Rolf Graf

Rolf Graf is a runner professional cyclist Suisse, born the August 19th 1932 with Unterentfelden.

It will become professional in 1952 and until in 1963 will remain it. It will gain 37 victories.

By 3 times, Rolf Graf will be Champion of Switzerland on road in 1956, 1959 and 1962.

It took part in 6 Tours of France and was classified: abandonment in 1954, 1955 and 1957, 21e in 1959, 70e in 1960 and 60e in 1961. It will gain 3 victories of stages, in the Tour 1959, the 12th stage between Saint-Gaudens and Albi and the 19th stage between Saint-Vincent and Annecy, then in the Tour 1960, the 19th stage between Pontarlier and Besancon.

It will participra in its national Turn, the Tour of Switzerland, will gain the edition 1956 and will arrive first in 6 stages.

Successive teams

Rolf Graf was engaged by various teams:

1952 to 1953: Tebag
1953: Fiorelli, Guerra and the Frenchwoman-Dunlop
1954: Fiorelli
1954 to 1955: Tebag
1955: Splendid-in Alessandro
1956: Faema-Guerra, Fiorelli, Carpano-Coppi and Tebag
1957: Allegro and Faema-Guerra
1958: Allegro-Tigra
1959: Condor and Tigra
1960 to 1961: Philco
1962: Molteni
1963 to 1964: Carpano

Prize list

1953

10th of the Turn of Romandie
14th of the Turn of Switzerland

1954

1st of Ghent-Wevelgem, Lucerne-Engelberg and the Price of Soleure.

1955

1st of the 4th stage of the Turn of Romandie Freiburg - Monthey (181 km)
1st of the Grands Prix of Lugano and Switzerland and of the Price of Locarno.

1956

1st of the Championship of Switzerland on road.
1st of the 5th stage of the Turn of Switzerland Grindelwald - Pallanza (242 km)
1st of the 6th stage of the Turn of Switzerland Pallanza - Bellinzone (clm 64 km)
1st of the Turn of Switzerland.
2nd of the Grand Prix of Lugano
1st of the Baracchi Trophy with Andre Darrigade, of the Grands Prix of Locle and Ravenne (Europa) with Hugo Koblet and Rene Strehler.
1st of the 3rd stage has of Rome-Naples-Rome.

1957

4th of the Turn of Romandie
1st of the 6th stage of the Turn of Switzerland Lucerne - Lugano (207 km)
1st of the Price of Basle.

1958

1st of the Grand Prix of Locle.

1959

1st of the 1st stage (1st sector) of the Turn of Romandie to Freiburg (clm 12 km)
2nd of the Turn of Romandie
1st of the 22e stage of the Turn of Italy Courmayeur - Milan (220 km).
1st of the 1st stage of the Turn of Switzerland Zurich - Arosa (211 km)
1st of the Championship of Switzerland on road.
1st of the 12th stage of the Tour de France Saint-Gaudens - Albi (184 km)
1st of the 19th stages of the Tour de France Saint-Vincent - Annecy (251 km).

1960

1st of the Longines Grand Prix and the Price of Nice.
17th of the Turn of Switzerland
1st of the 19th stage of the Tour de France Pontarlier - Besancon (clm 83 km).

1961

1st of the 3rd stage of Turn of Switzerland Coire - Locarno (169 km)
1st of the 4th stage of Turn of Switzerland Locarno - Varèse (clm 74,5 km)
2nd of the Grand Prix of Lugano
1st of the 2nd stage of Chin-Rome.
1st of the Turn of the Canton of Geneva and the Price of Zurich.

1962

1st of the Championship of Switzerland on road.
1st of the Turn of the North-West of Switzerland, the Turn of the Canton of Geneva and the Grand Prix of Lugano.
1st of the 3rd stage (2nd sector) of Turn of Romandie to Porrentruy (clm 25 km)
8th of the Turn of Romandie
7th of the Turn of Switzerland

External bonds

Prize list of Rolf Graf

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