Olaf Ludwig
 Ludwig in 2002 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Olaf Ludwig |
| Born | 13 April 1960 Germany |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Sprinter |
| Major wins | |
| Tour de France green jersey (1990) Amstel Gold Race (1992) | |
Medal record | |
Olaf Ludwig (born 13 April 1960 in Gera, Thuringia) is a former German racing cyclist. His career began at the SG Dynamo Gera/ Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo.[1] As an East German, he raced as an amateur until reunification of Germany allowed him to become professional with Panasonic team. As a sprinter, the highlight of his career was winning the maillot vert (green jersey) in the 1990 Tour de France. Other highlights include the Olympic road race in Seoul in 1988, a record 38 stage victories in the Peace Race, winning the Amstel Gold Race in 1992, and podium placings in the Paris–Roubaix. He also won the 1992 UCI Road World Cup. His sprinting rivals included Mario Cipollini, Wilfried Nelissen and Djamolidine Abdoujaparov.
In 1993 he joined Team Telekom, later T-Mobile Team. On retirement in 1996 he took up public relations for the team. He subsequently became principal team manager, but his involvement with the team finished at the end of 2006 .
Palmarès
- 1978
- 1st Junior World Championship - Team TT
- 1982
- 1st overall – Peace Race
- 1983
- 1st overall – Tour de l'Avenir
- 1986
- 1st overall – Peace Race
- 1988
1st – Summer Olympics Road Race- 1990
Points Competition – Tour de France (Maillot vert)- Points Competition – Tour de Trump
- 1st, Stage 1
- 1st, Stage 2
- 1st, Stage 9
- 1991
- 1st – E3 Prijs Vlaanderen
- 9th – UCI World Ranking
- 1992 – Panasonic
- 1st – Amstel Gold Race
- 1st – Four Days of Dunkirk
- 1st – UCI Road World Cup Ranking
- 1st – Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 1st, Stage 21 – Tour de France
- 5th – UCI World Ranking
- 1994
- 1st – Rund um den Henninger Turm
- 1995
- 1st – Veenendaal–Veenendaal
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References
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| People | |
- 1960 births
- Living people
- People from Gera
- German male cyclists
- German Tour de France stage winners
- Tour de France Champs Elysées stage winners
- Olympic cyclists of East Germany
- Cyclists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for East Germany
- Olympic silver medalists for East Germany
- Olympic cyclists of Germany
- Olympic medalists in cycling
- Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit
- Tour de Suisse stage winners
- Sportspeople from Thuringia
- Vuelta a España cyclists
- Tour de France cyclists
- UCI Road World Champions (elite men)
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics