Heinrich 'Heiri' Suter (10 July 1899 – 6 November 1978) was a Swiss road racing cyclist. Excelling mainly in the classics, Suter was the first non-Belgian winner of the Tour of Flanders in 1923. Two weeks after his win in the Tour of Flanders, he won Paris–Roubaix, becoming the first cyclist to win both classics in the same year.[1] He also holds a record six victories in Züri-Metzgete, Switzerland's most important one-day race.
 Heiri Suter in 1926 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10 July 1899 Gränichen, Switzerland |
| Died | 6 November 1978 (aged 79) Bülach, Switzerland |
| Team information | |
| Role | Rider |
Suter won 58 professional races, including:
- Grand Prix Wolber (unofficial world championship): (1922, 1925)
- Road champion of Switzerland: (1920, 1921, 1922, 1926, 1929)[2]
- motor-paced champion of Switzerland: (1932, 1933)
- Züri-Metzgete: (1919, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1928, 1929)
- Paris–Roubaix: (1923)
- Tour of Flanders: (1923)
- Bordeaux–Paris (1925)
- Paris–Tours: (1926, 1927)
Career
- 1919
- 1st - Züri-Metzgete
- 1st — Grand Prix Aurore
- 1st — Tour de Zürich
- 1920
Switzerland National road champion- 1st - Züri-Metzgete
- 1st — Tour du Nord-Ouest
- 1921
- Switzerland National road champion
- 1st — Grand Prix Aurore
- 1st — Tour de Zürich
- 1st — Tour du Nord-Ouest
- 1st — Genève-Zürich
- 1st — Tour de Suisse Orientale
- 1st — Prix de Genève
- 1922
- 1st - Grand Prix Wolber
- Switzerland National road champion
- 1st - Züri-Metzgete
- 1st — Tour du Nord-Ouest
- 1st — Circuit de Neuchâtel
- 1st — Circuit de Fribourg
- 1st — Circuit du Vaudois
- 1st — Munich-Zürich
- 1st, 2 stages — Paris-Saint-Etienne
- 1923
- 1st - Tour of Flanders
- 1st - Paris–Roubaix
- 1st — Tour du Nord-Ouest
- 1st — Zürich-Munich
- 1st — Prix de Genève
- 1924
- 1st - Züri-Metzgete
- 1st — Circuit de Champagne (1st, 2 Stages)
- 1st — Tour du Lac Léman
- 1st — Grand Prix Griffon
- 1st — Zürich-La Chaux-de-Fonds
- 1st, 3 stages — Bordeaux-Marseille
- 1st — Prix de Genève
- 1925
- 1st - Grand Prix Wolber
- 1st - Bordeaux–Paris
- 1st — Circuit de Champagne
- 1st — Circuit du Vaudois
- 1926
- Switzerland National road champion
- 1st - Paris–Tours
- 1st — Tour de Cologne
- 1st — Circuit de Cologne
- 1st — Tour de Francfort
- 1st — Tour du Württemberg
- 1st — Circuit de la Montagne
- 1st — Grand Prix Yverdon
- 1927
- 1st - Paris–Tours
- 1st — Tour du Lac Léman
- 1st — Grand Prix Yverdon
- 1st — Tour de Francfort
- 1928
- 1st - Züri-Metzgete
- 1929
- Switzerland National road champion
- 1st - Züri-Metzgete
- 1st — Tour du Nord-Ouest
- 1st — Tour du Lac Léman
- 1st — Circuit Franco-Suisse
- 1932
- Switzerland National motor-paced champion
- 1933
- Switzerland National motor-paced champion
References
External links
- Heiri Suter at Cycling Archives