Rigobert Matt

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Rigobert Matt
Personal information
Full nameRigobert Matt
Born (1963-05-10) 10 May 1963 (age 60)
Germany
Team information
Current teamRetired
Discipline Road
RoleRider
Professional teams
1985 Santini
1986 Fangio–Lois–Mavic
1987 AD Renting–Fangio–IOC–MBK

Rigobert Matt (born 10 May 1963) is a German former professional racing cyclist. [1]

Contents

In 1981 Matt won the UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Junior men's race. [2] [3] He rode in the 1985 Giro d'Italia [4] where he did not finish after pulling out on stage 18. [5] In the Road race at the 1986 UCI Road World Championships Matt was in the early break he stayed away with Alex Stieda till the seventh lap where they were caught, he eventually pulled out of the race after nine laps. [6]

Major results

Sources: [7] [8]

1981
1st Jersey rainbow.svg UCI Junior Cyclo-cross World Championships
1986
1st Stage 5b Four Days of Dunkirk

Grand Tour result

Source: [9]

Grand Tour 1985
Jersey yellow.svg Vuelta a España
Jersey pink.svg Giro d'Italia DNF
Jersey yellow.svg Tour de France

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