18 September 1999(1999-09-18) (aged 87) Oberriet, Switzerland
Team information
Discipline
Road
Role
Rider
Major wins
Grand Tours
Tour de France
2 individual stages (1937)
Giro d'Italia
1 individual stage (1938)
One-day races and Classics
National Road Race Championships (1937, 1938)
Medal record
Men's road bicycle racing
Representing Switzerland
World Championships
1938 Valkenburg
Elite Men's Road Race
Leo Amberg (23 March 1912 – 18 September 1999) was a Swiss professional road bicycle racer. He is most known for his bronze medal in the 1938 UCI Road World Championships. He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1937 and 1938.[1] He also rode in the 1947 Tour de France.[2]
LeoAmberg (23 March 1912 – 18 September 1999) was a Swiss professional road bicycle racer. He is most known for his bronze medal in the 1938 UCI Road...
accumulated time was the race leader, identified by the yellow jersey. LeoAmberg became the first Swiss cyclist to reach the podium of the general classification...
general, stroke. Frankie Vaughan, 71, British singer, heart failure. LeoAmberg, 87, Swiss professional road bicycle racer. Philip N. Krasne, 94, American...
(1932) Georges Antenen (1933) Hans Gilgen (1934) Paul Egli (1935–1936) LeoAmberg (1937–1938) Karl Litschi (1939) 1940–1959 Edgar Buchwalder (1940) Karl...
(1932) Georges Antenen (1933) Hans Gilgen (1934) Paul Egli (1935–1936) LeoAmberg (1937–1938) Karl Litschi (1939) 1940–1959 Edgar Buchwalder (1940) Karl...
(1932) Georges Antenen (1933) Hans Gilgen (1934) Paul Egli (1935–1936) LeoAmberg (1937–1938) Karl Litschi (1939) 1940–1959 Edgar Buchwalder (1940) Karl...
(1932) Georges Antenen (1933) Hans Gilgen (1934) Paul Egli (1935–1936) LeoAmberg (1937–1938) Karl Litschi (1939) 1940–1959 Edgar Buchwalder (1940) Karl...
That caught the attention of LéoAmberg, a former Tour de France rider who had come second in the Tour of Switzerland. Amberg insisted he ride the track...
(1932) Georges Antenen (1933) Hans Gilgen (1934) Paul Egli (1935–1936) LeoAmberg (1937–1938) Karl Litschi (1939) 1940–1959 Edgar Buchwalder (1940) Karl...
(1932) Georges Antenen (1933) Hans Gilgen (1934) Paul Egli (1935–1936) LeoAmberg (1937–1938) Karl Litschi (1939) 1940–1959 Edgar Buchwalder (1940) Karl...
(1932) Georges Antenen (1933) Hans Gilgen (1934) Paul Egli (1935–1936) LeoAmberg (1937–1938) Karl Litschi (1939) 1940–1959 Edgar Buchwalder (1940) Karl...
(1932) Georges Antenen (1933) Hans Gilgen (1934) Paul Egli (1935–1936) LeoAmberg (1937–1938) Karl Litschi (1939) 1940–1959 Edgar Buchwalder (1940) Karl...
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