Dietrich Thurau
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 Dietrich Thurau |
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Competitor for  West Germany |
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| Silver | 1977 San Christóbal | Elite Men's Road Race | |
| Silver | 1979 Valkenburg | Elite Men's Road Race | |
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 Deutschland Tour and surprising the field at the 1977 Tour de France by capturing four stages and holding the yellow jersey from the prologue for 19 days. Thurau did win the maillot blanc as best young rider although he lost the overall lead to eventual winner Bernard Thévenet.
Thurau was German pursuit champion three times and won 29 six-day races.
[edit] Major achievements
- 1975
- Tour de Picardie
- GP de Fourmies
- 1976
- 1st, Points classification, Vuelta a España
- German Road Race Champion
- 1977 – TI-Raleigh
- 5th overall – Tour de France
- Winner Prologue, stages 2, 5b, 16 and 22a
- Maillot jaune for 19 days (after Prologue through Stage 15a)
Maillot blanc (Best Young Rider)- 3rd, Maillot vert
- 1978
- Züri-Metzgete
- 3rd overall – Tour of Belgium
- Étoile de Bessèges
- 1979
- Liège-Bastogne-Liège
- 1st overall and Prologue (ITT) win – Deutschland Tour
- 10th overall – Tour de France
- 1st, Stage 19
- Six Days of Munich (with Patrick Sercu)
- 1984
- Six Days of Bremen (with Albert Fritz)
- 1986
- Six Days of Bremen (with Josef Kristen)
- Six Days of Munich (with Danny Clark)
- 1987
- Six Days of Bremen (with Danny Clark)
- Six Days of Munich (with Urs Freuler)
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| Preceded by Gregor Braun |
German Sportsman of the Year 1977 |
Succeeded by Eberhard Gienger |
