Dietrich Thurau

Dietrich Thurau, known as Didi, is a retired German professional road racer. His biggest achievements include the classic Liege-Bastogne-Liege, the Deutschland Tour in his home country and a stunning ride at the 1977 Tour de France, where he won four stages and held the yellow jersey for 15 days from the prologue. He won the young rider classification but lost the overall lead to the eventual winner Bernard Thevenet. He was three times German pursuit champion and won 29 six-day races. In 1989 he revealed that he had doped throughout his career. He is the father of the former professional cyclist Bjorn Thurau.