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Between 1901 and 1925, Walter Rutt recorded 933 victories as a professional racing driver. The list shown here contains 134 significant achievements.

When looking at this list, it should be noted that there were a number of riders with similar qualities who competed against each other week after week during this period.

Walter Rutt was one of the few among these riders who competed at the highest level over such a long period of time.

1901

• Hamburg Grand Prix ahead of Henry Mayer, Lambrechts, and Luttermann

1902

• Duisburg Grand Prix ahead of van den Born and Grogna

1903

• Decline in form due to illness, 34 victories in smaller races

1904

• Grand Opening Prize at the Buffalo Racecourse in Paris ahead of Ellegaard and H. Mayer
• Grand Prize of Nantes ahead of H. Mayer, Jacquelin, and Schilling
• Grand Prize of Buffalo in Paris ahead of Ellegaard and H. Mayer
• Grand Prize of the Republic ahead of Schilling and H. Mayer

1905

• Mile race in Sydney ahead of Lawson and Clark
• Sprinters' meeting in Amsterdam ahead of Krebs, van Gent, and Heller
• Tandem race with H. Mayer in Antwerp ahead of O. Meyer-Bader and Poulain-Rettich
• Summer criterium in Paris ahead of Poulain and Ellegaard

1906

• Mile race in Melbourne ahead of Samuelson and MacFarland
• Half-mile race in Melbourne ahead of H. Mayer and McFarland
• International Championship in Melbourne ahead of Samuelson and H. Mayer
• Grand Prix of Lille ahead of Comes and H. Mayer
• Grand Exhibition Prize of Roubaix ahead of Schilling and Rettich

1907

• Sprint race in Roubaix ahead of Fogler and Poulain
• Paris Foreigners' Prize ahead of H. Mayer ahead of Schilling and Ellegaard
• Paris Financial Prize (tandem) with Ellegaard ahead of Poulain-Rettich and H. Mayer-Schilling
• New York Six-Day Race with John Stol ahead of Moran-Fogler

1908

• Ten-mile race in New York ahead of Bardget, Fogler, and Mitten
• April Prize in Paris ahead of van den Born, Dupre, Schilling, Hourlier, and H. Mayer
• Grand Prix of Angers ahead of Poulain, Jacquelin, and Schilling
• Grand Prix of Copenhagen ahead of Poulain, Schilling, Ellegaard, and Hourlier

1909

• Cologne Rose Prize ahead of Ellegard and Pouchois
• Tours Grand Prix ahead of Friol and Pouchois
• Neuilly Grand Prix ahead of Dupre and Devoissoux
• International meeting in Paris ahead of Schilling, Dupre, Hourlier, Poulain, and van den Born
• Copenhagen Grand Prix ahead of Poulain and O. Meyer
• New York Six Day Race with Clark ahead of Root-Fogler

1910

• Six-day race in Berlin with Clark ahead of Stol-Walthour
• Rosenpreis in Cologne ahead of Ellegaard
• International competition in Zurich ahead of Ellegaard, Dörflinger, and Comes
• Golden Wheel of Berlin ahead of Ellegaard
• Six-hour race in Breslau with Stol ahead of O. Meyer-Pawke and Rudel-Tadewald
• Sprint competition in Paris ahead of Ellegaard, Friol, and Dupre
• Foreigners' Prize in Paris ahead of Schilling, Ellegaard, and Dörflinger
• German Championship in Düsseldorf ahead of Arend, O. Meyer, and Osterrneier

1911

• 1911 Six Day Race in Berlin with Stol ahead of MacFarland-Moran
• Prize of Nations in Berlin ahead of Schilling, Carapezzi, and Jacquelin
• European Championship in Leipzig ahead of Lorenz, Peter, and Schürmann
• Six Day Race in Frankfurt with Stol ahead of Miquel-Comes

1912

• Six-day race in Berlin with Stol ahead of Fogler-Moran
• Second six-day race in Berlin with Stol ahead of Saldow-Lorenz
• Berlin Grand Prix ahead of Ellegaard, Hourlier, Morretti, Lorenz, and O. Meyer
• Copenhagen Grand Prix ahead of Ellegaard and Perchicot
• Six-day race in New York with Fogler ahead of Bedell-Mitten

Walter Rutt's successes in six-day races

1913

• Sprint duel in Berlin ahead of Hourlier
• Sprint meeting in Berlin ahead of Ellegaard, Schürmann, and Moretti
• Sprint race in Berlin ahead of Arend and Ellegaard
• Copenhagen Anniversary Prize ahead of Morretti and Lorenz
• Four Nations Race in Hanover ahead of Friol, Morretti, and Ellegaard
• Sprint race in Paris ahead of Lorenz and Friol
• Grand Prix de Paris ahead of Pouchois and Morretti
• Berlin Grand Prix ahead of O. Meyer, Arend, and Hourlier
• Copenhagen Grand Prix ahead of Perchicot and Ellegaard
• World Championship in Leipzig ahead of Ellegaard and Perchicot
• German Grand Prix in Berlin ahead of O. Meyer, Wegener, and Ellegaard

1914

• Grand Winter Prize in Berlin ahead of van Bever and Friol
• Newark Opening Prize ahead of Alfred Goullet and Clark
• Five-mile race in Newark ahead of Clark, Fogler, Spears, and Grenda
• Mile race in Newark ahead of Frank Kramer, Robert Spears, and Alfred Goullet

1915

• Grand Easter Prize of Berlin ahead of Lorenz, Arend, Saldow, and Hoffinann

1916

• Berlin Grand Prix ahead of Lorenz, Stabe, and Lewanow
• Hanover Grand Prix ahead of Arend, Lorenz, and Brehmer
• Three-way battle in Berlin ahead of Stabe and Lorenz
• Anniversary Prize in Berlin ahead of Lorenz, Hahn, and Abraham

1917

• Berlin Grand Prix ahead of Lorenz, Hoffmann, Schrage, and Behrendt
• Halle Grand Prix ahead of Lorenz, Hahn, and Sawall
• Berlin Grand Prix ahead of Lorenz, Hoffmann, Schrage, and Rudel

1918

• Grand April Prize in Berlin ahead of Lorenz, Rudel, and Tadewald
• Golden Armband in Dortmund ahead of Lorenz, Brehmer, Schrage, and Menne
• Rheingold Prize in Essen ahead of Lorenz, Schrage, Arend, and Hoffmann
• Five-man sprint competition in Berlin ahead of Lorenz, Schrage, Abraham, and Wegener
• Five-man competition in Leipzig ahead of Lorenz, Abraham, Wegener, and Rudel

1919

• Berlin Grand Prix ahead of Sennecke, Schrage, and Lorenz
• Essen Grand Prix ahead of Lorenz, Schürmann, and Ostermeier
• Berlin Grand Prix ahead of Lorenz, Tadewald, Packebusch, Sennecke, and Arend
• Berlin Grand Prix ahead of Lorenz, Hoffmann, and Ostermeier
• Thuringia Grand Prix in Erfurt ahead of Lorenz and Arend
• Grand Prix of Hanover ahead of Arend, Ostermeier, Packebusch, Arnold, and Schürmann
• German Championship in Dresden ahead of Ostermeier, Kops, and Arend
• Grand Prix of Cologne ahead of Lorenz, Sennecke, and Arend
• Grand Prix of Plauen ahead of Lorenz, Arend, and Tadewald
• Westphalian Air Derby in Münster ahead of Lorenz, Schürmann, and Tadewald

 1920

• Opening prize in Chemnitz ahead of Lorenz, Ostermeier, Schrage, and Tadewald
• Challenge race in Leipzig ahead of Stabe, Lorenz, and Arend
• “Rad Welt” prize in Hanover ahead of Arend and Stabe
• Grand Prix of Nuremberg ahead of Lorenz and Stabe
• Grand Prix of Essen ahead of Stabe, Lorenz, and Schürmann
• Grand Prix of Hanover ahead of Ostermeier, Arend, and Lorenz
• Grand Prix of Chemnitz ahead of Stabe, Tadewald, and Schürmann
• Grand Prix of Dresden ahead of Stabe, Lorenz, Arend, Packebusch, and Rosenlöcher
• German Championship in Cologne ahead of Arend, Ostermeier, and Lorenz
• Bourrillon Prize in Milan ahead of Verri and Morretti

1921

• Sprinter prize from Newark ahead of MacNamara, Clark, and Goullet
• Team omnium with Clark against the Spencer brothers
• Team match with Piet van Kempen against Goullet-Brocco in Newark

1922

• Grand Saxony Prize in Dresden ahead of Schürmann, Stabe, Peter, and Arend
• Grand Summer Prize in Leipzig ahead of Stabe, Ostermeier, Sennecke, and Sonntag
• Dual match in Cologne against Oszmella
• Flying match at the Berlin Sportpalast ahead of Adolf and Richard Huschke as well as Ken Ross

1923

• Sprint competition in Copenhagen ahead of Ellegaard and Jensen
• Sprint competition in Plauen ahead of Peter and Techmer
• Grand Aviation Prize of Chemnitz ahead of Schrage and Tadewald
• Sprint competition in Düsseldorf ahead of Hoffmann and Schürmann
• Grand Sprinter Prize of Silesia ahead of Ostermeier, Peter, and Kirbach
• Stadium Prize in Berlin ahead of Gottfried, Ostermeier, H. Mayer, and Sennecke
• German Championship in Leipzig ahead of Gottfried, Schmucker, and H. Mayer
• Sprint competition in Copenhagen and Stockholm ahead of Ellegaard, Magnussen, and Peter

Photo: Universitätsarchiv Stuttgart

Original winner's ribbon and anniversary ribbon

1924

• Easter match in Cologne in front of Hoffmann, van der Boogaard, and Peysker
• Four-way meeting in Essen in front of Hoffmann, Gottfried, and Packebusch
• International sprinters' competition in Chemnitz in front of Verri, Ostermeier, and Arend
• City competition in Münster in front of Arend and Schürmann

1925

• Prix des Nations in Berlin ahead of Moeskops, Lorenz, and Kaufmann
• 13th Berlin Six-Day Race with Aerts ahead of Hahn-Tietz
• Omnium in Berlin ahead of Spears
• Cologne Anniversary Prize ahead of Schürmann and Jensen
• Sprint battle in Elberfeld ahead of Schrage, Gottfried, and Germain
• Handicap race in Berlin with Malmann ahead of Spears and Hahn
• Sprinters' battle in Magdeburg ahead of Bailey, Verri, and Hahn
• International Sprinters' Derby in Lodz ahead of Stabe, Standaert, and Hedspeath
• Four-Nation Battle in Aachen ahead of Ellegaard, Declercq, and van der Boorgaard
• Anniversary prize for sprinters in Dortmund ahead of Cugnot, van Nek, and Schürmann
• Four-country race in Aachen ahead of Ellegaard, Declercq, and van der Boorgaard
• Premium race in Leipzig ahead of Schrage, Spears, and Kirbach
• Sprinter omnium in Aachen ahead of Schürmann, Rauch, and Geisler
• Pursuit race between Germany and other countries in Berlin with Lorenz ahead of Spears-Bailey
• 5000 m time trial in Copenhagen ahead of Peyrode, Magnussen, and Jensen
• Time trial in Copenhagen as time trialist ahead of Simoni and Techmer
• Leipzig Trade Fair Prize ahead of Bailey, Lorenz, and Gottfried
• Four-way competition in Aarhus ahead of Spears, Mori, and Ellegaard
• Grand Trade Fair Prize in Vienna ahead of Wilschke, Peter, and Sennecke
• International sprint races in Budapest ahead of Grimm, Peter, and Eigner
• Team race in Budapest with Peter ahead of Grimm-Eigner
• Points race in Berlin ahead of Bailey