
Tour de France
Winner stage 1
Wearing yellow jersey for one day
Tour de Suisse:
Winner Stages 4a & 4b
1937
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) World Road Race Championship
Tour de Suisse:
Winner Stage 3
1938
2nd place, silver medalist(s) World Road Race Championship
1941
Berner Rundfahrt
1942
Züri-Metzgete

References

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  1. ^ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Switzerland (Men)". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Winner of the Züri-Metzgete
1934–1935
Succeeded by
Preceded by Winner of the Züri-Metzgete
1942
Succeeded by