Hans Junkermann, nicknamed Hennes, was a German professional road racing cyclist, born on 6 May 1934 in St. Tönis near Krefeld and died on 11 April 2022. Over 18 seasons from 1956 to 1973 he won 35 road races, and he took the German national road race title in 1959, 1960 and 1961. He was strongest in mountainous stage races and hard one-day events, won nine Six Day races and the European Madison championship in 1965, and rode the Tour de France eight times, finishing fourth in 1960 and fifth in 1961. He won the Tour de Suisse in 1959 and 1962 and the Rund um den Henninger Turm in 1963, after turning professional in 1955 with the small Bauer team and later riding for Faema-Molteni under Rik Van Looy.
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He won nine Six Day races and the European Madison championship in 1965.
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was a German professional racing cyclist
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He rode the Tour de France eight times.
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sixth in the Giro d'Italia
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