Thorsten Wilhelms

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Thorsten Wilhelms (born July 31, 1969 in Liebenau ) is a former German cyclist who worked from 1999 to 2003 as a professional racing driver for the Greese (1999), Nurnberger (2000–2001), Team Coast (2002–2003) and Bianchi ( 2003) drove.

As a successful amateur (he started for RC Charlottenburg in the 1990s), he stopped cycling in order to complete his training as a business economist and to take over his parents' business. In 1999 he started again as a professional.

During his professional career, Wilhelms won 15 stages , seven one-day races or criteria on the road as well as an overall ranking. In 2002 he won the third and fifth stages of the Tour of Qatar and also won the final overall standings. His last race as a professional was a criterion in Gütersloh in 2004 , which he won. Wilhelms also took part in the six-day races in Stuttgart in 2003/2004 and in Dortmund in 2004/2005 .

successes

year success run
1993 winner 1st, 6th and 7th stage Postgirot Open
1999 winner 5th stage Commonwealth Bank Classic (Australia)
2000 winner 1st stage Troféu Joaquim Agostinho
2001 winner 3rd and 5th stage Vuelta a Cuba
1st stage, part b Lower Saxony tour
2002 winner 3rd and 5th stage Qatar tour
Overall rating
1st stage Volta ao Algarve
1st and 4th stage, part a Lower Saxony tour

Remarks

  1. ^ Lower Saxony round trip 2001, 1st stage: Part a was an individual time trial over 13.5 km; Part b was a road race of 132 km. → Cycling sites
  2. ^ Lower Saxony Tour 2002, 4th stage: Part a was a road race over 131 km; Part b was an individual time trial over 14.8 km. → Cycling sites

Web links
personal data
SURNAME Wilhelms, Thorsten
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German racing cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Liebenau
  1. ^ RC Charlottenburg (ed.): 125 years of cycling in Charlottenburg . Berlin 2008, p. 22 .