Rolf Wolfshohl

Rolf Wolfshohl, born on 27 December 1938 in Cologne and died on 18 September 2024, was a German professional cyclist who raced on the road and in cyclo-cross. In cyclo-cross he won the then unofficial world championship three times, in 1960, 1961 and 1963, and between 1957 and 1973 he took twelve medals at the world championships. On the road he won the 1965 Vuelta a Espana while riding for the Mercier team of Raymond Poulidor, taking the leader's jersey from his own team leader on the eighth stage and finishing six minutes ahead. He also won Paris-Nice in 1968 by three seconds, the West German national road race title the same year, and two Tour de France stages. In the 1968 Tour de France he wore the yellow jersey after the sixteenth stage before a crash, and finished sixth. He retired in 1975 and ran a bicycle shop in Cologne.