Christian Bach (cyclist)

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Christian Bach Road cycling
To person
Date of birth March 22, 1979
nation GermanyGermany Germany
discipline Railway (endurance) / road
End of career 2010
Societies)
1998–2005
2010–2014 		RSC Turbine Erfurt
RSC Turbine Erfurt
RSV Blue-White 1983 Meiningen
Most important successes
UCI track world championships
2001 bronze - team pursuit
2002 silver - team pursuit
Last updated: March 10, 2019

Christian Bach (born March 22, 1979 in Meiningen ) is a former German cyclist who mainly competed in races on the track .

Athletic career

Christian Bach began his sporting career with the cycling club RSV Blau-Weiß Meiningen in road cycling and in 1998 moved to RSC Turbine in Erfurt , where he attended the sports high school. Christian Bach won the bronze medal in the individual pursuit and the silver medal in the team pursuit at the Junior Track Cycling World Championships in 1997 . In 1999, as a junior, he won the German men's team pursuit for the first time. He was able to repeat this title win in 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2004 with various partners. At the UCI Track World Championships in 2001 in Antwerp , he won the bronze medal in the team pursuit, in 2002 he won silver in Ballerup near Copenhagen . In addition to his successes in German and world championships, Bach achieved victories and good placements in track cycling world cups , six-day races and road races. In 2008 he was European police champion in the individual time trial.

At the UCI Road World Championships in 2003 in Stuttgart , Bach and Daniel Becke , Jens Lehmann and Sebastian Siedler from TEAG Team Köstritzer refused to drive in a team with the Berlin drivers Guido Fulst and Robert Bartko on the instructions of the Thuringian regional trainer Jens Lang , whereupon the German four-man did not start at all. Bach was excluded from the national team and subsequently did not take part in the Olympic Games in Athens . He lost his support through the sports aid and his status as a sports soldier . He later apologized to the Association of German Cyclists for his behavior.

Professional

Christian Bach was a member of the “Summer” sports promotion group at the Thuringian Police Education Center in Meiningen. 2014 he opened in Erfurt, the bicycle shop Bachus bike and initiated the Everyman Team Team Bachus bike . He worked part-time as a police officer.

successes

1997
  • silverJunior World Championship - Team Pursuit (with Robert Kaiser , Marco Hesselschwerdt and Eric Baumann )
  • bronze Junior World Championship - Single Pursuit
1998
1999
2001
2002
2003
2004

Teams

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Achievements. In: christianbach.com. Retrieved March 13, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Persecutor Christian Bach apologizes to the association - cycling at. In: rad-net.de. August 3, 2003, accessed March 13, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Uwe Gerth: Already world champion in racing sleds and wrestling. Meininger Tageblatt, January 30, 2008.
  4. ↑ Ina Mecke: From racing bike to shop counter: Interview with ex-cycling professional and ParcelShop operator Christian Bach. blog.myhermes.de, July 25, 2014, accessed October 10, 2014 .
personal data
SURNAME Bach, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German track cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Meiningen