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Beat Breu

1957 - Today

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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". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Beat Breu is the 508th most popular cyclist (down from 468th in 2024), the 760th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 730th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Swiss Cyclist.

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Among CYCLISTS

Among cyclists, Beat Breu ranks 508 out of 1,613. Before him are Ellen van Dijk, Roman Kreuziger, Marcello Bartalini, Dainis Ozols, Wilfried Peeters, and Robert Förstemann. After him are Servais Knaven, Brian Holm, Ivan Gotti, Alberto Elli, Giovanni Lombardi, and Gianluca Bortolami.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Beat Breu ranks 670. Before him are Maurice Kottelat, Aki Karvonen, Viktor Gavrikov, Tim Witherspoon, Paul Dini, and Vasyl Arkhypenko. After him are Tony Alva, Timothy Busfield, Frederico Rosa, Michael E. Fossum, Lučka Kajfež Bogataj, and Patrick G. Forrester.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Beat Breu ranks 760 out of 1,015. Before him are Bettina Bunge (1963), Maurice Kottelat (1957), Ursula Konzett (1959), Martin Rueda (1963), Benjamin Huggel (1977), and Pasquale Aleardi (1971). After him are Elly Schlein (1985), Christoph Spycher (1978), Rolf Järmann (1966), Andres Ambühl (1983), Corinne Maier (1963), and Beat Zberg (1971).

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Among CYCLISTS In Switzerland

Among cyclists born in Switzerland, Beat Breu ranks 17. Before him are Urs Zimmermann (1959), Jakob Fuglsang (1985), Oscar Camenzind (1971), Leonardo Piepoli (1971), Laurent Dufaux (1969), and Nino Schurter (1986). After him are Rolf Järmann (1966), Beat Zberg (1971), Thomas Frischknecht (1970), Michael Albasini (1980), Grégory Rast (1980), and Karin Thürig (1972).

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