Beat Breu

Beat Breu

Personal information
Full name	Beat Breu
Born	(1957-10-23) 23 October 1957 (age 63) St. Gallen, Switzerland
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Cyclo-cross Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Climbing specialist
Professional teams
1979	Willora–Piz Buin–Bonanza
1980	TI–Raleigh–Creda
1981–1984	Cilo–Aufina
1985–1986	Carrera–Inoxpran
1987–1988	Isotonic–Cyndarella
1989–1990	Domex–Weinmann
1991–1995	Appenzeller Käse
1992	Bleiker
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France 2 individual stages (1982) Giro d'Italia 1 individual stage (1981) Stage races Tour de Suisse (1981, 1989) One-day races and Classics Züri-Metzgete (1981)
show Medal record Men's cyclo-cross World Championships Elite Men's Race

Beat Breu (born 23 October 1957, in St. Gallen) is a Swiss former road bicycle racer. In 1982 Tour de France he won the prestigious stage on Alpe d'Huez, as well as another mountain stage finishing in Saint-Lary-Soulan, and finished sixth overall. He also won Tour de Suisse two times and a stage in 1981 Giro d'Italia.

Major results[]

Grand Tour general classification results timeline[]

Grand Tour	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990
Giro d'Italia	23	—	8	—	—	8	—	—	—	11	—	—
Tour de France	—	—	—	6	22	43	23	74	26	—	21	42
Vuelta a España	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

External links[]

• Profile by cyclinghalloffame.com
• Palmarès by velo-club.org (in French)

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