Olaf Ludwig

Olaf Ludwig

Ludwig in 2002
Personal information
Full name	Olaf Ludwig
Born	(1960-04-13) 13 April 1960 (age 61) 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
1993–1997	Team Telekom
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)
show 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 / 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 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[]

Books[]

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

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