1954 - Stöpel Sport

There is always a first time, even if it is not always such a bang, as it turned out to be on July 7, 1932 when Kurt Stöpel finished first theTour de France stage from Caen to Nantes becoming the first German cyclist with a stage win and simultaneously the first German in the yellow jersey.

At the end, Stöpel took second place behind André Leducq and started another 4 times in the most important cycling race in the world. Titles such as Deutscher Straßenmeister (1934) or placed second in Deutschlandrundfahrt (1930) also testify his successful cycling life.

How his life went on is unfortunately more or less unknown, so it is still unclear whether he ran a cycling shop at all or only his name was marketed.

However, what can be substantiated, is the age of the frame, since I got a copy of the original receipt.

In May 1954 a Berlin master baker stuttered the purchase price for the frameset in 11 installments.

Maybe someone knows more about Kurt Stöpel and his racing bike frames from you? Any hint and help would be highly appreciated.

But let me introduce the Stöpel Sport frame as it was found

Stay tuned!