Lovers of our club history : Lok Leipzig before fusion with VfB

Jens Voigt (German: [jɛns ˈfoːkt]; birthed 17 September 1971) is a German previous expert roadway bicycle racer and, upon retired life, ended up being a cycling sports broadcast analyst. Throughout his cycling profession, Voigt competed for a number of teams, the last one being UCI ProTeam Trek Factory Competing. Voigt wore the yellow jersey of the Tour de France two times, though he was never ever a competitor for the general title owing to the mountainous nature of the stages of the race being much better matched to climbing up professionals. His job achievements include winning the Critérium International a record-tying 5 times and also a number of one-week phase races, along with two Tour de France stage success. In September 2014, he set a new hour record.Among cycling fans, Voigt was generally preferred, both for his hostile riding style and his gracious, forthright and also articulate manners in managing the public and also media. He speaks proficient French and also English, in addition to his native German.

The 1st FC Lok Leipzig and the VFB Leipzig are just before a fusion. Local Managing Director Alexander Voigt informed about this in a press release on Friday.

For the already planned merger of the regional leader with the already many years of bankrupt VfB lacking only a coordination of the members of the two clubs, this should happen to an extraordinary assembly on October 7th.

This day will be a very good for the German football and the years of work of numerous enthusiasts comes to a positive degree, Voigt said. Due to the merger, there will be the gap closure of our club history . What was always one anyway, legal liability now gets.

The fourth division 1. FC Lok Leipzig would also be a master star from VFB Leipzig, who had also won the first German championship title in football and in the years 1906 and 1913 for his jersey, according to the merger Lok Leipzig.

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The two clubs look back on an eventful story. From 1966, the VfB Leipzig first lived as 1st FC Lok, before the old name was adopted after reunification. After a bankruptcy of the VfB and the setting of the game operation, fans had newly established the 1st FC LOK. Now the lengthy insolvency proceedings of the VfB was completed and the way for the merger is free.