Steffen Wesemann

Steffen Wesemann
Personal information
Wesemann at the 2005 Rund um den Henninger Turm
Full name	Steffen Wesemann
Born	(1971-03-12) 12 March 1971 Wolmirstedt, Germany
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Classics specialist
Professional team(s)
1992–2003	Telekom
2004–2006	T-Mobile
2007	Wiesenhof-Felt
2008	Cycle Collstrop
Major wins
Tour of Flanders (2004) Peace Race (1992, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003)

Wesemann on the Eyserbosweg during the Amstel Gold Race 2006

Steffen Wesemann (born 12 March 1971 in Wolmirstedt, Saxony-Anhalt) 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, 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.

Results and Teams

1992 — Team Telekom: 1st place — Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt, Overall; 1st place — Peace Race, Overall
1993 — Team Telekom: 1st place — Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme, Stage; 1st place — Tour de l'Avenir, Stage; 1st place — Vuelta a Andalucía, Sprint Competition
1994 — Team Telekom: 1st place — Coca Cola-Trophy, Stage
1995 — Team Telekom: 3rd place — Grand Prix Gippingen; 1st place — Vuelta a España, Sprinters' Points Classification
1996 — Team Telekom: 1st place — Peace Race, Overall, 7 stages, and Sprint Competition; 1st place — Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt, 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 Under, 2 stages; 3rd place — Peace Race, 2 stages; 1st place — Grand Prix Gippingen; 1st place — Rund um Köln
2001 — Team Telekom
2002 — Team Telekom: 2nd place — Paris–Roubaix
2003 — Team Telekom: 1st place — Peace Race, Overall & Stage 3; 1st place — Rund um den Flughafen Koln/Bonn; 1st place — Tour Down Under, Stage; 1st place — Sachsen Tour, Stage; 2nd place — Amstel Gold Race; 2nd place — Grand Prix E3 Harelbeke
2004 — T-Mobile Team: 1st place — Tour of Flanders
2006 — T-Mobile Team: 2nd place — Amstel Gold Race
2007 — Team Wiesenhof-Felt: 3rd place — Paris–Roubaix

External links

Steffen Wesemann profile at Cycling Archives

Tour of Flanders winners

1900–1919	Paul Deman (1913) Marcel Buysse (1914) (1915–1918, not held) Henri Van Lerberghe (1919)

1920–1939	Jules Vanhevel (1920) René Vermandel (1921) Léon Devos (1922) Heiri Suter (1923) Gérard Debaets (1924) Julien Delbecque (1925) Denis Verschueren (1926) Gérard Debaets (1927) Jan Mertens (1928) Joseph Dervaes (1929) Frans Bonduel (1930) Romain Gijssels (1931–1932) Alphonse Schepers (1933) Gaston Rebry (1934) Louis Duerloo (1935) Louis Hardiquest (1936) Michel D'Hooghe (1937) Edgard de Caluwé (1938) Karel Kaers (1939)

1940–1959	Achiel Buysse (1940–1941) Briek Schotte (1942) Achiel Buysse (1943) Rik Van Steenbergen (1944) Sylvain Grysolle (1945) Rik Van Steenbergen (1946) Emiel Faignaert (1947) Briek Schotte (1948) Fiorenzo Magni (1949–1951) Roger Decock (1952) Wim van Est (1953) Raymond Impanis (1954) Louison Bobet (1955) Jean Forestier (1956) Fred De Bruyne (1957) Germain Derycke (1958) Rik Van Looy (1959)

1960–1979	Arthur Decabooter (1960) Tom Simpson (1961) Rik Van Looy (1962) Noël Foré (1963) Rudi Altig (1964) Jo de Roo (1965) Edward Sels (1966) Dino Zandegù (1967) Walter Godefroot (1968) Eddy Merckx (1969) Eric Leman (1970) Evert Dolman (1971) Eric Leman (1972–1973) Cees Bal (1974) Eddy Merckx (1975) Walter Planckaert (1976) Roger De Vlaeminck (1977) Walter Godefroot (1978) Jan Raas (1979)

1980–1999	Michel Pollentier (1980) Hennie Kuiper (1981) René Martens (1982) Jan Raas (1983) Johan Lammerts (1984) Eric Vanderaerden (1985) Adri van der Poel (1986) Claude Criquielion (1987) Eddy Planckaert (1988) Edwig Van Hooydonck (1989) Moreno Argentin (1990) Edwig Van Hooydonck (1991) Jacky Durand (1992) Johan Museeuw (1993) Gianni Bugno (1994) Johan Museeuw (1995) Michele Bartoli (1996) Rolf Sørensen (1997) Johan Museeuw (1998) Peter Van Petegem (1999)

2000–2019	Andrei Tchmil (2000) Gianluca Bortolami (2001) Andrea Tafi (2002) Peter Van Petegem (2003) Steffen Wesemann (2004) Tom Boonen (2005–2006) Alessandro Ballan (2007) Stijn Devolder (2008–2009) Fabian Cancellara (2010) Nick Nuyens (2011) Tom Boonen (2012) Fabian Cancellara (2013–2014) Alexander Kristoff (2015)

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