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Full name
  
Josef Fuchs

1978
  
Fiorella-Citroen

Disciplines
  
Road bicycle racing

1977
  
Sanson

Role
  
Cyclist

1976
  
Super Ser

Name
  
Josef Fuchs

1972–1975
  
Filotex

1979
  
Scic


Josef Fuchs (cyclist) Josef Fuchs cyclist Wikipedia

Born
  
24 July 1948 (age 75) Einsiedeln, Switzerland (
1948-07-24
)

Josef Fuchs (born 24 July 1948) is a retired Swiss racing cyclist. As an amateur he won two world championship medals in 1969 and 1971, both on the road and on track. He also won a few minor races and two stages of the Tour de l'Avenir (1969 and 1971) and one of the Milk Race (1971).

In late 1971 he turned professional and the same year won the Giro della Toscana. He placed eighth overall in the 1975 Tour de France and won the Liège–Bastogne–Liège race in 1981.

During his career Fuchs won four national titles, two on track, as amateur in 1970 and 1971, and two on the road, as professional in 1972 and 1973.

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Josef Fuchs (cyclist) Wikipedia