Beat Breu

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Beat Breu
Personal information
Full name Beat Breu
Date of birth October 23, 1957 (1957-10-23) (age 50)
Country Flag of Switzerland Switzerland
Team information
Current team Retired
Discipline Cyclo-cross
Road
Role Rider
Rider type Climbing specialist
Major wins
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Cyclo-cross Championship (1988, 1994)
Giro d'Italia, 1 stage
Tour de France, 2 stages
Tour de Suisse (1981, 1989)
Infobox last updated on:
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.

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Medal record
Competitor for Flag of Switzerland Switzerland
Cyclo-cross
World Championships
Bronze Hägendorf 1988 Elite Men's Race
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
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Cyclo-cross Championship
3rd, UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
1989
1st, Overall, Tour de Suisse
1st, Stage 6
1994
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Cyclo-cross Championship

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