Olaf Ludwig
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| Ludwig in 2002 | |
| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Olaf Ludwig |
| Date of birth | April 13, 1960 |
| Country | 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) |
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| 20 January 2008 | |
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| Road bicycle racing | |||
Competitor for  East Germany |
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| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1988 Seoul | Men's Individual Road Race | |
| Silver | 1980 Moscow | Men's 100 km Team Time Trial | |
Competitor for  Germany |
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| World Championships | |||
| Bronze | 1993 Oslo | Elite Men's Road Race | |
Olaf Ludwig (born April 13, 1960 in Gera) is a former German racing cyclist. His career began at the SG Dynamo Gera/ Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo. [1]As an East German, he spent the majority of his career racing as an amateur until the reunification of Germany allowed him to become professional with the Dutch Panasonic cycling team, one of the leading teams at the time. As a specialist sprinter, perhaps the highlight of his career was winning the maillot vert (green jersey) in the 1990 Tour de France. (Oddly, the jersey was sponsored that year by Panasonic.) Other career highlights included winning 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 contemporary sprinting rivals included Mario Cipollini, Wilfried Nelissen and Djamolidine Abdoujaparov.
In 1993 he joined Team Telekom, later to become the T-Mobile Team. On retirement in 1996 he took up a post in public relations for the team. More recently he became principal team manager, but his involvement with the team finished at the end of the 2006 season.
[edit] 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 | ||
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| 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 |
| Sporting positions | ||
Preceded by Maurizio Fondriest |
UCI Road World Cup Champion 1992 |
Succeeded by Maurizio Fondriest |
Preceded by Seán Kelly |
Winner of the green jersey in the Tour de France 1990 |
Succeeded by Djamolidine Abdoujaparov |
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| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Ludwig, Olaf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | German racing cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 13, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gera |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
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