Olaf Pollack

Last updated
Olaf Pollack
Olaf Pollack.jpg
Pollack in 2007
Personal information
Full nameOlaf Pollack
Born (1973-09-20) 20 September 1973 (age 50)
Räckelwitz, Bezirk Dresden, East Germany
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad and track
RoleRider
Professional teams
1997–1999 Agro–Adler Brandenburg
2000–2004 Gerolsteiner
2005–2006 T-Mobile Team
2007 Wiesenhof–Felt
2008 Team Volksbank
2009RSC Cottbus
Medal record
Representing Flag of Germany.svg Germany
Men's track cycling
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2000 Sydney 4000m Pursuit
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2008 Manchester Madison
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1999 Berlin Madison

Olaf Pollack (born 20 September 1973) is a German former professional track and road racing cyclist specializing in sprint races and competitions.

Contents

Track race

At the 2000 Olympic Games, Pollack entered the team pursuit and the madison. Pollack rode in the qualifying rounds for the team pursuit, but was not used in the German team that rode the final and won; Pollack still received a golden medal. [1] For winning the gold medal at the Olympic Games 2000 Pollack was decorated with the Silver Laurel Leaf by Bundespräsident Johannes Rau (President of the Federal Republic of Germany) on 2 February 2001 [2] At the madison, Pollack rode together with Guido Fulst, and finished in sixth place. [1]

Pollack returned to the track in 2008, when he rode at the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, and finished in second place in the madison. At the 2008 Olympic Games, Pollack rode the madison together with Roger Kluge, and they finished fifth. [1]

Road race

Olaf Pollack began his road cycling career at small German team Agro-Adler-Brandenburg in 1997. After 3 years he left for Team Gerolsteiner. In 2005 and 2006 he rode for T-Mobile, leaving in 2007 for Team Wiesenhof. The highlight of his road cycling career was wearing the pink jersey as leader of the general classification at the 2004 and 2006 Giro d'Italia.

In August 2009, an eye problem made him end his cycling career, but a month later it became known that he had failed a drug test. [3] In 2009 he was suspended by the German Cycling Federation. [4]

Major results

1990
2nd, World Championship, Track, Team Pursuit, Juniors, Middlesbrough
1991
2nd, World Championship, Track, Team Pursuit, Juniors
1997 Agro Adler
1st, 1 stage Niedersachsen Rundfahrt
1st, 1 stage Clásico RCN
1998 Agro-Adler-Brandenburg
1st, 2 stages Tour of Slovenia
1st, 2 stages Olympia's Ronde
1999 Agro-Adler-Brandenburg
1st, 1 stage Peace Race
1st, 1 stage Tour of Chile
2nd, Rund um Berlin
2nd, National Championship, Track, Team Pursuit, Elite
2nd, National Championship, Road, ITT, Elite
3rd, World Championship, Track, Madison, Elite, Berlin
3rd, General Classification, Niedersachsen Rundfahrt
1st, 1 stage
2000 Team Gerolsteiner
1st, 2 stages Rapport-Toer
1st, 1 stage Tour of Tasmania
1st, National Championship, Track, Madison, Elite
2nd, Six Days, Berlin
2001 Team Gerolsteiner
1st, 2 stages Niedersachsen Rundfahrt
1st Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt
2002 Team Gerolsteiner
1st overall Groningen–Münster
1st, General Classification Niedersachsen Rundfahrt
1st, Stage 2 and Stage 3
1st, Stages 1, 2, 3 Peace Race
1st, Points Classification Danmark Rundt
1st, Stage 5
1st, Groningen-Münster
1st, Stage 1 Hessen-Rundfahrt
2nd, Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt
2nd, Paris–Brussels
3rd, General Classification Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen
3rd, Criterium, Bad Salgau
2003 Team Gerolsteiner
1st, Points Classification Bayern Rundfahrt
1st, Stage 5 Niedersachsen Rundfahrt
1st, Stage 7 Deutschland Tour
2nd, Krefeld–Rund um die Sparkasse
2nd, General Classification Tour of Qatar
2nd, Groningen–Münster
2004 Team Gerolsteiner
1st, Stage 2 Sachsen-Tour
1st (after Stage 1), general classification Giro d'Italia
112th, General Classification
2nd, Criterium, Radevormwald
2005 T-Mobile Team
2006 T-Mobile Team
Giro d'Italia
3rd, points classification
132nd, General Classification
Tour of California
1st, Stages 6 & 7
1st, Points Classification (Green jersey)
1st, Stage 1 Cologne Classic
1st, Stage 4 Post Danmark Rundt
2nd, Criterium, Radevormwald
2007 Team Wiesenhof–Felt
1st, Stage 1, Critérium International
1st, Rheda–Wiedenbrück
1st, Dahme Trophy
2nd, Derny Cup, Griessen
2nd, National Championship, Track, Pursuit, Elite, Germany, Berlin
2nd, National Championship, Track, Team Pursuit, Elite, Germany, Berlin
2nd, National Championship, Track, Madison, Elite, Germany, Berlin
2nd, Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt, Nürnberg
3rd, Six Days, Stuttgart
2008
3rd, World Cup, Track, Madison, Los Angeles

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Graeme Brown</span> Australian cyclist (born 1979)

Graeme Allen Brown is an Australian former professional cyclist, who competed professionally between 2002 and 2016 for the Ceramica Panaria–Navigare, Belkin Pro Cycling and Drapac Professional Cycling teams.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gerolsteiner (cycling team)</span> German road bicycle racing team

Gerolsteiner was a German road bicycle racing team in the UCI ProTour. It was sponsored by the mineral water company Gerolsteiner Brunnen and Specialized.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fabian Wegmann</span> German road bicycle racer

Fabian Wegmann is a German former professional road racing cyclist. Born in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, Wegmann currently resides in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stefan Schumacher</span> German road bicycle racer

Stefan Schumacher is a German former professional road racing cyclist. Schumacher won the bronze medal in the road race at the 2007 UCI Road World Championships, two stages in the 2006 Giro d'Italia and two stages in the 2008 Tour de France. After positive results on doping products in the 2008 Tour de France and the 2008 Summer Olympics, he received a suspension for two years, later reduced by some months. After his suspension, he came back as a professional cyclist before retiring in 2017.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gerald Ciolek</span> German road bicycle racer

Gerald Michael Ciolek is a German former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2016. He currently works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team Dauner–Akkon.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Udo Bölts</span> German cyclist (born 1966)

Udo Bölts is a retired German racing cyclist, the brother of Hartmut Bölts. Bölts confessed publicly in 2007 to having used EPO and growth hormones in 1996 and 1997.

Team Wiesenhof was a professional continental cycling team based in Germany that participated in UCI Continental Circuits races and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events. The team was managed by Raphael Schweda with assistance from directeur sportifs Hahn Jochen, Markus Schleicher and Jens Heppner. In 2007 the main sponsor Wiesenhof pulled its sponsorship ending the team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Danilo Hondo</span> German cyclist

Danilo Hondo is a German former professional road bicycle racer. He won the German National Road Race in 2002. He competed in the men's team pursuit at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stephan Schreck</span> German road cyclist (born 1978)

Stephan Schreck is a German former professional road cyclist who rode for Team Telekom and Gerolsteiner. He was unable to find a new team after Gerolsteiner folded and subsequently decided to retire.

Steffen Radochla is a German former road cyclist, who was professional from 2001 until 2013. He last rode for the Euskaltel–Euskadi team.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sebastian Siedler</span>

Sebastian Siedler is a former racing cyclist from Germany, who last rode for UCI Continental team Vorarlberg–Corratec. He had a successful track career prior to turning to road bicycle racing, winning Team Pursuit at the 2000 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Manchester. He turned professional in 2004 with Team Wiesenhof, and spent two seasons there before moving to Team Milram for two seasons. Siedler joined Vorarlberg–Corratec at the start of the 2009 season. He rode in the 2006 Vuelta a España, finishing 127th overall.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thomas Fothen</span> German cyclist (born 1983)

Thomas Fothen is a German former professional racing cyclist. He is the younger brother of Markus Fothen. He rode in three editions of the Giro d'Italia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carsten Wolf</span> East German racing cyclist

Carsten Wolf is an East German racing cyclist, who competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo. He won the silver medal at the Olympic games in Seoul 1988.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kirsten Wild</span> Dutch racing cyclist

Kirsten Carlijn Wild is a Dutch former professional racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2021, for eight professional teams. During her track cycling career, Wild rode at the Summer Olympic Games in 2012, 2016 and 2020, winning a bronze medal at the latter Games, in the omnium. She won eighteen medals including nine golds at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships, and eighteen medals including eight golds at the UEC European Track Championships. Wild also took over 100 victories in road racing, and won two medals at the UCI Road World Championships.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Charlotte Becker</span> German racing cyclist

Charlotte Becker is a German professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's Continental Team Arkéa Pro Cycling Team. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's road race, but finished over the time limit. She also competed on the track in the women's team pursuit for the national team. She signed for Team Hitec Products for the 2015 road cycling season.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roger Kluge</span> German cyclist (born 1986)

Roger Kluge is a German professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Rad-Net Oßwald. Kluge left NetApp–Endura at the end of the 2013 season, and joined IAM Cycling for the 2014 season. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he won the silver medal in the men's points race.

Josef Lontscharitsch is a Spanish-born retired Austrian male road cyclist. He won the Austrian National Road Race Championships in 1995 and 1998.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nikias Arndt</span> German cyclist

Nikias Arndt is a German professional track and road cyclist, who rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Bahrain Victorious.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Timo Scholz</span> German cyclist

Timo Scholz is a German former cyclist.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thorsten Rund</span> German cyclist (born 1976)

Thorsten Rund is a German former professional road and track cyclist. He competed in the points race at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He also rode in the 2003 Vuelta a España, finishing 142nd overall.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Olaf Pollack Biography and Olympic Results". Sports Reference/Olympic Sports. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 June 2012.
  2. Statement of the Chief Office of the president of the Federal Republic of Germany (in German: Bundespräsidialamt) on decorating with the Silver Laurel Leaf of all winners of medals during the Olympic Games 2000
  3. Pollack to fight two-year doping suspension
  4. Pollack and Cronjäger suspended