Andreas Kappes

Andreas Kappes (23 December 1965 – 31 July 2018) was a German cyclist, who was a professional from 1987 to 2009, active on the road and on the track, collecting in total 133 wins, and, as an amateur, represented West Germany at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. During the first half of his career he mainly raced on the road, eventually resulting in 99 wins, including winning Omloop het Volk (1991), Tour de l'Oise (1991), three stages in the Tour de Suisse (1989, 1994), two stages in Paris–Nice (1988, 1991) and one stage in the 1988 Giro d'Italia. During the second half of his career he limited his activities on the road to mainly German criteriums as well as kermesses, which make up the chief part of his wins on the road. During the 1990s and 2000s he became known as a formidable track cyclist, including by winning 24 Six-day races (out of 122 starts), 13 of which with the Belgium Etienne De Wilde (out of 28 starts).

Kappes died as the result of an allergic reaction to an insect bite. He was 52.

Major results

1986 4th Overall GP Tell 1st Stage 1 1987 Coors Classic 1st Stages 4 & 6b 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Andalucía 8th Overall Tour de Suisse 1988 1st Stage 7 Giro d'Italia 1st Stage 6a Paris–Nice 1st Stage 1b GP du Midi-Libre 1st Boucles Parisiennes 2nd Grand Prix de Cannes 5th La Flèche Wallonne 9th Overall KBC Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde 1989 1st Overall Tour de Picardie 1st Stages 1 & 3b 1st Paris–Camembert 1st Stage 1 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 6th Züri-Metzgete 7th Overall 4 Jours de Dunkerque 8th Overall Tour de Suisse 1st Stages 7 & 8 10th Overall Critérium International 1990 2nd Rund um Köln 5th Paris–Tours 5th GP de Fourmies 7th Amstel Gold Race 8th Road race, UCI Road World Championships 1991 1st Omloop Het Volk 1st Trofeo Luis Puig 1st Stage 2 Paris–Nice 1st Stage 2 Tour of the Basque Country 1st Stage 4 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 2nd GP Ouest–France 4th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía 9th Clásica de San Sebastián 10th Milan–San Remo 10th Overall Tour du Limousin 1993 9th Wincanton Classic 10th Tour de Berne 1994 1st Stage 2 Tour de Suisse 1st Stage 5 4 Jours de Dunkerque 1st Tour de Berne 2nd Rund um den Henninger Turm 2nd Veenendaal–Veenendaal 3rd Omloop Het Volk 1995 9th Overall Hofbrau Cup 1st Stage 2 1996 1st Stage 2 Hessen-Rundfahrt 1st Stage 1 GP Tell 1997 3rd Overall Hofbrau Cup 9th Luk-Cup Bühl 1998 10th Road race, National Road Championships 1999 2nd Overall Deutschland Tour 1st Stage 5 2000 9th Luk-Cup Bühl 2001 5th Rund um Düren