![]() Kummer at the 1993 Tour de France | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Mario Kummer | ||||||||||||||
Born | Suhl, Thuringia, East Germany | 6 May 1962||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Road and track | ||||||||||||||
Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||
Professional teams | |||||||||||||||
1990–1991 | Chateau d'Ax–Salotti | ||||||||||||||
1992 | PDM–Ultima–Concorde | ||||||||||||||
1993–1997 | Team Telekom | ||||||||||||||
Managerial team | |||||||||||||||
2007 | Astana | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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