Uwe Peschel

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Uwe Peschel on the Germany Tour 2004

Uwe Peschel (born November 4, 1968 in Berlin ) is a former German racing cyclist . He achieved his greatest success at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona , when he became Olympic champion in the 100 km road four .

Career

Peschel began his cycling career at SC Dynamo Berlin , the club in which his father was already active. In 1990 he moved to the local TSV in Erfurt . For this he also competed in the cycling Bundesliga races in the early 1990s. Peschel achieved his greatest successes in the time trial : In addition to his Olympic victory in 1992 in the road four, he was twice German road champion in the individual time trial and once in the team time trial . He also won numerous individual time trials on the international calendar, including twice the Grand Prix des Nations and once the Grand Prix Eddy Merckx . At the UCI Road World Championships , he won three silver and one bronze medal in the team time trial.

For winning the gold medal in Barcelona, ​​he received the silver bay leaf on June 23, 1993 .

In 1997 Peschel rode for the first time for an international cycling team , the Italian team Cantina Tollo . After a year with the Spanish team Estepona-Brepac , he moved to the German team Gerolsteiner in 1999 , where he ended his career after the 2005 season. For these teams he denied and finished all Grand Tours . After a fall on the last individual time trial of the 2003 Tour de France , he broke two ribs and a lung collapsed, whereupon he was unable to start the next stage.

In the 2016 season, Peschel took on the role of one of the sporting directors of the Swiss Professional Continental Team Team Roth .

family

Uwe Peschel is the son of Axel Peschel , the winner of the 1968 International Peace Tour .

Today he lives in Kressbronn on Lake Constance , is married and has two sons. He is still professionally connected to cycling with his own company.

successes

1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
2001
2002
2003
2005

Grand Tour placements

Grand Tour 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
Maglia Rosa Giro d'Italia 104 - - - - - - - -
Yellow jersey Tour de France - - - - - - WD 125 -
Golden jersey Vuelta a España - 91 - - - - - - 103

Teams

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rad Sport Kontakt GmbH (Ed.): Rad – Bundesliga 1993 . Frankfurt am Main 1993, p. 41 .
  2. ↑ Landessportbund Niedersachsen e. V., VIBSS: The Federal President and his duties in the field of sport: .... on June 23, 1993, Federal President von Weizsäcker signed .... disabled and non-disabled athletes, namely the medal winners of the 1992 Olympic and Paralympic Games the silver bay leaf from ...
  3. ↑ Peschel needs an operation: tour over. radsport-news.com, July 26, 2003, accessed December 7, 2015 .
  4. ↑ Peschel becomes sports director of the Swiss Roth team. radsport-news.com, January 24, 2016, accessed January 25, 2016 .

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personal data
SURNAME Peschel, Uwe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cyclist ; Olympic winner
DATE OF BIRTH 4th November 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin