CYCLIST

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 18,492 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Fritz Schär is the 117th most popular cyclist (down from 116th in 2019), the 444th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 413th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swiss Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Fritz Schär ranks 117 out of 1,613. Before him are Francesco Camusso, Marcel Kint, Rudolph Lewis, Peter Post, Robert Marchand, and Rolf Wolfshohl. After him are Albert Richter, Hippolyte Aucouturier, Ferdinand Bracke, Miguel Poblet, Georges Ronsse, and Viatcheslav Ekimov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Fritz Schär ranks 289. Before him are Armand Penverne, Paul G. Comba, Agostino Cacciavillan, Marcello Abbado, Bernard Agré, and Helene Ahrweiler. After him are Aurèle Nicolet, Fritz Stern, Kristen Nygaard, Rafael Lesmes, Enrico Maria Salerno, and Héctor Vilches. Among people deceased in 1997, Fritz Schär ranks 197. Before him are Helen Jacobs, Eitel Cantoni, Adriana Caselotti, Corneliu Baba, Haruko Sugimura, and Sándor Végh. After him are Robert H. Dicke, Josef Pieper, Joanna Moore, Mohammad-Ali Jamalzadeh, Agnieszka Osiecka, and Denver Pyle.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Fritz Schär ranks 444 out of 1,015. Before him are Walter Wild (1872), Walther von Wartburg (1888), Nicolas Fuss (1755), Walter Breisky (1871), Alfred Kleiner (1849), and Heinz Hermann (1958). After him are Joseph Benz (1944), Aurèle Nicolet (1926), Nicolas Fatio de Duillier (1664), Stan Wawrinka (1985), Fritz Honegger (1917), and Bernhard Russi (1948).

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Among CYCLISTS In Switzerland

Among cyclists born in Switzerland, Fritz Schär ranks 3. Before him are Hugo Koblet (1925), and Ferdinand Kübler (1919). After him are Fabian Cancellara (1981), Carlo Clerici (1929), Alex Zülle (1968), Gianni Bugno (1964), Rolf Järmann (1966), Mauro Gianetti (1964), Pascal Richard (1964), Urs Zimmermann (1959), and Nino Schurter (1986).

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