Holger Sievers

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Professional cyclist Holger Sievers (Team Lamonta) in conversation with presenter Herbert Watterott (left) before the start of the first stage of the Rothaus Regio-Tour 2006 from Heitersheim to Guebwiller.

Holger Sievers (born November 22, 1968 in Nienburg / Weser ) is a former German racing cyclist who is now the sporting director of the amateur cycling team at SC Wiedenbrück .

Career

Holger Sievers began his professional career in 1996. In the 1993 season he played in the Rad-Bundesliga for RSG Frankfurt. He drove for SG EC / Bayer Worringen until 1998 , before moving to the Hohenfelder Concorde team for a year. From 2000 to 2002 Holger Sievers drove for the Nürnberger team . From 2003 to 2007 he was with Team Lamonta.

In 2007 and 2008 Sievers was head of Team Lamonta and Team 3C Group . In 2008 he became department head at SC Wiedenbrück, and since 2009 he has been the sporting director of the "SCW2000" cycling team at SC Wiedenbrück , which succeeded the 3C group as an amateur team.

In the realigned team, Sievers, together with the club management, was particularly committed to promoting young talent in the region. In addition to supporting school sports, the athletes paid particular attention to the fact that, in addition to sports, the focus was on professional training.

Since the dissolution of the SC Wiedenbrück cycling team in 2000, Sievers has been running a cycling academy. Here he looks after amateur athletes and company sports groups and acts as the organizer of the Möbler Meilen industry event. The ex-professional is particularly committed to his school project Rad macht Schule. Here, young people are introduced to cycling and cycling in the context of all-day lessons in working groups .

Since 2018 Sievers has held the honorary office of president of the traditional Aachen club RC Zugvogel 09 Aachen eV

In 2018, Sievers won the duathlon title in the duathlon in Odense, Denmark.

doping

In 2002, shortly before the start of the Germany tour, Holger Sievers was proven by a training check that the kidney drug Epo had been misused . As a result, he was sentenced to a 7-month ban by the Association of German Cyclists . In addition, he was dismissed without notice from the now defunct Nürnberger team and had to pay a fine of 3,000 Swiss francs. The suspension ended on July 14, 2003.

successes

German team champion 1990, 1992, 1993, 1997

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• World champion duathlon in Odense, Denmark

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b http://www.radsport-news.com/sport/sportnews_53030.htm
  2. ^ Rad Sport Kontakt GmbH (ed.): Rad-Bundesliga 1993 . Frankfurt am Main 1993, p. 47 .
  3. http://www.rad-net.de/modules.php?name=Fahrerdetails&mid=9343
  4. http://www.rad-net.de/modules.php?name=Team&saison=2007&recid=1082
  5. http://www.rad-net.de/modules.php?name=Team&saison=2007&recid=807
  6. http://www.rad-net.de/modules.php?name=Team&saison=2008&recid=1082
  7. ^ Die Glocke (local sport) on January 19, 2010
  8. Ex-professional Holger Sievers successful with Cycling Academy. Retrieved October 30, 2018 (German).
  9. Aachener Nachrichten: Stolberg: The Rad-AG wants to make the bicycle attractive for leisure and school. Retrieved October 30, 2018 .
  10. Aachener Zeitung: Aachen: Diefenthal stops: Holger Sievers is the new head of RC Zugvogel 09. Accessed on October 30, 2018 .
  11. Aachener Zeitung: Stolberg / Odense: Holger Sievers: “Not expected at all” with Duathlon World Championship title. Retrieved October 30, 2018 .
  12. Ralf Meutgens : Doping im Radsport , Bielefeld 2007, p. 283. ISBN 978-3-7688-5245-6