Olaf Ludwig

Olaf Ludwig

Olaf Ludwig (2002)
Personal information
Full name	Olaf Ludwig
Date of birth	April 13 1960 (1960--) (age 47)
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
Infobox last updated on:
April 16, 2007

Medal record
Olympic Games
Competitor for  East Germany
Road bicycle racing
Gold	1988 Seoul	Men's Individual Road Race
Silver	1980 Moscow	Men's 100 km Team Time Trial
World Championships
Bronze	1993 Oslo	Elite Men's Road Race

Olaf Ludwig (born April 13 1960 in Gera) is a former German racing cyclist. 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.

Palmarès

Awards
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

Tour de France Maillot vert (Green jersey) winners

1953 Fritz Schär · 1954 Ferdinand Kübler · 1955-1956 Stan Ockers · 1957 Jean Forestier · 1958 Jean Graczyk · 1959 André Darrigade · 1960 Jean Graczyk · 1961 André Darrigade · 1962 Rudi Altig · 1963 Rik van Looy · 1964-1965 Jan Janssen · 1966 Willy Planckaert · 1967 Jan Janssen · 1968 Franco Bitossi · 1969 Eddy Merckx · 1970 Walter Godefroot · 1971-1972 Eddy Merckx · 1973 Herman van Springel · 1974 Patrick Sercu · 1975 Rik Van Linden · 1976 Freddy Maertens · 1977 Jacques Esclassan · 1978 Freddy Maertens · 1979 Bernard Hinault · 1980 Rudy Pevenage · 1981 Freddy Maertens · 1982-1983 Seán Kelly · 1984 Frank Hoste · 1985 Seán Kelly · 1986 Eric Vanderaerden · 1987 Jean-Paul van Poppel · 1988 Eddy Planckaert · 1989 Seán Kelly · 1990 Olaf Ludwig · 1991 Djamolidine Abdoujaparov · 1992 Laurent Jalabert · 1993-1994 Djamolidine Abdoujaparov · 1995 Laurent Jalabert · 1996-2001 Erik Zabel · 2002 Robbie McEwen · 2003 Baden Cooke · 2004 Robbie McEwen · 2005 Thor Hushovd · 2006 Robbie McEwen · 2007 Tom Boonen

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