Judith Arndt

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Judith Arndt in 2005. She is wearing the "Rainbow jersey", emblematic of being the World Champion (road race) of 2004

Judith Arndt (born July 23, 1976 in Königs Wusterhausen) is a German professional cyclist. She enjoyed early success, winning the Bronze Medal in the 3000 m pursuit event at the 1996 Summer Olympics when she was just 20 years old. Later on, she proved to be one of the best female cyclists in the world. In 2004 she not only won the World Road Race Championship, but also gained the Olympic Silver Medal in the road race.

1 Profile – Career
2 Palmarès
3 External link

[edit] Profile – Career

[edit] Moving from Track to Road Racing

Experienced in both track and road racing, Judith Arndt has developed into a real 'allrounder': After her early successes winning the individual pursuit four times at the national level and the Olympic Bronze in the same competition, her career as a track specialist seemed to be indicated. But a viral infection during the 2000 Summer Olympics – causing a disappointing outcome for Judith – marked the turning point in her career.

In the space of just two years she finished third in the Grande Boucle (sometimes referred to as the "women's Tour de France)" in 2003, won the Tour de l'Aude twice (2002 and 2003), and added a Silver Medal in the road time trial at the 2003 World Road Race Championships in Hamilton, Ontario.

No doubt she was moving towards the climax of her career. At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece she won the Silver Medal in the road race and, just two weeks later, became World Road Champion at Verona, Italy. She also finished that year in first place in the UCI world ranking.

In 2005 she won the road time trial at the German Road Championships for the sixth time in her career.

[edit] A real 'allrounder'

Judith Arndt's main quality is endurance. She is not a sprinter, nevertheless her speed on the last kilometer is remarkable. Experienced in both track and road racing, she really deserves the 'title' allrounder.

[edit] Not always 'easy-to-handle'

With growing success Judith also took growing responsibility for her trade and national team respectively. This was not always comfortable for those in charge of forming the national team, especially in the German Cycling Organisation. After her teammate Petra Rossner, a formidable sprinter, was not selected for the Olympic Road Team, Judith criticized this decision which – in her view – diminished the team's chances to win the race. After showing her disgust at the finish line of the race, in which she finished second, she had to apologize for this emotional gesture.

[edit] Palmarès

Note: Beginning in 1997, the Union Cycliste Internationale implemented a points listing whereby points were awarded riders based on their performances in racing events. For this purpose, the races were classified into categories. Although the exact system has evolved over the years, the major stage races are generally classified as category 1 (strongest), and category 2. In the listings below, these categories, where known, are given in parentheses. The abbreviation GC stands for General Classification.

2005 (team: Equipe Nurnberger)

UCI Points list - 3rd place World Time Trial Championships - 4th place GP of Wales World Cup - 1st place Thüringen Rundfahrt (cat. 1) - 3rd place GC German National TT Championship - 1st place Giro del Trentino (cat. 1) - 3rd place GC Montréal (Can) World Cup - 7th place Castilla y Leon (Spa) World Cup - 2nd place Vuelta a Castilla y Leon (cat. 1) - 1st place GC, 1 stage victory Gracia - Orlova (cat.2) - 1st place GC, 2 stage victories La Flèche Wallonne (Bel) World Cup - 3rd place Damesronde van Drenthe (cat. 1) - 3rd place GC Geelong Tour (cat. 2) - 3rd place GC

2004 (team: Equipe Nurnberger)

UCI Points list - 1st place World Time Trial Championships - 2nd place World Road Race Championships - 1st place Giro della Toscana (cat. 1) - 5th place GC Thuringen-Rundfahrt (cat. 1)- 2nd place GC Olympic Games Road Race - 2nd place (Silver medal) Le Tour du Grand Montreal (cat. 1) - 1st place, 1 stage victory Montreal (Can) World Cup - 2nd place Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Feminin (cat. 1) - 2nd place GC Fleche Wallonne (Bel) World Cup - 5th place

2003 (team: Equipe Nurnberger)

UCI Points list - 3rd place World Road Race Championships - 8th place World Time Trial Championships - 2nd place GP Feminin du Canada (cat. 2) - 1st place GC, stage victory GP de Plouay (Fra) World Cup - 2nd place Grande Boucle (cat. 1) - 3rd place GC, 3 stage victories Thuringen-Rundfahrt (cat. 1) - 4th place GC Montreal (Can) World Cup - 3rd place Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Feminin (cat. 1) - 1st place GC Gracia Tour (cat. 2) - 2nd place GC, 2 stage victories Amstel Gold (Ned) World Cup - 8th place Damesronde van Drenthe (cat. 1) - 5th place GC Vuelta a Castilla-Leon (cat. 1) - 5th place GC Sydney (Aus) World Cup - 3rd place

2002 (team: Saturn)

UCI Points list - 5th place World Time Trial Championships - 9th place Grande Boucle Féminin (cat. 1) - stage victory Thüringen-Rundfahrt (cat. 1) - 4th place GC German Road Race Championships - 1st place Women's Challenge (cat. 1) - 1st place GC, 2 stage victories Montréal (Can) World Cup - 5th place Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Feminin (cat. 1) - 1st place GC, stage victory Vuelta a Castilla y Leon (cat. 2) - 2nd place GC, stage victory Solano Bicycle Classic - 1st place GC Redlands Bicycle Classic - 1st place GC, 2 stage victories Tour de Snowy (cat. 1) - 1st place GC

2001

UCI Points list - 2nd place World Time Trial Championships - 5th place World Road Race Championships - 4th place GP Féminin de Bretagne (cat. 2) - 1st place GC, stage victory Rotterdam Tour (Ned) World Cup - 1st place Grande Boucle Féminine (cat. 1) - 3rd place GC Thüringen-Rundfahrt (cat. 1) - 2nd place GC German National TT Championships - 1st place Women's Challenge (cat. 1) - 2nd place GC, stage victory Tour de l'Aude Cycliste Feminin (cat. 1) - 2nd place GC, stage victory Gracia Cez-Ede (cat. 1) - 1st place GC, 2 stage victories Vuelta Internacional a Majorca (cat. 1) - 5th place GC, stage victory

2000

World Time Trial Championships - 9th place Olympic Games Time Trial - 7th place Olympic Games 3 km Pursuit (track) - 6th place Olympic Games 25 km Points Race (track) - 4th place German National Track Championships - 1st place individual pursuit Women's Challenge (cat. 1) - 10th place GC Gracia Tour (cat. 1) - 10th place GC

1999

UCI Points list - 13th place World Time Trial Championships - 6th place Holland Ladies' Tour (cat. 1) - 2nd place GC, stage victory German National Time Trial Championships - 1st place German National Road Race Championships - 1st place Tour de Bretagne - 1st place German National Track Championships - 1st place individual pursuit

1998

World Time Trial Championships - 8th place German National Time Trial Championships - 1st place German National Road Race Championships- 2nd place GP Mutualite de Haute Garonne - 1st place GC, stage victory German National Track Championships - 1st place individual pursuit

1997

World Time Trial Championships - 3rd place World Track Championships - 1st place individual pursuit German Road Race Championship - 3rd place German National Track Championships - 1st place individual pursuit

1996

Olympic Games - 3rd place (Bronze medal), Track Pursuit Tour du Finistere - 2nd place German Time Trial Championships - 2nd place German National Track Championships - 1st place individual pursuit

1995

Drei Tagen von Pattenson - 1st place GC, stage victory German Time Trial Championship - 2nd place GP Krasna Lipa - 3rd place Grazia Tour - 2nd overall