Ernst Streng

Ernst Stern ( born January 25, 1942 in Cologne, † March 27, 1993 ) was a German racing cyclist.

Ernst Strictly won his greatest successes in the team pursuit. In 1963, he was with the German team vice champion of the amateurs in this discipline in Rocourt in Liege, together with Clement Großimlinghaus, Karl -Heinz Henrichs and Lothar Claesges. The following year, the German team was ( with Karl link instead of Großimlinghaus ) world champion of amateurs in Paris and Olympic champion in Tokyo and was therefore called Gold - four.

1965 Strictly stepped over to the professionals and finished at German Championships multiple podium finishes in the sprint as well as in the posts. In 1969 he was also third in the German Championship on the road. In 1968 he competed in the Tour de France, where he won the prologue with the Batavus team, and five times in the Tour de Suisse ( 1966 to 1970 ).

Ernst Strictly never succeeded as a professional, get a firm grip. Disillusioned, he stepped back from the 1970 cycling and took a job at the Cologne police. Later he founded a police cycling group. In 1993 he died suddenly during a bike ride to heart failure, leading to speculation about long-term consequences of doping gave rise. His team-mate Großimlinghaus was died in 1991 at the age of 49 years unexpectedly of heart failure.