 Wesemann at the 2005 Rund um den Henninger Turm | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 11 March 1971 Wolmirstedt, East Germany |
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Classics specialist |
| Professional teams | |
| 1992–2006 | Team Telekom |
| 2007 | Wiesenhof–Felt |
| 2008 | Cycle Collstrop |
| Major wins | |
Stage races
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Steffen Wesemann (born 11 March 1971) is a Swiss-German former professional road racing cyclist, son of the cyclist Wolfgang Wesemann.
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He competed in the individual road race at the 1992 Summer Olympics. [1] Wesemann most recently rode for the professional continental team Cycle Collstrop after riding a year with the Team Wiesenhof–Felt squad. He had previously spent the other years of his career at Telekom who later became Team T-Mobile. He rode and completed the Vuelta a España on three occasions in 1995, 1996 and 2003 and finished the Tour de France twice in 1999 and 2002. [2]
In September 2005, Wesemann and his family, longtime residents of Küttigen, Switzerland, obtained Swiss citizenship. He was a specialist in the one-day Spring Classics —winner of the 2004 Tour of Flanders and 5-time champion of the Peace Race.
