Czeslaw Lang

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Czeslaw Lang Road cycling
Czesław Lang 1977
Czesław Lang 1977
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Date of birth 17th May 1955
nation PolandPoland Poland
discipline Street
End of career 1989
Last updated: October 25, 2019

Czesław Lang (born May 17, 1955 in Kołczygłowy , Poland ) is a former Polish cyclist .

Athletic career

From 1970 to 1977 he was active in the Baszta Bytów cycling club and was trained by coach Euzebiusz Marciniak . As early as 1975 he was successful at the national cycling championships in Poland. At the 1976 Olympic Games , he and his team reached 5th place in the team pursuit .

Since 1977 he has focused on road races, but occasionally also drove track races. In 1979 he won the Polish championship in the team pursuit with the Legia Warsaw team . In 1980 he won the silver medal at the 1980 Olympic Games in single road driving .

He drove the Peace Tour four times, his best result in the Tour was the two ninth places in 1977 and 1979. He was also successful in the Tour of Poland .

professional

1982–1983 Czesław Lang drove for the cycling team Gis Gelati . The next two years for the Carrera-Inoxpran team . Then (1986) he moved to the team Del Tongo (until 1988); his last professional year (1989) he drove in the Malvor-Sidi team .
All teams were Italian. As a professional he took part in the Tour de France three times , his best placement was 89th place in the 1985 Tour .

director

As the director of the Tour of Poland , he expanded the amateur race into a world-class tour. The race has received numerous prizes and awards.

Familiar

Lang's daughter Agata, who grew up as a professional in Italy and later married an Italian, works as a cycling official (including Vice-President of the Union Européenne de Cyclisme ) and organizer of cycling races.

successes

1974
1975
1977
  • silver Polish Championship - Individual Time Trial
  • bronze World Championship - Team Time Trial
1978
1980
1983
1986
1987

Grand Tour placements

Grand Tour 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Golden jersey Vuelta a España
Maglia Rosa Giro d'Italia 17th 40 68 57 68 51 80 77
Yellow jersey Tour de France - - 93 89 - DNF - -
Legend: DNF: did not finish , abandoned or withdrawn from the race due to timeout.

References and comments

  1. ↑ Baszta Bytów is a cycling club in Poland. Founded in 1957. It was first called LKS Bytovia Bytów , a year later MLKS Baszta Bytów .
  2. ↑ National Championship
  3. ^ German Cycling Association of the GDR (ed.): The cyclist . No. 33/1979 . Berlin 1979, p. 3 .
  4. ↑ Maik Märtin: 50 years of Course de la Paix . Agency Construct, Leipzig 1998, p. 245 .
  5. ↑ Bürte Hoppe: Encyclopedia Tour de France . Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-89533-577-8 , p. 417 .
  6. ↑ Biuro Organizacji Imprez Sportowych (ed.): 69th Tour de Pologne . Warsaw 2012, p. 4 (Polish).
  7. ↑ Agata Lang Kocham kolarstwo - Lang team. In: sportowarodzina.pl. Retrieved February 11, 2020 (Polish).

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SURNAME Lang, Czeslaw
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Polish cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH 17th May 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Kołczygłowy , Poland