Rüdiger Selig
 Selig at the 2013 Tour des Fjords | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Rüdiger Selig |
| Nickname | Rudi |
| Born | 19 February 1989 Zwenkau, East Germany |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Bora–Hansgrohe |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Classics rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2008–2011 | Team Jenatec |
| 2011 | Leopard Trek (stagiaire) |
| Professional teams | |
| 2012–2015 | Team Katusha[1] |
| 2016– | Bora–Argon 18[2][3] |
Rüdiger Selig (born 19 February 1989) is a German professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Bora–Hansgrohe.[4]
Born in Zwenkau, Selig competed as an amateur until the middle of 2011, when he joined Leopard Trek as a stagiaire. In October, he won the Binche–Tournai–Binche race.[5] In September 2015 Bora–Argon 18 announced that Selig would join them for the 2016 season, in order to strengthen the team's sprint train.[6] He was named in the start list for the 2016 Vuelta a España[7] and the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia.[8] In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the 2017 Tour de France.[9]
Major results[]
- 2010
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de Berlin
- 3rd Overall Dookoła Mazowsza
- 2011
- 1st Binche–Tournai–Binche
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de Berlin
- 2nd Overall Dookoła Mazowsza
- 3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 4th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
- 4th ProRace Berlin
- 5th Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt U23
- 8th Overall Tour de Wallonie-Picarde
- 2012
- 2nd ProRace Berlin
- 6th Volta Limburg Classic
- 8th Münsterland Giro
- 2013
- 1st Volta Limburg Classic
- 1st Stage 3 (TTT) Tour des Fjords
- 7th ProRace Berlin
- 2015
- 1st Prologue (TTT) Tour of Austria
- 7th Down Under Classic
- 10th Clásica de Almería
- 2017
- 2nd Clásica de Almería
- 3rd Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 7th Nokere Koerse
- 2018
- 1st Stage 2 Okolo Slovenska
- 2019
- 6th Trofeo Palma
- 8th Gent–Wevelgem
- 10th Road race, UEC European Road Championships
Grand Tour general classification results timeline[]
| Grand Tour | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia
|
— | DNF | DNF | 127 | — |
 Tour de France
|
— | 165 | — | — | — |
 Vuelta a España
|
156 | — | — | — | 141 |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
References[]
- ^ "Katusha Team (KAT) – RUS". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ "With Christoph Pfingsten, BORA – hansgrohe completes its roster for 2019". Bora–Hansgrohe. Denk Pro Cycling GmbH & Co. KG. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ Ryan, Barry (28 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Bora-Hansgrohe". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
- ^ "Bora - Hansgrohe". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ Atkins, Ben (4 October 2011). "Rudiger Selig sprints to first ever professional victory in Binche-Tournai-Binche". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
- ^ "News Shorts: Bora-Argon 18 sign Rüdiger Selig from Katusha". cyclingnews.com. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
- ^ "71st Vuelta a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ "2017: 100th Giro d'Italia: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
- ^ "2017: 104th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
External links[]
- Rüdiger Selig at ProCyclingStats
Categories:
- 1989 births
- Living people
- People from Zwenkau
- People from Bezirk Leipzig
- German male cyclists
- Sportspeople from Saxony