Rüdiger Selig

Rüdiger Selig

Selig at the Tour des Fjords
Personal information
Full name Rüdiger Selig
Nickname Rudi
Born (1989-02-19) 19 February 1989
Zwenkau, East Germany
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 80 kg (180 lb)
Team information
Current team Team Katusha
Discipline Road
Role Rider
Rider type Classics rider
Amateur team(s)
2008–2011 Team Jenatec
2011 Leopard Trek (stagiaire)
Professional team(s)
2012– Team Katusha[1]
Infobox last updated on
2 January 2014

Rüdiger Selig (born 19 February 1989) is a German professional road racing cyclist who rides for UCI ProTeam Team Katusha.[2]

Born in Zwenkau, Selig competed as an amateur until the middle of 2011, when he joined Leopard Trek as a stagiaire. In October, he won the Binche–Tournai–Binche race.[3] In September 2015 Bora–Argon 18 announced that Selig would join them for the 2016 season, in order to strengthen the team's sprint train.[4]

Palmarès

2010
1st, Stage 5, Tour de Berlin
2011
1st, Binche–Tournai–Binche
1st, Stage 5, Tour de Berlin
4th, World Under-23 Road Race Championships
2013
1st, Volta Limburg Classic
1st, Stage 3 (TTT), Tour des Fjords
2015
7th, People's Choice Classic
10th, Clásica de Almería[5]

References

  1. "Katusha Team (KAT) – RUS". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  2. "Team Katusha (KAT) – RUS". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  3. Atkins, Ben (4 October 2011). "Rudiger Selig sprints to first ever professional victory in Binche-Tournai-Binche". VeloNation (VeloNation LLC). Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  4. "News Shorts: Bora-Argon 18 sign Rüdiger Selig from Katusha". cyclingnews.com. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  5. "Cavendish wins the Clasica de Almeria". cyclingnews.com. 15 February 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015.


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