RIP Rudi Altig

iainf72
iainf72 Posts: 15,784
edited June 2016 in Pro race
Passed away age 79 - Cancer

Winner of many of the big races in his career, including being world champ, Flanders, M-SR
Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.

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  • timoid.
    timoid. Posts: 3,133
    I only know what I've read about him, but he seems to have been pure class.

    The Anquetil Trofeo Baracchi story is quality.

    RIP
    It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired.
  • deejay
    deejay Posts: 3,138
    Bit of a Nutter for the argy bargy in the sprint and "Today" they would be asking for some DQ's.
    Tom Simpson got the better of him to win the World Road Championship
    Rudi won it the following year in Germany.
    A great all round racer and like Tom Simpson they started on the track and their paths crossed often.
    Organiser, National Championship 50 mile Time Trial 1972
  • fenix
    fenix Posts: 5,437
    That's sad. My first bike was a catalogue one with Rudi Altig emblazoned on. It was a dog but good enough to get me hooked.

    Thank you Rudi.

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