Steffen Wesemann
Encyclopedia
Steffen Wesemann is a retired professional road racing cyclist. 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. In September 2005, Wesemann and his family, long time residents of Küttigen
, Switzerland
, obtained Swiss citizenship. He is a specialist in the one-day Spring Classics
—winner the 2004 Ronde van Vlaanderen and 5-time champion of the Peace Race.
1993 — Team Telekom
1994 — Team Telekom
1995 — Team Telekom
1996 — Team Telekom
1997 — Team Telekom
1999 — Team Telekom
2000 — Team Telekom
2001 — Team Telekom
2002 — Team Telekom
2003 — Team Telekom
2004 — T-Mobile Team
2006 — T-Mobile Team
2007 — Team Wiesenhof-Felt
Küttigen
Küttigen is a municipality in the district of Aarau of the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.-History:Küttigen is first mentioned in 1036 as Chutingen though this comes from a 14th Century copy of the original. In 1045 it was mentioned as Chutingun....
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, obtained Swiss citizenship. He is a specialist in the one-day Spring Classics
Classic cycle races
The classic cycle races are one-day professional cycling road races in the international calendar. Most of the events, all run in western Europe, have been fixtures on the professional calendar for decades and the oldest ones date back to the 19th Century. They are normally held at roughly the same...
—winner the 2004 Ronde van Vlaanderen and 5-time champion of the Peace Race.
Results and Teams
1992 — Team Telekom- 1st place — Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt, Overall
- 1st place — Peace Race, Overall
1993 — Team Telekom
- 1st place — Setmana Catalana, Stage
- 1st place — Tour de l'AvenirTour de l'AvenirTour de l'Avenir is a French road bicycle racing stage race, which started in 1961 as a race similar to the Tour de France and over much of the same course but for amateurs and for semi-professionals known as independents. Riders competed in national teams...
, Stage - 1st place — Vuelta a AndalucíaVuelta a AndalucíaThe Vuelta a Andalucía or Ruta del Sol is a regional Spanish road bicycle race. Since 2005, it has been a 2.1 category race on the UCI Europe Tour....
, Sprint Competition
1994 — Team Telekom
- 1st place — Coca Cola-Trophy, Stage
1995 — Team Telekom
- 3rd place — Grand Prix Gippingen
- 1st place — Vuelta a España1995 Vuelta a EspañaThe 50th Vuelta a España , a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the 3 grand tours, was held from September 2 to September 24, 1995. It consisted of 21 stages covering a total of 3750 km, and was won by Laurent Jalabert of the ONCE cycling team...
, Sprinters' Points Classification
1996 — Team Telekom
- 1st place — Peace Race, Overall, 7 stages, and Sprint Competition
- 1st place — Rheinland-Pfalz RundfahrtRheinland-Pfalz RundfahrtThe International Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt is a multi-stage road bicycle race held in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Since 2005 it is part of the UCI Europe Tour, being organised as 2.1 race.In its early years, it was an amateur race...
, Stage 4
1997 — Team Telekom
- 1st place — Peace Race, Overall and 4 stages
1999 — Team Telekom
- 1st place — Peace Race, Overall and 3 stages
2000 — Team Telekom
- 1st place — Tour Down UnderTour Down UnderThe Tour Down Under is a cycling race in Adelaide, South Australia and surrounding area. The race starts on the third Tuesday of January each year and attracts riders from across Australia and the world. In 2005, the Tour Down Under was promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale to the...
, 2 stages - 1st place — Peace Race, 2 stages
- 1st place — Grand Prix Gippingen
- 1st place — Rund um KölnRund um KölnThe Rund um Köln is a classic cycling race which is based around the German city of Cologne. Since 2005 it is part of the UCI Europe Tour, being organised as 1.1 race . It is one of the oldest cycling races still running in Germany, just after Rund um die Hainleite, which was first held in 1908...
2001 — Team Telekom
2002 — Team Telekom
- 2nd place — Paris–Roubaix
2003 — Team Telekom
T-Mobile Team
HTC-Highroad is a professional cycling team competing in international road bicycle races. Their current title sponsor is HTC Corporation, a Taiwanese manufacturer of smartphones. High Road Sports is the management company of team manager Bob Stapleton. Past title sponsors include Columbia...
- 1st place — Peace Race, Overall & Stage 3
- 1st place — Rund um den Flughafen Koln/Bonn
- 1st place — Tour Down UnderTour Down UnderThe Tour Down Under is a cycling race in Adelaide, South Australia and surrounding area. The race starts on the third Tuesday of January each year and attracts riders from across Australia and the world. In 2005, the Tour Down Under was promoted by the Union Cycliste Internationale to the...
, Stage - 1st place — Sachsen TourSachsen TourThe Sachsen Tour is a multi-stage road bicycle race held in the region of Saxony, Germany. It was first held in 1985 and since 2005 it has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. Between 1985 and 1995 it was an amateur race....
, Stage - 2nd place — Amstel Gold RaceAmstel Gold RaceThe Amstel Gold Race is a road bicycle race held in the southern part of the province of Limburg, Netherlands. Since 1989 it has been among the races included in season long rankings tables, as part of the UCI Road World Cup , the UCI ProTour , UCI World Ranking and from 2011 the UCI World Tour...
- 2nd place — Grand Prix E3 Harelbeke
2004 — T-Mobile Team
- 1st place — Ronde van Vlaanderen
2006 — T-Mobile Team
T-Mobile Team
HTC-Highroad is a professional cycling team competing in international road bicycle races. Their current title sponsor is HTC Corporation, a Taiwanese manufacturer of smartphones. High Road Sports is the management company of team manager Bob Stapleton. Past title sponsors include Columbia...
- 2nd place — Amstel Gold RaceAmstel Gold RaceThe Amstel Gold Race is a road bicycle race held in the southern part of the province of Limburg, Netherlands. Since 1989 it has been among the races included in season long rankings tables, as part of the UCI Road World Cup , the UCI ProTour , UCI World Ranking and from 2011 the UCI World Tour...
2007 — Team Wiesenhof-Felt
- 3rd place — Paris–Roubaix