Dieter Wiedemann

Dieter Wiedemann
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Born (1941-06-17) 17 June 1941
Flöha, East Germany
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Dieter Wiedemann (born 17 June 1941) is a German racing cyclist.[1] He rode in the 1967 Tour de France.[2][3] He was the subject of a book by Herbie Sykes, The Race Against the Stasi (2013), in which Sykes writes about Wiedemann's sporting career and defection from East to West Germany.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Dieter Wiedemann". Cycling Archives. Archived from the original on 11 November 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Tour de France 1967". Cycling Archives. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  3. ^ "54ème Tour de France 1967". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 24 January 2012.
  4. ^ Herbie Sykes, The Race Against the Stasi: The Incredible Story of Dieter Wiedemann, the Iron Curtain and the Greatest Cycling Race on Earth (London: Aurum Press, 2014)
  5. ^ , Tim Lewis, 'The best sports books of 2014', The Guardian, 8 December 2014.
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