Olaf Ludwig

Olaf Ludwig

Ludwig in 2002
Personal information
Full name	Olaf Ludwig
Born	(1960-04-13) 13 April 1960 Gera, Bezirk Gera, East Germany
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Sprinter
Amateur team
1979–1989	SG Wismut Gera
Professional teams
1990–1992	Panasonic
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Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France Points classification (1990) 2 individual stages (1990, 1992) Stage races Peace Race (1982, 1986) One-day races and Classics Amstel Gold Race (1992) E3 Harelbeke (1991) Rund um den Henninger Turm (1994)
Medal record Men's road bicycle racing Representing East Germany Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Individual road race 1980 Moscow Team time trial Representing Germany World Championships 1993 Oslo Road race

Olaf Ludwig (born 13 April 1960 in Gera, Bezirk Gera) is a former German racing cyclist. His career began at the SG Dynamo Gera / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo. 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 points classification 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.

Major results

1978

1st Team time trial, UCI Junior Road World Championships

1981

1st Overall Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt

1982

1st Overall Peace Race

1983

1st Overall Tour de l'Avenir

1986

1st Overall Peace Race

1988

1st Road race, Olympic Games

1990

Tour de France

1st Points classification

1st Stage 8

Tour de Trump

1st Points classification

1st, Stage 1, 2 & 9

1991

1st E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

9th UCI Road World Rankings

1992

1st Overall Four Days of Dunkirk

1st UCI Road World Cup

1st Amstel Gold Race

1st Grand Prix de Fourmies

1st Stage 21 Tour de France

2nd Paris–Roubaix

5th UCI Road World Rankings

1994

1st Rund um den Henninger Turm

1995

1st Veenendaal–Veenendaal

1996

1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Andalucia

3rd Overall Four Days of Dunkirk

1st Stage 1

3rd Overall Three Days of De Panne

1st Stage 1

3rd Omloop Het Volk

5th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

8th Rund um den Henninger Turm

Books

Olaf Ludwig: Höllenritt auf der Himmelsleiter. Etappen meines Lebens. Herausgegeben von Helmut Wengel. RhinoVerlag, Arnstadt & Weimar 1997, ISBN 3-932081-18-8 (german)