Josef Holzmann

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Josef Holzmann (born February 24, 1964 in Peiting ) is a former German racing cyclist . With a competition weight of 64 kilograms, the 1.75 meter tall wood man was considered a mountain specialist.

Career

Holzmann learned the trade as a tool mechanic and got into road cycling through a couple time trial . He initially started for the RC 72 Peiting and became Bavarian junior mountain champion and Upper Bavarian amateur mountain champion .

From the 1989 season onwards, Holzmann drove as a professional driver for Team Stuttgart , the predecessor team of Team Telekom , with which he stayed until 1992, but then no longer received a contract from the new sports management. During this time, Holzmann competed in two Grand Tours : the Vuelta a España 1990 , in which he took a third stage place and was 78th overall, and the Giro d'Italia in 1992 , which he finished 36th. At the German road cycling championships he was fifth in 1989 and won the German championship in the criterion race in 1991 . In addition, he was third overall in the Guillaume Tell Grand Prix in 1989 .

In 1993 Holzmann started again as an amateur and worked professionally as a bicycle mechanic . In cycling, he won the only international competitions of his cycling career with one stage each of the Grand Prix Guillaume Tell and the Bayern Tour . In the meantime, Holzmann had a professional contract again in 1994 with the Belgian cycling team Trident-Schick , for which he finished fourth in the 1994 Tour de Suisse .

From 1995 to 1997 Holzmann drove for PSV Cologne and its UCI sports group Mediapark Cologne-Cologne Airport. Holzmann then ended his international cycling career, competed in cycling races for the Burggener Concorden association and worked as a warehouse clerk .

successes

1991
  • German champions German champion - criterion
1993

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personal data
SURNAME Holzmann, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German racing cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Peiting