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{{Infobox cyclist
| name = Olaf Ludwig
| image = Olaf.jpg
| caption = Ludwig in 2002
| fullname = Olaf Ludwig
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|4|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = Germany
| currentteam = Retired
| discipline = Road
| role = Rider
| ridertype = Sprinter
| majorwins = Tour de France green jersey (1990)
Amstel Gold Race (1992) | updated = 20 January 2008 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | [[Road bicycle racing]] }} {{MedalCountry|{{GDR}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalGold | [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]]| [[Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race|Individual road race]]}} {{MedalSilver | [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]]| [[Cycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's team time trial|Team time trial]]}} {{MedalCountry| {{GER}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[[UCI Road World Championships|World Championships]]}} {{MedalBronze |[[1993 UCI Road World Championships|1993 Oslo]]|[[1993 UCI Road World Championships – Men's professional road race|Professional road race]]}} }} '''Olaf Ludwig''' (born 13 April 1960 in [[Gera]], [[Thuringia]]) is a former [[Germany|German]] [[racing cyclist]]. His career began at the ''[[SG Dynamo Gera]]''/ ''[[Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo]]''.[http://www.cycling4fans.de/index.php?id=1028 Cycling4Fans - Portraits: Ex-Profis: Ludwig, Olaf] As an [[East German]], he raced as an amateur until [[reunification of Germany]] allowed him to become professional with [[Panasonic (cycling team)|Panasonic]] team. As a sprinter, the highlight of his career was winning the [[maillot vert]] (green jersey) in the 1990 [[Tour de France]]. Other highlights include the [[Olympic Games|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|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 . == Palmarès== {{Palmares start}} ;1982 : 1st overall – [[Peace Race]] ;1983 : 1st overall – [[Tour de l'Avenir]] ;1986 : 1st overall – [[Peace Race]] ;1988 : [[Image:Olympic flag.svg|20px]]1st – [[Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race|Summer Olympics Road Race]] ;1990 : [[Image:Jersey green.svg|20px]]Points Competition – [[1990 Tour de France|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 – [[1992 Amstel Gold Race|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]] {{Palmares end}} {{s-start}} {{s-ach|aw}} {{succession box|before=[[Jens Weißflog]]|title=[[German Sportspersonality of the year|East German Sportsman of the Year]]|years=1986|after=[[Torsten Voss]]}} {{succession box|before=[[Torsten Voss]]|title=[[German Sportspersonality of the year|East German Sportsman of the Year]]|years=1988|after=[[Andreas Wecker]]}} {{s-sports}} {{succession box | before={{flagicon|ITA}} [[Maurizio Fondriest]] | title=[[UCI Road World Cup|UCI Road World Cup Champion]] | after={{flagicon|ITA}} [[Maurizio Fondriest]] | years=1992}} {{s-end}} {{Tour de France Green Jersey}} {{Footer olympic champions road cycling men}} ==References==
Amstel Gold Race (1992) | updated = 20 January 2008 | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | [[Road bicycle racing]] }} {{MedalCountry|{{GDR}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}} {{MedalGold | [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]]| [[Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race|Individual road race]]}} {{MedalSilver | [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]]| [[Cycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's team time trial|Team time trial]]}} {{MedalCountry| {{GER}} }} {{MedalCompetition|[[UCI Road World Championships|World Championships]]}} {{MedalBronze |[[1993 UCI Road World Championships|1993 Oslo]]|[[1993 UCI Road World Championships – Men's professional road race|Professional road race]]}} }} '''Olaf Ludwig''' (born 13 April 1960 in [[Gera]], [[Thuringia]]) is a former [[Germany|German]] [[racing cyclist]]. His career began at the ''[[SG Dynamo Gera]]''/ ''[[Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo]]''.[http://www.cycling4fans.de/index.php?id=1028 Cycling4Fans - Portraits: Ex-Profis: Ludwig, Olaf] As an [[East German]], he raced as an amateur until [[reunification of Germany]] allowed him to become professional with [[Panasonic (cycling team)|Panasonic]] team. As a sprinter, the highlight of his career was winning the [[maillot vert]] (green jersey) in the 1990 [[Tour de France]]. Other highlights include the [[Olympic Games|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|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 . == Palmarès== {{Palmares start}} ;1982 : 1st overall – [[Peace Race]] ;1983 : 1st overall – [[Tour de l'Avenir]] ;1986 : 1st overall – [[Peace Race]] ;1988 : [[Image:Olympic flag.svg|20px]]1st – [[Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race|Summer Olympics Road Race]] ;1990 : [[Image:Jersey green.svg|20px]]Points Competition – [[1990 Tour de France|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 – [[1992 Amstel Gold Race|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]] {{Palmares end}} {{s-start}} {{s-ach|aw}} {{succession box|before=[[Jens Weißflog]]|title=[[German Sportspersonality of the year|East German Sportsman of the Year]]|years=1986|after=[[Torsten Voss]]}} {{succession box|before=[[Torsten Voss]]|title=[[German Sportspersonality of the year|East German Sportsman of the Year]]|years=1988|after=[[Andreas Wecker]]}} {{s-sports}} {{succession box | before={{flagicon|ITA}} [[Maurizio Fondriest]] | title=[[UCI Road World Cup|UCI Road World Cup Champion]] | after={{flagicon|ITA}} [[Maurizio Fondriest]] | years=1992}} {{s-end}} {{Tour de France Green Jersey}} {{Footer olympic champions road cycling men}} ==References==
