Rüdiger Selig
German road cyclist (born 1989)
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Rüdiger Selig (born 19 February 1989) is a German former road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2012 to 2024.
Selig at the 2013 Tour des Fjords | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Rüdiger Selig |
| Nickname | Rudi |
| Born | 19 February 1989 Zwenkau, East Germany |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Classics rider |
| Amateur teams | |
| 2008–2011 | Team Jenatec |
| 2011 | Leopard Trek (stagiaire) |
| Professional teams | |
| 2012–2015 | Team Katusha[1] |
| 2016–2021 | Bora–Argon 18[2][3][4] |
| 2022–2023 | Lotto–Soudal[5][6] |
| 2024 | 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
- 2010
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de Berlin
- 3rd Overall Dookoła Mazowsza
- 2011 (1 pro win)
- 1st Binche–Tournai–Binche
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de Berlin
- 2nd Overall Dookoła Mazowsza
- 3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships
- 4th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships
- 4th ProRace Berlin
- 5th Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt U23
- 8th Overall Tour de Wallonie-Picarde
- 2012
- 2nd ProRace Berlin
- 6th Volta Limburg Classic
- 8th Münsterland Giro
- 2013 (1)
- 1st Volta Limburg Classic
- 1st Stage 3 (TTT) Tour des Fjords
- 7th ProRace Berlin
- 2015
- 1st Prologue (TTT) Tour of Austria
- 7th Down Under Classic
- 10th Clásica de Almería
- 2017
- 2nd Clásica de Almería
- 3rd Grand Prix de Fourmies
- 7th Nokere Koerse
- 2018 (1)
- 1st Stage 2 Okolo Slovenska
- 2019
- 6th Trofeo Palma
- 8th Gent–Wevelgem
- 10th Road race, UEC European Road Championships
- 2023
- 6th Bredene Koksijde Classic
Grand Tour general classification results timeline
| Grand Tour | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Giro d'Italia |
— | DNF | DNF | 127 | — | — | DNF |
 Tour de France |
— | 165 | — | — | — | — | — |
 Vuelta a España |
156 | — | — | — | 141 | — | — |
| — | Did not compete |
|---|---|
| DNF | Did not finish |
