Paul Egli

Paul Egli (18 August 1911 – 23 January 1997) was a Swiss professional road bicycle racer. He is most known for his silver and bronze medals in respectively the 1938 and the 1937 UCI Road World Championships. He was also the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1935 and 1936.^[1]

Paul Egli

Tour de France de 1936 - 26
Personal information
Full name	Paul Egli
Born	(1911-08-18)18 August 1911
Died	23 January 1997(1997-01-23) (aged 85)
Team information
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Major wins
silver medal 1938 Road World Championships bronze medal 1937 Road World Championships
Medal record Men's road bicycle racing Representing  Switzerland World Championships 1933 Montlhéry Amateur's Road Race 1938 Valkenburg Elite Men's Road Race 1932 Rome Amateur's Road Race 1937 Copenhagen Elite Men's Road Race

Major results

1932

  Switzerland Amateur Cyclo-Cross Champion

  World Amateur Road Race Championship

1933

World Amateur Road Race Champion

1934

Züri-Metzgete

Stage 3, Tour de Suisse

Stage 1, Critérium du Midi

1935

  Switzerland Road Race Champion

Züri-Metzgete

Stage 1, Tour of Nord-East-Spain

1936

  Switzerland Road Race Champion

Tour de France

Winner stage 1

Wearing yellow jersey for one day

Tour de Suisse:

Winner Stages 4a & 4b

1937

  World Road Race Championship

Tour de Suisse:

Winner Stage 3

1938

  World Road Race Championship

1941

Berner Rundfahrt

1942

Züri-Metzgete

References

1. "National Championship, Road, Elite, Switzerland (Men)". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 13 March 2015.

External links

• Paul Egli at Cycling Archives
• Official Tour de France results for Paul Egli

Sporting positions
Preceded by Walter Blattmann	Winner of the Züri-Metzgete 1934–1935	Succeeded by Werner Buchwalder
Preceded by Walter Diggelmann	Winner of the Züri-Metzgete 1942	Succeeded by Ferdinand Kübler