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Fritz Schär

1926 - 1997

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Fritz Schär (13 March 1926 in Kaltenbach – 29 September 1997 in Frauenfeld) was a Swiss cyclist who in 1953 won the first points classification ever in the Tour de France. He also finished third in the general classification in the 1954 Tour de France. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fritz Schär has received more than 17,144 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Fritz Schär is the 116th most popular cyclist, the 415th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 363rd in 2019) and the 5th most popular Swiss Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Fritz Schär ranks 116 out of 1,214Before him are Arie den Hartog, Francesco Camusso, Italo De Zan, Ferdinando Terruzzi, Gianni Motta, and Franco Balmamion. After him are Learco Guerra, Djamolidine Abdoujaparov, Peter Sagan, Albert Richter, Raymond Impanis, and Johny Schleck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Fritz Schär ranks 280Before him are Ludvík Vaculík, Ann Curtis, Dilhan Eryurt, Bob Falkenburg, Heinz Kwiatkowski, and Ljubiša Spajić. After him are Jeane Kirkpatrick, Inna Makarova, George Robledo, Héctor Vilches, Raaj Kumar, and Fritz Stern. Among people deceased in 1997, Fritz Schär ranks 191Before him are John Akii-Bua, Georges Guétary, Chris Farley, Sotiria Bellou, Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr., and Julian Jaynes. After him are Alfredo II, Laurean Rugambwa, Jan P. Syse, Edmond Leburton, Marshall Applewhite, and Ben Hogan.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Fritz Schär ranks 415 out of 876Before him are James of Saint George (1230), Severino Minelli (1909), Stephan Lichtsteiner (1984), Denise Biellmann (1962), Alain de Botton (1969), and Alexander Frei (1979). After him are Corina Casanova (1956), Pierre Aubert (1927), Thomas Bickel (1963), Conrad Grebel (1498), Georges-Louis Le Sage (1724), and Gottfried Dienst (1919).

Among CYCLISTS In Switzerland

Among cyclists born in Switzerland, Fritz Schär ranks 5Before him are Hugo Koblet (1925), Ferdinand Kübler (1919), Fabian Cancellara (1981), and Carlo Clerici (1929). After him are Alex Zülle (1968), Gianni Bugno (1964), Pascal Richard (1964), Mauro Gianetti (1964), Urs Zimmermann (1959), Oscar Camenzind (1971), and Nino Schurter (1986).