Beat Breu

Infobox Cyclist
ridername = Beat Breu


fullname = Beat Breu
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1957|10|23
country = SUI
currentteam = Retired
discipline = Cyclo-cross
Road
role = Rider
ridertype = Climbing specialist
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majorwins = SUI Cyclo-cross Championship (1988, 1994)
Giro d'Italia, 1 stage
Tour de France, 2 stages
Tour de Suisse (1981, 1989)
updated = November 3, 2007

Beat Breu (born October 23, 1957 in St. Gallen) is a Swiss former road bicycle racer. In 1982 Tour de France he won the prestigious stage on Alpe d'Huez, as well as another mountain stage finishing in Saint-Lary-Soulan, and finished sixth overall. He also won Tour de Suisse two times and a stage in 1981 Giro d'Italia.

Palmarès

;1981:1st, Züri-Metzgete:1st, Overall, Tour de Suisse::1st, Stages 3 and 7b:8th, Overall, Giro d'Italia::1st, Stage 20;1982:6th, Overall, Tour de France::1st, Stages 13 and 16:1st, Stage 5, Tour de Suisse;1984:1st, Stage 2, Tour de Suisse;1987:1st, Stage 4, Tour de Romandie;1988:SUI Cyclo-cross Championship:3rd, UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships;1989:1st, Overall, Tour de Suisse::1st, Stage 6;1994:SUI Cyclo-cross Championship

External links

* [http://www.cyclinghalloffame.com/riders/rider_bio.asp?rider_id=776 Profile by cyclinghalloffame.com]
* [http://www.velo-club.org/article.php?sid=8608 Palmarès by velo-club.org] fr icon

Persondata
NAME= Breu, Beat
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH=1957-10-23
PLACE OF BIRTH=St. Gallen, Switzerland
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