Cycling/ Suter/ Derby/ Peugeot/ Stayer/ Switzerland/ Kubler/ - Lot 98

Cycling/ Suter/ Derby/ Peugeot/ Stayer/ Switzerland/ Kubler/ Luxembourg/ Courbevoie Extremely rare original poster: "Bordeaux-Paris 1925", the Derby de la Route is won by Henri SUTER on a GRIFFON bicycle, the first great Swiss champion in history (1899-1978), a real phenomenon who ran from 1918 to 1946. He skilfully defended the colors of Gurtner, Peugeot, Olympique, Dilecta, Genial-Lucifer and of course GRIFFON (from Courbevoie, a Peugeot sub-brand). This sturdy Romanche was king of the races, first on the road, then on the track as a stayer. His great years were 1923, when he triumphed in Paris-Roubaix and the Tour of Flanders, and 1925, when he won the Derby (beating three Belgian specialists, Alavoine and Christophe) and the GP Wolber. In 1926-27, he again sparkled in the Paris-Tour. A multiple Swiss champion on the road and middle-distance, he also shone in the Zurich Championship and the Tour du Léman. After switching to the track and middle-distance, he became a formidable stayer, with a final runner-up finish in the Swiss Championships in 1943 at the age of 44. In 1947, he led the Luxembourg-Suisse team in the Tour de France de la reprise, where his protégé Ferdi Kubler (who went on to win the Tour 50), won two stages and wore the yellow jersey. Canvas lithograph, full-length photo. TBE. 60 x 40 cm. Note the strong Griffon green.