Olaf Ludwig is a former German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 racing cyclist. His career began at the SG Dynamo Gera/ Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo. As an East German, he raced as an amateur until reunification of Germany allowed him to become professional with Panasonic team. As a sprinter, the highlight of his career was winning the maillot vert (green jersey) in the 1990 Tour de France

Tour de France

The Tour de France is an annual bicycle race held in France and nearby countries. First staged in 1903, the race covers more than and lasts three weeks. As the best known and most prestigious of cycling's three "Grand Tours", the Tour de France attracts riders and teams from around the world. The...

. Other highlights include the Olympic

Olympic Games

The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...

 road race in Seoul

Seoul

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 in 1988, a record 38 stage victories in the Peace Race, winning the Amstel Gold Race

Amstel Gold Race

The Amstel Gold Race is a road bicycle race held in the southern part of the province of Limburg, Netherlands. Since 1989 it has been among the races included in season long rankings tables, as part of the UCI Road World Cup , the UCI ProTour , UCI World Ranking and from 2011 the UCI World Tour...

 in 1992, and podium placings in the Paris–Roubaix. He also won the 1992

1992 UCI Road World Cup

The 1992 UCI Road World Cup was the fourth edition of the UCI Road World Cup. From the 1991 edition, the Grand Prix de la Libération was dropped and no longer ran and the Grand Prix des Amériques became the Grand Prix Téléglobe...

 UCI Road World Cup. His sprinting rivals included Mario Cipollini

Mario Cipollini

Mario Cipollini , often abbreviated to "Cipo", is a retired Italian professional road cyclist most noted for his sprinting ability, the longevity of his dominance and his colourful personality. His nicknames include Il Re Leone and Super Mario...

, Wilfried Nelissen

Wilfried Nelissen

Wilfried Nelissen is a former Belgium road racing cyclist, known best as a sprinter. Nelissen had to stop his promising career in 1998 because of a knee injury that he got in 1996 after falling down during Gent–Wevelgem....

 and Djamolidine Abdoujaparov

Djamolidine Abdoujaparov

Djamolidine Abdoujaparov is a former professional road racing cyclist from Uzbekistan. Abdoujaparov was a sprinter, nicknamed "The Tashkent Terror" as he was so ferocious in the sprints...

.

In 1993 he joined Team Telekom, later T-Mobile Team

T-Mobile Team

HTC-Highroad is a professional cycling team competing in international road bicycle races. Their current title sponsor is HTC Corporation, a Taiwanese manufacturer of smartphones. High Road Sports is the management company of team manager Bob Stapleton. Past title sponsors include Columbia...

. 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

1982

1st overall – Peace Race

1983

1st overall – Tour de l'Avenir

Tour de l'Avenir

Tour de l'Avenir is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961 as a race similar to the Tour de France and over much of the same course but for amateurs and for semi-professionals known as independents. Riders competed in national teams...

1986

1st overall – Peace Race

1988

1st – Summer Olympics Road Race

1990

Points Competition – Tour de France

1990 Tour de France

The 1990 Tour de France was the 77th Tour de France, taking place June 30 to July 22, 1990. The total race distance was 21 stages over 3504 km, with riders averaging 38.62 km/h...

 (Maillot vert)

Points Competition – Tour de Trump

Tour de Trump

The Tour de Trump was a road bicycle race in the United States held in 1989 and 1990 and was sponsored by Donald Trump. The Tour DuPont replaced the Tour de Trump, from 1991 to 1996.- 1989 Tour de Trump :...

1st, Stage 1

1st, Stage 2

1st, Stage 9

1991

1st – E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

E3 Prijs Vlaanderen

The E3 Harelbeke is an annual cycling race in the Flanders area of Belgium. The race starts and finishes in Harelbeke over 210 kilometres. The event is organised by the Hand in Hand Cycling Club of Harelbeke and is ranked 1.HC on the UCI Continental calendar....

9th – UCI World Ranking

1992 – Panasonic

1st – Amstel Gold Race

1992 Amstel Gold Race

The 1992 Amstel Gold Race was the 27th edition of the annual road bicycle race "Amstel Gold Race", held on Sunday April 25, 1992 in the Dutch province of Limburg. The race stretched 247.5 kilometres, with the start in Heerlen and the finish in Maastricht...

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