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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 Tour of Germany and suprising the entire field at the 1977 Tour de France by capturing four stage wins and holding onto the yellow jersey from the opening prologue for 19 days through stage 15. Thurau did win the maillot blanc as best young rider although he lost the overall lead to eventual winner Bernard Thévenet. November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 52 days remaining. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Main Station Frankfurt Frankfurt International Airport For other uses, see Frankfurt (disambiguation). ... Road bicycle racing is a popular bicycle racing sport held on the road (following the geography of the area), using racing bicycles. ... Liège-Bastogne-Liège, often called La Doyenne (the oldest woman), is one of the five Monuments of the European professional road cycling calendar, and the oldest. ... The Tour of Germany (German: Deutschlandtour or sometimes Deutschland-Rundfahrt) is the most important multi-stage road bicycle race in Germany. ... The 1977 Tour de France was the 64th Tour de France, taking place June 30 to July 24, 1977. ... The Maillot blanc (French for white jersey) is the jersey given to the best young rider in the Tour de France as determined by the best overall time. ... Bernard Thévenet, born January 10, 1948, in Saint-Julien-de-Civry, France, is a retired bicycle racer. ...

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In the latter part of his career he was a force in track cycling's six-day racing events. Track cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on specially-built banked tracks or velodromes (but many events are held at older velodromes where the track banking is relatively shallow) using track bicycles. ... Six-day racing is a track cycling specialism, which - as the name suggests - involves racing over six days. ...

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Major achievements

1987
  • Six Days of Bremen (with Danny Clark)
  • Six Days of Munich (with Urs Freuler)
1986
  • Six Days of Bremen (with Josef Kristen)
  • Six Days of Munich (with Danny Clark)
1984
  • Six Days of Bremen (with Albert Fritz)
1979
1978
1977 – Ti-Raleigh
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Liège-Bastogne-Liège, often called La Doyenne (the oldest woman), is one of the five Monuments of the European professional road cycling calendar, and the oldest. ... The Tour of Germany (German: Deutschland Tour or sometimes Deutschland-Rundfahrt) is the most important multi-stage road bicycle race in Germany. ... The 1979 Tour de France was the 66th Tour de France, taking place June 27 to July 22, 1979. ... Patrick Sercu was a Belgian cyclist. ... Spanish road racer Juan Antonio Flecha winning the Championship of Zurich in 2004. ... The Tour of Belgium (Tour de Belgique/Ronde van België) is a more days Bicycle Race which is held anually in Belgium. ... The 1977 Tour de France was the 64th Tour de France, taking place June 30 to July 24, 1977. ... An Individual Time Trial (ITT) is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock (in French: contre la montre - literally against the watch). There are also track-based time trials where riders compete in velodromes, and team time trials (TTT). ... Commercial version of maillot jaune, 2004 Maillot jaune (French for yellow jersey, pronounced my-oh zhohn) is the jersey worn by the current overall leader of many bicycle races, originally and most notably the Tour de France. ... The Maillot blanc (French for white jersey) is the jersey given to the best young rider in the Tour de France as determined by the best overall time. ... The maillot vert (French for green jersey) is the jersey worn by the leader of the Tour de Frances points classification. ...

1976

  • German RR Champion
1975
  • Tour de Picardie
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Weblinks

  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_de_Gribaldy
  • http://www.memoire-du-cyclisme.net/palmares/thurau_dietrich.php


 
 

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