Ron Kiefel
Ronald Alexander "Ron" Kiefel (born April 11, 1960 in Wheat Ridge ) is a former American cyclist .
In 1978, Ron Kiefel finished third in the Junior Road World Championships in team time trial , with Greg LeMond , Greg Demgen and Jeff Bradley . In 1983 he was three-time American champion in the amateur road race , in the individual and team time trial. In 1983 he also started at the UCI Road World Championships and was classified 34th in the amateur road race. The following year he started at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles , won the bronze medal in the team time trial (with Roy Knickman , Davis Phinney and Andy Weaver ) and finished ninth in the individual road race.
In 1985, Kiefel joined the pros and drove for various teams in the years that followed, including 7-Eleven and Motorola . Ron Kiefel started seven times in the Tour de France , but without placing himself at the front; he also drove other European tours. In 1985 he won the 15th stage of the Giro d'Italia and in the same year the Trofeo Laigueglia and in 1988 the Giro di Toscana . In 1988 he became the American road racing champion for professionals.
In 1996, Kiefel retired from active cycling. He and his wife hosted a weekly radio program for a while, and commented on European tours and classics on television and radio . He works as a coach in his home town of Wheat Ridge, runs a bike shop, is president of the local cycling club and organizes cycling races. In 2004, Ron Kiefel was inducted into the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rene Jacobs et al. (Ed.): Velo . Dendermonde 1984, p. 131 .
- ↑ Ron Kiefel on usbhof.org ( Memento of the original from April 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 19, 2013
Web links
- Ron Kiefel in the database of Radsportseiten.net
- Ron Kiefel in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
1937 Charles Bergna | 1965 Michael Beckwith Hiltner | 1966 Bob Tetzlaff | 1968 John Howard Springfield | 1985 Eric Heiden | 1986 Thomas Prehn | 1987 Tom Schuler | 1988 Ron Kiefel | 1989 Greg Oravetz | 1990 Kurt Stockton | 1991 Davis Phinney | 1992, 1997 Bart Bowen | 1993 Lance Armstrong | 1994 Steve Hegg | 1995 Norman Alvis | 1996 Eddy Gragus | 1998, 2006, 2009 George Hincapie | 1999 Marty Jemison | 2000, 2001, 2004, 2013 Fred Rodriguez | 2002 Chann McRae | 2003 Mark McCormack | 2005 Chris Wherry | 2007 Levi Leipheimer | 2008 Tyler Hamilton | 2010 Ben King | 2011, 2015 Matthew Busche | 2012 Timothy Duggan | 2014 Eric Marcotte | 2016 Gregory Daniel | 2017 Lawrence Warbasse | 2018 Jonathan Brown | 2019 Alex Howes
The results are not exhaustive.
1975 Wayne Stetina | 1976 John Howard | 1977 Paul Deem | 1978, 1982 Andy Weaver | 1980 Tom Doughty | 1983 Ron Kiefel 1984 Thurlow Rogers | 1985, 1991 Kent Bostick | 1986 Karl Maxon | 1987 Norman Alvis | 1988 John Frey | 1989 Nathan Sheafor | 1990, 1995, 1996 Steve Hegg | 1992 Jon Stenner | 1993 Scott Mercer | 1994 Clay Moseley | 1997 Jonathan Vaughters | 1998, 2002 Dylan Casey | 1999 Levi Leipheimer | 2000, 2004, 2006–2009, 2011, 2012 David Zabriskie | 2001 Trent Klasna | 2003, 2005 Chris Baldwin | 2010, 2014, 2016 Taylor Phinney | 2013 Tom Zirbel | 2015 Andrew Talansky | 2017, 2018 Joey Rosskopf | 2019 Ian Garrison
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kiefel, Ron |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kiefel, Ronald Alexander (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cyclist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 11, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wheat Ridge |