Armin von Büren

Armin von Büren (20 April 1928 – 10 February 2018) was a Swiss cyclist. A professional from 1948 to 1962 and a specialist in six-day races, he competed in 58 and won 13. He also won the European Madison Championships in 1953 and 1954 and the European Omnium Championships in 1956. He also occasionally competed on the road and won the Tour du Lac Léman in 1951 and 1953.

His brothers Oskar and Émile were also professional cyclists.

Major results Track

1950 1st Six Days of Hanover (with Hugo Koblet) 3rd Six Days of Paris 1951 1st (with Ferdi Kübler) 3rd Six Days of Saint-Étienne 3rd Six Days of Berlin 1952 1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Hugo Koblet) 1st Six Days of Frankfurt (with Hugo Koblet) 1st Six Days of Ghent (with Walter Bucher) 1st Six Days of Kiel (with Jean Roth) 3rd Six Days of London 1953

1st Six Days of Brussels (with Hugo Koblet) 1st Six Days of Frankfurt (with Hugo Koblet) 2nd Six Days of Dortmund 3rd Six Days of Hanover 1954

1st Six Days of Zurich (with Hugo Koblet) 2nd Six Days of Antwerp 3rd Six Days of Frankfurt 1955 1st Six Days of Dortmund (with Hugo Koblet) 1956

1st (with Hugo Koblet) 1957

1st Six Days of Zurich (with Gerrit Schulte) 1st Six Days of Münster (with Jean Roth) 2nd Six Days of Antwerp 2nd Grand Prix de Paris 1959

1961 1st Six Days of Madrid (with Oscar Plattner) 1st Six Days of New York (with Oscar Plattner)

Road 1951 1st Tour du Lac Léman 1952 1st Rund um Altdorf 1953 1st Tour du Lac Léman 10th Züri-Metzgete