Steffen Wesemann Explained

Steffen Wesemann
Fullname:	Steffen Wesemann
Birth Date:	1971 3, df=y
Birth Place:	Wolmirstedt, East Germany
Height:	1.73 m
Weight:	72 kg
Currentteam:	Retired
Discipline:	Road
Role:	Rider
Ridertype:	Classics specialist
Proyears1:	1992–2006
Proyears2:	2007
Proyears3:	2008
Majorwins:	Stage races Peace Race (1992, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2003)One-day races and Classics Tour of Flanders (2004)

Steffen Wesemann (born 11 March 1971) is a Swiss-German former professional road racing cyclist.

He competed in the individual road race at the 1992 Summer Olympics.^[1] Wesemann most recently rode for the professional continental team Cycle Collstrop after riding a year with the Team Wiesenhof–Felt squad. He had previously spent the other years of his career at Telekom who later became Team T-Mobile. He rode and completed the Vuelta a España on three occasions in 1995, 1996 and 2003 and finished the Tour de France twice in 1999 and 2002.^[2]

In September 2005, Wesemann and his family, longtime residents of Küttigen, Switzerland, obtained Swiss citizenship. He was a specialist in the one-day Spring Classics - winner of the 2004 Tour of Flanders and 5-time champion of the Peace Race.

Major results

1989

3rd Junior Road race, UCI Road World Championships

1990

2nd Overall Paris–Bourges

1991

1st Overall Tour de Berlin

1992

1st Overall Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt

1st Prologue & Stage 9b

1st Overall Peace Race

1st Stages 1 & 4

1st GP Buchholz

3rd Overall Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt

1993

1st Stage 5 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme

1st Sprints classification, Vuelta a Andalucía

1st Stage 11 Tour de l'Avenir

1994

1st Stage Coca-Cola-Trophy

1995

2nd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

3rd Grand Prix Gippingen

1996

1st Overall Peace Race

1st Sprints classification

1st Stages 1, 2, 4a (ITT), 5, 8, 9 & 10

1st Stage 4 Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt

4th Veenendaal–Veenendaal

1997

1st Overall Peace Race

1st Prologue & Stages 2, 3 & 7

1998

1st Rund um den Flughafen Köln-Bonn

1st Stage 4a Vuelta a Castilla y León

2nd Overall Peace Race

2nd Overall Sachsen Tour

1st Prologue

1999

1st Overall Peace Race

1st Stages 2, 7 (ITT) & 10

7th Tour de Berne

9th Gent–Wevelgem

2000

1st Rund um Köln

1st Grand Prix Gippingen

1st Stage 1 (TTT) Tour de Suisse

2nd Omloop Het Volk

2nd Road race, German National Road Championships

3rd Overall Tour Down Under

1st Stage 4

3rd Overall Peace Race

1st Stages 1 & 4 (ITT)

3rd GP Buchholz

9th Paris–Roubaix

9th Gent–Wevelgem

2001

2nd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

3rd Gent–Wevelgem

7th Paris–Roubaix

2002

2nd Paris–Roubaix

8th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

10th Overall Tour Down Under

2003

1st Overall Peace Race

1st Stage 3

1st Rund um den Flughafen Koln/Bonn

1st Stage 5 Sachsen Tour

2nd Amstel Gold Race

2nd E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

5th GP du canton d'Argovie

9th Overall Tour Down Under

2004

1st Tour of Flanders

2005

6th Züri-Metzgete

6th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

2006

2nd Amstel Gold Race

6th Paris–Roubaix

10th Overall Eneco Tour

2007

3rd Paris–Roubaix

3rd GP Bucholtz

2008

7th Rund um den Henninger-Turm

Notes and References

Steffen Wesemann Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417223205/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/steffen-wesemann-1.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 24 July 2016.
Web site: Cyclist Steffen Wessemann. procyclingstats.com. 23 February 2022.