1949 - Scheller Track

Fritz Scheller, born 1914 in Erlangen was a German cyclist. It was 1932 when he joined the German Championship for Amateurs for the first time. Back then he was aged 17 and therefore the German cycling federation had to grant an exemption. After about 235 km he finished with an elongated final sprint and under the tremendous applause of the audience the German Championship Run in Nuremberg before the favorites Charles Hornig from Essen and the two Berliners Putkammer and Stach and became the youngest German Road Champion. 

In 1936 he was able to repeat this success. The same year he competed at the Olympic Games in Berlin in the road race and finished fourth. In 1937, he became the German Road Champion for the third time, and finshed the Road World Championships in Copenhagen in third place. Scheller also won the Harzrundfahrt in 1934 and 1936.

In 1938 Scheller became a Pro. In 1939 he again won the Harzrundfahrt, and at the Deutschlandfahrt he finished third in the overall standings. In 1940 he was third in the German road championship and won around the Hainleite. After WW II he became German champion in 1946 and in 1948 he finished at third place in the Grünes Band of the IRA, a predecessor of the Tour of Germany.

After the end of his active cycling career Fritz Scheller started his own bike shop in Nuremberg, did organize race days on the velodrome at Reichelsdorfer Keller and sold several track bikes to Reichelsdorfer Keller and Tourenklub Nürnberg.

The frames Scheller sold in his bike shop were made in Neumarkt, Oberpflaz at the Express factory.

 

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