Franz Gerger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Franz Gerger

Austrian bicycle racer

Date of Birth: 04-Sep-1868

Place of Birth: Rönök, Vas County, Hungary

Date of Death: 27-Mar-1937

Profession: sport cyclist

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Franz Gerger

  • Franz Gerger (* 4 September 1868 in Oberradling, Austria-Hungary; † 27 March 1937 in Graz) was an Austrian racing cyclist.In 1883 Hungary-born Franz Gerger moved to Graz, where, at the age of 22 he learned to ride a bike under Austria's first bike trainer Alexander Gayer.
  • Gerger started his racing career as a road racer.
  • In the long distance race Wien–Berlin in 1893 he came in third after German star riders Josef Fischer and Georg Sorge on a bike provided by Johann Puch.
  • Being the only one of the top-placed riders who didn't change his bike, a Styria-touring bike, he won a special prize.
  • In the same year he won the 100 kilometer road championship of the Austrian Federation of German riders.
  • In 1894 he took third place in the Mailand-München long distance race, but his big international breakthrough came in 1895.
  • He signed up for the amateur version of the famous French Bordeaux–Paris race and set a new record time beating all the famous professionals of the time.
  • Later that year he came in second in Straßburg-Basel-Straßburg behind Marius Thé, but ahead of German star Thaddäus Robl and Maurice Garin, who would go on to win several Paris-Roubaix' and the inaugural Tour de France in 1903.Afterwards Gerger turned Pro and he started specializing in the more lucrative track disciplines.
  • At the 1896 World Championships he won the bronze medal in the motor-pacing event, finishing behind Arthur Adalbert Chase and John William Stocks, and in 1897 he won the European title in the same discipline.
  • During his career Franz Gerger set a total of eight world records.
  • In 1902 he wrapped up his career with a win in the Austrian classic Wien-Semmering-Wien. After his career he became the representative of a bike manufacturer in Budapest.

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