{"id":31271,"date":"2016-12-30T17:55:41","date_gmt":"2016-12-30T17:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=31271"},"modified":"2016-12-30T17:55:41","modified_gmt":"2016-12-30T17:55:41","slug":"swiss-champion-cyclist-ferdinand-kubler-dies-at-97","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=31271","title":{"rendered":"Swiss champion cyclist Ferdinand Kubler dies at 97"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-31270\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Ferdinand-Kubler.jpg\" alt=\"Ferdinand Kubler\" width=\"520\" height=\"346\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Ferdinand-Kubler.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Ferdinand-Kubler-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Ferdinand-Kubler-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>Geneva: Ferdinand Kubler, one of the world&#8217;s greatest cyclists and the first Swiss winner of the Tour de France, has died aged 97, his wife told the Swiss media on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Kubler, who won the Tour de France in 1950 at the age of 31 and came second in 1954, died in the presence of his wife Christina, after being admitted to a hospital in Zurich due to a heavy cold, reports Efe.<\/p>\n<p>The renowned cyclist was able to celebrate Christmas with his wife at home before going into the hospital a few days later.<\/p>\n<p>Christina, 70, told Swiss magazine Schweizer Illustrierte that her husband died peacefully, with a smile on his face, on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Kubler, who won the Tour de Suisse three times in 1942, 1948 and 1951, ended his cycling career in 1957.<\/p>\n<p>In 1983, Kubler was chosen as the most popular Swiss athlete in 50 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-31270\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Ferdinand-Kubler.jpg\" alt=\"Ferdinand Kubler\" width=\"520\" height=\"346\" style=\"margin-right: 8px; margin-bottom: 8px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Ferdinand-Kubler.jpg 520w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Ferdinand-Kubler-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Ferdinand-Kubler-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/>Geneva: Ferdinand Kubler, one of the world&#8217;s greatest cyclists and the first Swiss winner of the Tour de France, has died aged 97, his wife told the Swiss media on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Kubler, who won the Tour de France in 1950 at the age of 31 and came second in 1954, died in the presence of his wife Christina, after being admitted to a hospital in Zurich due to a heavy cold, reports Efe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[12980,20023,466,968],"class_list":["post-31271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling-cycling","tag-cycling-news","tag-ferdinand-kubler","tag-indian-sports-news","tag-tour-de-france"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Swiss champion cyclist Ferdinand Kubler dies at 97 - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=31271\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Swiss champion cyclist Ferdinand Kubler dies at 97 - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Geneva: Ferdinand Kubler, one of the world&#039;s greatest cyclists and the first Swiss winner of the Tour de France, has died aged 97, his wife told the Swiss media on Friday. 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