Olaf Ludwig

Olaf Ludwig

Ludwig in 2002
Personal information
Full name	Olaf Ludwig
Born	13 April 1960 (1960-04-13) (age 51) 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 Road bicycle racing Competitor for  East Germany Olympic Games Gold 1988 Seoul Individual road race Silver 1980 Moscow Team time trial Competitor for  Germany World Championships Bronze 1993 Oslo Professional road race
Infobox last updated on 20 January 2008

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

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 – Quatre Jours de Dunkerque

1st – UCI Road World Cup Ranking

1st – GP de Fourmies

5th – UCI World Ranking

1994

1st – Rund um den Henninger Turm

1995

1st – Veenendaal–Veenendaal

Awards
Preceded by Jens Weißflog	East German Sportsman of the Year 1986	Succeeded by Torsten Voss
Preceded by Torsten Voss	East German Sportsman of the Year 1988	Succeeded by Andreas Wecker

References

1. ^ Cycling4Fans - Portraits: Ex-Profis: Ludwig, Olaf

Persondata
Name	Ludwig, Olaf
Alternative names
Short description	German racing cyclist
Date of birth	April 13, 1960
Place of birth	Gera
Date of death
Place of death