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Encyclopedia > Ferdinand Kubler

Ferdinand Kubler was a Swiss cyclist who won the 1950 Tour de France. 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Tour de France (French for Tour of France), often referred to as La Grande Boucle, Le Tour or The Tour, is an epic long distance road bicycle racing competition for professionals held over three weeks in July in and around France. ...

Preceded by:
Fausto Coppi		 Winner of the Tour de France
1950		 Succeeded by:
Hugo Koblet

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Daily Peloton - Pro Cycling News (2608 words)
Ferdinand Kubler took the Tour de France while his one time domestique Hugo Koblet became the first man to break the Italian stranglehold on the pink jersey of the Giro and also won his national Tour.
Kubler with his large nose, and smile that turned into a demonic grin when he was making a big effort was known as the “pedalling madman” or the "the eagle of Adliswil".
Years later when the 80 year old Ferdi Kubler is asked about Koblet, the old man is nearly moved to tears as he remembers his friend and rival.
Bicycle Trader Articles (3429 words)
Kubler was one of the greats of the 1950s and today is considered to be one of the best cyclists Switzerland ever produced.
Kubler told journalist Rene de Latour "I was, in the cycling sense, no soldier in the ranks able to obey orders from those in authority.
I was the skirmisher who liked always to be in a scrap." Ferdinand Kubler did what he thought was best, and judging from his great career he was correct more often that not.
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