Olaf Jentzsch

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Olaf Jentzsch
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Olaf Jentzsch (left)
Personal information
Born (1958-12-03) 3 December 1958 (age 65)
Riesa, East Germany
Team information
RoleRider
Professional team
1990-1992 Tulip Computers-KOGA

Olaf Jentzsch (born 3 December 1958 in Riesa) is a German former racing cyclist. [1] As a professional rider of team Tulip Computers-KOGA, he rode in the 1992 Tour de France [2] [3] and the 1992 Giro d'Italia. As a citizen of East Germany he was only allowed to ride amateur races before 1990. Jentzsch managed to win a whole series of amateur stage races and stages, of which only a selection is shown below.

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Major Results

1981
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990

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References

  1. "Olaf Jentzsch". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  2. "Tour de France 1992". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  3. "79ème Tour de France 1992". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 24 January 2012.
  4. See German version of this page.