Paul Köchli

Paul Köchli
Personal information
Born (1947-04-22) April 22, 1947 (age 77)
Basel
Team information
DisciplineRoad
Professional teams
1967Tigra-Grammont
1969Frimac-Viva-de Gribaldy
Managerial teams
1984-1987La Vie Claire
1988-1992Weinmann-La Suisse

Paul Köchli is a former bicycle racer and cycling coach from Switzerland, born April 22, 1947, in Basel.[1][2][3]

Biography

Köchli became a professional bike racer in 1967, riding for the Swiss Tigra-Grammont team. In 1968, he rode in the Tour de France in the bi-national Swiss/Luxembourgish team. Then, in 1969, he rode in Jean de Gribaldy's team, Frimac-Viva-de Gribaldy.

He was the coach of the La Vie Claire team from 1984 to 1987, having been asked for specifically by Bernard Hinault, with whom he wrote a training book for amateur cyclists. With the La Vie Claire team, he won two Tours de France, thanks to the victories of Bernard Hinault and Greg Lemond.[2]

From 1988 to 1992, he was the head of the Weinmann-La Suisse team, which became Helvetia.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Full Kit Ranker, the winner: the story of La Vie Claire's classic jersey, voted the greatest of all time". road.cc. April 18, 2020.
  2. ^ a b July 2019, Cycling News 22. "La Vie Claire: 80s cycling icons". cyclingnews.com.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Ewige Sportmomente – Als ein Schweizer Bauernsohn gegen die Besten der Welt kämpfte". Der Bund.
  4. ^ "Inside Cycling with John Wilcockson: Who's the rider of the year?". November 21, 2011.


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