Rolf Wolfshohl was born on 27 December 1938 and is a former professional road bicycle racing and cyclo-cross racing cyclist from Germany.
13 Facts About Rolf Wolfshohl
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Rolf Wolfshohl won the German National Road Race in 1968.
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Rolf Wolfshohl started competing in cycling from 1953 at the age of 15 and won his first race in 1954.
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Between 1957 and 1973, Rolf Wolfshohl took part fifteen times in the World Cyclo-Cross Championships where he won twelve medals.
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The UCI instructed that the course be made tougher but Rolf Wolfshohl was in great form and spent most of the race alone at the front.
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In 1962 Rolf Wolfshohl was sick and could not finish the World Championship race.
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In 1963 in Calais in France, Rolf Wolfshohl won his third and final world cyclo-cross title.
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Rolf Wolfshohl competed and won medals in the World Championships but never the gold.
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In 1968 Rolf Wolfshohl had to return his silver medal at the Cyclo-cross World Championships because of a positive doping test.
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Rolf Wolfshohl became a professional road racer in 1960 by the Rapha-Gitane team.
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The sprint was very close and at first Rolf Wolfshohl was declared the winner but then Groussard was declared the winner.
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Rolf Wolfshohl showed himself to be the strongest in the race and kept the leader's jersey to the finish where he won with six minutes advantage over Poulidor.
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Rolf Wolfshohl retired in 1975 and began a bike shop.