Nantcho Christov — Wikipedia

Nentcho Christov (Bulgaria: Nencho Hristov, Non -Christ’s ) is a Bulgarian cyclist. Born the December 17, 1933 ^{[ first ]} , in Varna, Nentcho Christov triumphed in the race of peace in 1957. He was the only Bulgarian runner to obtain the final victory in this emblematic competition of the East-European cycling of the second half of XX ^{It is} century. Nentcho Christov died the May 3, 2002 ^{[ 2 ]}

Officer of the Bulgarian People’s Army, Nentcho Christov had started cycling on the track. He was record holder of Bulgaria of the 4, 5, 10, 20 and 50 km and held the record of the hour when he came to the road ^{[ first ]} . He was champion of Bulgaria in individual pursuit in 1957 and 1958.

In the 1950s and 1960s, Bulgarian cycling was an amateur cycling according to the categorization of the UCI. Bulgarian runners have to express a competition disputed in stages, the Bulgarian tour. The main international competition in which a Bulgarian national selection takes part from the outset is the peace race.

Rarely in the foreground, some Bulgarian runners stand out, however, by winning stages such as Milko Dimov and Bojan Kotsev. The beginnings of Nentcho Christov in this race in 1955, resulted in a 18 ^{It is} final place. The following year, he did not finish the race. However, for the ten ^{It is} Anniversary of the 3 capitals race, he achieved a performance. He puts on the “yellow jersey” on the evening of the 2 ^{It is} step, consolidates it by winning the 3 ^{It is} Step and finally triumphs in Warsaw by leaving his following on several minutes: the British Stanley Brittain is second at more than 6 minutes, Viktor Kapitonov, beginner on this test, is 3 ^{It is} At 11 and a half minutes and the one who was crowned world champion (amateurs) a few months later, the Belgian Louis Proost, is 4 ^{It is} , relegated beyond 13 minutes. This victory is also almost alone built, according to commentators of the race ^{[ 3 ]} .

Winner of the towers of Egypt, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia, Nentcho Christov was reported in 1959 among the opponents of Gustav-Adolf Schur, during his second victory over “peace”. Member of the Bulgarian selection for the 1961 edition, he is however forced to abandon.

Nentcho Christov practiced another sport, rowing. After withdrawing the competition, he became coach of the Bulgarian cycling team. He continued this function with the Turkey cycling federation.

In 1957 the peace race celebrated its 10th anniversary. 5 countries emit postage stamps to greet the event. Curiously, the administration of the Bulgarian posts only issues a stamp to the glory of the Tour of Egypt won in 1956 by Nentcho Christov. From 2 to May 15, 1957 , this rallies Warsaw, from Prague, via Berlin, a road of 2,209 km, in 58 h 01 min 19 s, an average average of 37.9 km. The same year, Jacques Anquetil won the Tour de France at 34.5 km/h on average, Gastone Nencini, the Tour of Italy at 37.5 km/h, Rik Van Steenbergen is world champion at 37 km/h Average, Fred de Bruyne performs Paris-Roubaix at 34.7 km/h, and Paris-Tours at 42.8 km/h ^{[ 4 ]}

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