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. This double strike earned Beat Breu the nickname "Mountain Flea". He also won Tour de Suisse two times and a stage in 1981 Giro d'Italia. In later life in 2019 he fulfilled his childhood dream of having his own circus.
Major results
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1981
1st Overall Tour de Suisse
:1st Stages 3b & 7b
1st Züri-Metzgete
8th Overall Giro d'Italia
:1st Stage 20
1982
4th Overall Tour de Suisse
:1st Stage 4b
6th Overall Tour de France
:1st Stages 13 &16
1983
10th Overall Tour de Suisse
10th GP du canton d'Argovie
1984
6th Overall Tour de Suisse
:1st Stage 2
8th Overall Giro d'Italia
8th Overall Tour de Romandie
1985
5th Overall Tour de Suisse
8th Overall Tour de Romandie
1986
6th GP du canton d'Argovie
9th Overall Tour de Romandie
1987
6th Overall Tour de Romandie
:1st Stage 4
1988
1st National Cyclo-cross Championships
3rd UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
7th Overall Tour de Romandie
1989
1st Overall Tour de Suisse
:1st Stage 5b (ITT)
1994
1st National Cyclo-cross Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
Trivia
- At the Velomuseum Fribourg in SwitzerlandÃÂ there is a miniature model of Breu's stage win up Alpe d'Huez (Tour de France) in 1982, made by Beat Breu himself.
- The Swiss dialect pop band DACHS dedicated a song to Beat Breu. The single, titled Beat Breu, was released in November 2019.
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