 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Thurau akasaina chibvumirano chokutasva mwaka wa1978 somutungamiriri wechikwata paIJsboerke. Chibvumirano chake chisati chatanga, asi pashure pokunge achisaina, akatasva 1977 UCI Road World Championships. Makiromita manomwe asati apedza, akanga asipo pamwe chete naFrancesco Moser, uye Moser akapwanywa. Kushamisika kwevatsinhiri, kusanganisira murairidzi wechikwata cheFrance Jacques Anquetil uye mutungamiri wechikwata chaThurau Peter Post, Thurau akamirira Moser, uye akarohwa mu sprint naMoser. Izvi zvakakonzera runyerekupe rwekuti Thurau akatengesa mukwikwidzi kuna Moser; zvakazove pachena kuti maboss matsva aThurau kuIJsboerke aisada kuti Thurau akwire mujezi remuraraungu, asi aida kuti achengete jeresi rake rinotsigirwa. 