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 Heiri Suter in 1926 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10 July 1899 Gränichen, Switzerland |
| Died | 6 November 1978 (aged 79) Bülach, Switzerland |
| Team information | |
| Role | Rider |
Heinrich 'Heiri' Suter (10 July 1899 – 6 November 1978) was a Swiss road racing cyclist. Excelling mainly in the classics, Suter was the first non-Belgian winner of the Tour of Flanders in 1923. Two weeks after his win in the Tour of Flanders, he won Paris–Roubaix, becoming the first cyclist to win both classics in the same year.[1] He also holds a record six victories in Züri-Metzgete, Switzerland's most important one-day race.
Suter won 58 professional races, including:
- Grand Prix Wolber (unofficial world championship): (1922, 1925)
- Road champion of Switzerland: (1920, 1921, 1922, 1926, 1929)[2]
- motor-paced champion of Switzerland: (1932, 1933)
- Züri-Metzgete: (1919, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1928, 1929)
- Paris–Roubaix: (1923)
- Tour of Flanders: (1923)
- Bordeaux–Paris (1925)
- Paris–Tours: (1926, 1927)
- ^ "24th Paris – Roubaix, 1923". bikeraceinfo. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
- ^ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Switzerland (Men)". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 11 March 2015.