Sebastian Lang

Sebastian Lang
	Sebastian Lang (2004)
To person
Nickname	Seppel
Date of birth	15th September 1979
nation	Germany
discipline	Street
Driver type	Time trial
End of career	2011
Societies)
1998-2001	TEAG Köstritzer
Team (s)
2002–2008 ; 2009 ; 2010–2011	Team Gerolsteiner ; Silence-Lotto ; Omega Pharma-Lotto
Most important successes
	Overall victory in the Tour of Denmark 2003 ; Overall victory in the Tour of Hesse in 2004 & 2006 German time trial champion 2006 ;

Sebastian Lang near Milan-San Remo 2011

Sebastian Lang (* 15. September 1979 in Sonnenberg ) is a former German professional - cyclist .

Career

Sebastian Lang drove as an amateur for TEAG Köstritzer since 1998 . He was able to draw attention for the first time in 2000 when he won the bronze medal in the time trial of the German elite championships. The following season he was U23 runner-up in the individual time trial and won bronze in the same discipline at the European Championships.

In 2002, Lang switched to the Gerolsteiner team . There he won two stages in the Rhineland-Palatinate Tour in 2002, won the pair time trial in Karlsruhe with Michael Rich in 2003 and won the Tour of Denmark in the same year . In the Hessen Rundfahrt 2004 won a stage long and was at the end the overall winner. At the Tour de France 2006 he reached a third place on the 7th stage and fifth on the 19th stage , a time trial . At the 2008 Tour de France he wore the jersey of the leader in the mountain classification for three stages . He received a fourth jersey after Riccardo Ricco's team was disqualified for doping . In total, he took part in the tour seven times.

After the 2008 season he moved to the Belgian ProTeam Silence-Lotto . After completing all three “Grand Tours” for this team in 2011 , he ended his active career. He started an apprenticeship and works in the Johannesplatz sports park in Erfurt.

Sebastian Lang lives in Erfurt today .