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Rüdiger Selig
Selig at the 2013 Tour des Fjords
Personal information
Full nameRüdiger Selig
NicknameRudi
Born (1989-02-19) 19 February 1989 (age 35)
Zwenkau, East Germany
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Team information
Current teamAstana Qazaqstan Team
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Rider typeClassics rider
Amateur teams
2008–2011Team Jenatec
2011Leopard Trek (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2012–2015Team Katusha[1]
2016–2021Bora–Argon 18[2][3][4]
2022–2023Lotto–Soudal[5][6]
2024–Astana Qazaqstan Team

Rüdiger Selig (born 19 February 1989) is a German professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Astana Qazaqstan Team.[7]

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.[8] 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.[9] He was named in the start list for the 2016 Vuelta a España[10] and the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia.[11] In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the 2017 Tour de France.[12]

Major results

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Grand Tour general classification results timeline

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Grand Tour 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia DNF DNF 127 DNF
A yellow jersey Tour de France 165
A red jersey Vuelta a España 156 141
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

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  1. ^ "Katusha Team (KAT) – RUS". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  2. ^ "With Christoph Pfingsten, BORA – hansgrohe completes its roster for 2019". Bora–Hansgrohe. Denk Pro Cycling GmbH & Co. KG. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
  3. ^ Ryan, Barry (28 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Bora-Hansgrohe". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Bora - Hansgrohe". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Caleb Ewan extends with Lotto Soudal until end of 2024". cyclingnews.com. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Lotto–Soudal". UCI. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Astana Qazaqstan Team". UCI. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  8. ^ Atkins, Ben (4 October 2011). "Rudiger Selig sprints to first ever professional victory in Binche-Tournai-Binche". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
  9. ^ "News Shorts: Bora-Argon 18 sign Rüdiger Selig from Katusha". cyclingnews.com. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
  10. ^ "71st Vuelta a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  11. ^ "2017: 100th Giro d'Italia: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  12. ^ "2017: 104th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
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