Rudi Altig

Infobox Cyclist
ridername = Rudi Altig

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fullname = Rudi Altig
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1937|3|18
country = GER
currentteam = Retired
discipline = Track and road
role = Rider
ridertype = Sprinter
amateuryears =
amateurteams =
proyears = 1959-1971
proteams = 1959 - Torpedo-Fichtel & Sachs 1960 - Rapha-Gitane-Dunlop

1961 - Rapha-Gitane-Dunlop

1962 - Saint Raphael-Helyett-Hutchinson

1963 - Saint Raphael-Gitane

1964 - Saint Raphael-Gitane-Campagnolo 1965 - Margnat-Paloma

1966 - Molteni-Hutchinson

1967 - Molteni

1968 - Salvarani

1969 - Salvarani

1970 - GBC-Zimba

1971 - GBC-Zimba
majorwins = World champion individual pursuit (1960–1961)
Vuelta a España (1962)
Tour de France green jersey (1962)
Ronde van Vlaanderen (1964)
World Cycling Championship (1966)
Milan-Sanremo (1968)
updated = April 16, 2007

Rudi Altig (born 18 March 1937 in Mannheim, Germany) is a former leading professional track and road racing cyclist during the 1960s and a current TV commentator.

In 1960 and 1961, Altig became world champion in the individual pursuit on the track. On the road in 1962, he rode the Vuelta a España, winning three stages and taking overall victory. Later that summer, he wore the "maillot jaune" for five days in the Tour de France, winning three stages and the overall points competition, and finishing 31st overall.

Two years later, he improved to 12th in the Tour (taking another stage win in the process), having earlier in the season won his first Classic, the 1964 Ronde van Vlaanderen. In 1965 he finished second to Englishman Tom Simpson in the World professional road racing championship in San Sebastián, Spain.

But the world title was not denied for long: he won the 1966 championship not too far away from his home, at the Nürburgring. He also took three stage wins in that year's Tour de France (taking another 12th place overall) and two more in the Giro d'Italia (for an eventual 13th place).

The second and final Classic win came in the 1968 Milan-Sanremo. He also took two stages of that year's Vuelta, finishing 18th overall. In 1969 he finished 9th in the Giro, and won the prologue individual time trial of the Tour de France.

ix-day track star

An accomplished track rider, Altig recorded 22 six-day victories:;(with Hans Junkermann):1962: Berlin, Münster:1963: Essen:1964: Essen;(with Fritz Pfenninger):1964: Dortmund, Frankfurt am Main:1970: Dortmund:1971: Bremen, Cologne;(with Dieter Kemper):1965: Berlin, Frankfurt a. M.:1966: Bremen, Cologne;(with Sigi Renz):1965: Cologne:1966: Berlin, Dortmund, Zürich:1968: Bremen, Cologne:1969: Ghent;(with Patrick Sercu):1968: Dortmund, Frankfurt a. M.;(with Klaus Bugdahl):1968: Münster

Road race victories

;1960:Narbonne :Caen:Nantua:Issoire:Gourin:Plonéour-Lanvern:Lodève;1961:Round of Aix:Trédion;1962:Vuelta a España::Winner overall classification::Winner stages 2, 7 and 15:G.P of Cannes:Manx Trophy:Lorient:Chief-Buttons:Montélimar:Vayrac:Trofeo Baracchi (with Jacques Anquetil):Critérium of the Aces:Tour de France::31 place overall classification::Winner stages 1, 3 and 17::::Wearing yellow jersey during 5 days;1963:Paris-Luxembourg:Geneva-Nice:La Bastide d'Armagnac;1964:Flagicon|GERGerman road race Championship:Ronde van Vlaanderen:Tour of Dortmund:G.P Parisian (chrono by teams):8th stage (b) of Paris-Nice:Colmar:Vichy:Tour de France::12th place overall classification::Winner 4th stage::Wearing yellow jersey during 4 days;1965:Vuelta a España: 1st stage:Bussières:Cavaillon;1966:FlagiconUCIWorld road race champion:Tour of Piedmont:Tour of Tuscany:Critérium de Wengen:Limoges:Bain-de-Bretagne:Montélimar:Riom:Bol d'Or des Monédières:Tour de France::12th place overall classification::Winner stages 1, 12 and 22B::Wearing yellow jersey during 9 days:Giro d'Italia::13 place overall classification::Winner stages 7 and 11;1967:Milan-Vignola:Cronostaffetta (with Gianni Motta and Franco Balmamion):Baden-Baden;1968:Milan-Sanremo:Vuelta a España::18th place overall classification::Winner stages 3B and 5;1969:G.P of Lugano:Mende:Felletin:Seignelay:Maël-Pestivien:Sallanches:Tour de France::Winner prologue::Wearing yellow jersey for 1 day;1970:Flagicon|GERGerman road race Championship:Rund um den Henninger Turm:Sassari-Cagliari:G.P of Diessenhofen:Critérium de Grobbendonck

External links

* [http://www.biciclopedia.com/mediawiki-1.4.0/index.php?title=Rudi_Altig Complete Palmarès]