Horst Schütz

Horst Schütz ( born May 8, 1951 in Kandel ) is a retired German racing cyclist.

Horst contactor was active as a racing cyclist in the 1970s and 1980s and successfully in different disciplines. In 1975, he was two-time German champion of the amateurs, in a two - team driving as well as in the team time trial. In 1976 he turned professional and German champion in the sprint.

By 1987, Schütz was in various cycling teams active, drove road race and in Six Days. He played a total of 126 six-day race, which he won three: 1980 in Zurich and 1981 in Hannover with Roman Hermann as well as 1984, the Berlin Six Days with Danny Clark. Three times he won the " Great Christmas price of the posts " at the Dortmund Westfalenhalle. In 1979 he won the points classification at the International Vitamalz Tour, a predecessor of the Germany tour, at the Tour of Germany in 1980, he took second place in this ranking.

1984 World Champion Stayers, led by Christian Dippel, Horst contactor in Barcelona. The following year, he finished in the German Championship of the posts again a second place and then stepped back from cycling.