What is Karl-Heinz Kunde?
[[File:Tour de Magellan 2014 36.JPG|thumb|right|200px|Kunde in August 2014]] '''Karl-Heinz Kunde''' (January 6, 1938 – January 15, 2018) was a German former [[racing cyclist]]. He was born in [[Cologne]]. Kunde started 5 times in the Tour de France, but only finished two times, in [[1964 Tour de France|1964]], [[1964 Tour de France|1965]] and 1966. Kunde was nicknamed ''Bergfloh'' and ''Karl, der Kurze'' (Karl the short). The French reporters named him ''Le petit Kunde'' due to his short height. In 1973 Kunde ended his cycling career, and started a bicycle shop in Cologne. Kunde died in Cologne on January 15, 2018 at the age of 80.<ref>[http://www.bdr-medienservice.de/nachrichten/trauer-um-karl-heinz-kunde Trauer um Karl-Heinz Kunde] {{in lang|de}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=8542 Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127004602/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=8542 |date=2018-01-27 }} at Cycling Archives {{sports-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kunde, Karl-Heinz}} [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:German cyclists]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Cologne]]