Fritz Schär Explained

Fritz Schär
Full Name:Fritz Schär
Birth Date:13 March 1926
Birth Place:Kaltenbach, Switzerland
Death Place:Frauenfeld, Switzerland
Discipline:Road
Role:Rider
Majorwins:Grand Tours

Tour de France

Points classification (1953)

2 individual stages (1953)

Giro d'Italia

2 individual stages (1950, 1952)One-day races and Classics

Züri-Metzgete (1949, 1950)

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Fritz Schär (13 March 1926 in Kaltenbach – 29 September 1997 in Frauenfeld) was a Swiss cyclist who in 1953 won the first points classification ever in the Tour de France. He also finished third in the general classification in the 1954 Tour de France. He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1953.[1]

Major results

1948
  • 3rd Giro di Lombardia
    1949
  • 1st Züri-Metzgete
  • 1st Stage 8 Tour de Suisse
  • 4th Overall Tour de Romandie
    1950
  • 1st Züri-Metzgete
  • 1st Stage 14 Giro d'Italia
    1951
  • 3rd Overall Tour de Romandie
  • 4th Overall Tour de Suisse
    1952
  • 1st Stage 19 Giro d'Italia
  • 5th Overall Tour de Romandie
  • 7th Overall Tour de Suisse
  • 1st Stage 2
    1953
  • 2nd Overall Tour de Suisse
  • 1st Stage 1
  • 4th Overall Tour de Romandie
  • 6th Overall Tour de France
  • 1st Points classification 1st Stages 1 & 2
    1954
  • 2nd Road race, UCI Road World Championships
  • 3rd Overall Tour de France
  • 4th Overall Tour de Romandie
  • 9th Overall Giro d'Italia
    1955
  • 1st Stage 1 Tour de Suisse
    1956
  • 2nd Overall Tour de Suisse
  • 1st Stage 7

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: National Championship, Road, Elite, Switzerland (Men) . 13 March 2015 . Cycling Archives.