Famous German Cyclists

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Jan Ullrich
(German Former Professional Road Bicycle Racer)
Jan Ullrich
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Birthdate: December 2, 1973
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Rostock, Germany
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
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Erik Zabel
(German Former Professional Road Bicycle Racer)
Erik Zabel
4
Birthdate: July 7, 1970
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: East Berlin, Germany
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 3 
Jens Voigt
(German Former Professional Road Bicycle Racer)
Jens Voigt
4
Birthdate: September 17, 1971
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Grevesmühlen, Germany
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
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 4 
André Greipel
(German Former Professional Road Bicycle Racer)
André Greipel
4
Birthdate: July 16, 1982
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Rostock, East Germany
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 5 
Kristina Vogel
(Former German Track Cyclist and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Kristina Vogel
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Birthdate: November 10, 1990
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Leninskoye, German
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
 6 
John Degenkolb
(German Professional Road Bicycle Racer)
John Degenkolb
4
Birthdate: January 7, 1989
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Gera, Germany
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 7 
Robert Förstemann
(German Track Cyclist)
Robert Förstemann
4
Birthdate: March 5, 1986
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Greiz, Germany
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 8 
Judith Arndt
(German Retired Professional Cyclist)
Judith Arndt
3
Birthdate: July 23, 1976
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Königs Wusterhausen, Germany
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
 9 
Juliana Buhring
(British-German Ultra-Endurance Cyclist)
Juliana Buhring
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Birthdate: June 2, 1981
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Athens, Greece

Born to Children of God cult followers in Greece, Juliana Buhring was abandoned at age 4 and grew up with several foster parents, thus traveling the world. The world-renowned endurance cyclist lost her lover to a crocodile attack but still became the fastest solo female cyclist to tour across the world.

 10 
Marcel Kittel
(German Former Racing Cyclist)
Marcel Kittel
4
Birthdate: May 11, 1988
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Arnstadt, Germany
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 11 
Lisa Brennauer
(German Former Racing Cyclist)
Lisa Brennauer
3
Birthdate: June 8, 1988
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Kempten, Germany
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
 12 
Heinz Stücke
(German Cyclist)
Heinz Stücke
3
Birthdate: January 11, 1940
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Hövelhof, North Rhine-Westphalia

Heinz Stücke is a German long-distance itinerate cyclist best known for his world record-setting bicycle touring in 1995. In a journey spanning over five decades, Heinz Stücke has traveled more than six hundred thousand kilometers. Between 1962 and 2010, he visited 78 territories and 195 countries. Heinz Stücke’s name is also in the Guinness Book of Records.  

 13 
Tony Martin
(German Former Professional Road Bicycle Racer)
Tony Martin
4
Birthdate: April 23, 1985
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Cottbus, Germany
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 14 
Maximilian Schachmann
(German Cyclist)
Maximilian Schachmann
3
Birthdate: January 9, 1994
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 15 
Emanuel Buchmann
(German Professional Racing Cyclist)
Emanuel Buchmann
3
Birthdate: November 18, 1992
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Ravensburg, Germany
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 16 
Andreas Klöden
(German Former Professional Road Bicycle Racer)
Andreas Klöden
3
Birthdate: June 22, 1975
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Mittweida, Bezirk Karl-Marx-Stadt, East Germany
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 17 
Nils Politt
(German Cyclist)
Nils Politt
3
Birthdate: March 6, 1994
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Cologne, Germany
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
 18 
Hans Rey
(German Cyclist)
Hans Rey
3
Birthdate: June 4, 1966
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Kenzingen, Germany
 19 
Simon Geschke
(German Professional Road Cyclist)
Simon Geschke
3
Birthdate: March 13, 1986
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
 20 
Lennard Kämna
(German Professional Road Racing Cyclist)
Lennard Kämna
3
Birthdate: September 9, 1996
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Wedel, Germany
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 21 
Trixi Worrack
(German Former Professional Road Racing Cyclist)
Trixi Worrack
3
Birthdate: September 28, 1981
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cottbus, Germany
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
 22 
Heinrich Haussler
(Australian Former Road Racing Cyclist)
Heinrich Haussler
3
Birthdate: February 25, 1984
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Inverell, New South Wales, Australia
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 23 
Fiona Kolbinger
(German Cyclist)
Fiona Kolbinger
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Birthdate: May 24, 1995
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Germany

Fiona Kolbinger is a cyclist who created history by becoming the first woman to win the Transcontinental Race in 2019. She took a time of ten days, two hours, and 48 minutes to complete the race with an advance of around six hours over the second closest. She beat over 224 men and 40 women to achieve this feat.

 24 
Petra Rossner
(German Cycle Racer)
Petra Rossner
3
Birthdate: November 14, 1966
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Leipzig, Germany
 25 
Emma Hinze
(German Professional Racing Cyclist)
Emma Hinze
3
Birthdate: September 17, 1997
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Hildesheim, Germany
 26 
Marcus Burghardt
(German Former Professional Road Bicycle Racer)
Marcus Burghardt
3
Birthdate: June 30, 1983
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Zschopau, Germany
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 27 
Maximilian Levy
(German Former Track Cyclist)
Maximilian Levy
4
Birthdate: June 26, 1987
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 28 
Olaf Ludwig
(German Former Racing Cyclist and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Olaf Ludwig
3
Birthdate: April 13, 1960
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Gera, Germany
 29 
Stefan Schumacher
(German Former Professional Road Racing Cyclist)
Stefan Schumacher
3
Birthdate: July 21, 1981
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Ostfildern, Germany
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 30 
Anton Palzer
(German Ski Mountaineer and Cyclist)
Anton Palzer
3
Birthdate: March 11, 1993
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Ramsau bei Berchtesgaden, Germany
 31 
Gerald Ciolek
(German Former Professional Road Bicycle Racer)
Gerald Ciolek
3
Birthdate: September 19, 1986
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Cologne, West Germany
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 32 
Pascal Ackermann
(German Cyclist)
Pascal Ackermann
3
Birthdate: January 17, 1994
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Kandel, Germany
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 33 
Nikias Arndt
(German Professional Track and Road Cyclist)
Nikias Arndt
3
Birthdate: November 18, 1991
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Buchholz in der Nordheide, Germany
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
 34 
Lea Friedrich
(German Professional Track Cyclist)
Lea Friedrich
3
Birthdate: January 7, 2000
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Dassow, Germany
 35 
Ina-Yoko Teutenberg
(German Former Road Bicycle Racer)
Ina-Yoko Teutenberg
3
Birthdate: October 28, 1974
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Unbulleted list Düsseldorf, Germany
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
 36 
Christian Knees
(German Former Professional Road Racing Cyclist)
Christian Knees
3
Birthdate: March 5, 1981
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Bonn, West Germany
Height: 6'4" (193 cm)
 37 
Marco Brenner
(German Professional Racing Cyclist)
Marco Brenner
3
Birthdate: August 27, 2002
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
 38 
Rick Zabel
(Germa Road Bicycle Racer)
Rick Zabel
3
Birthdate: December 7, 1993
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Unna, Germany
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 39 
Rolf Aldag
(German Former Professional Road Bicycle Racer)
Rolf Aldag
3
Birthdate: August 25, 1968
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Beckum, Germany
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
 40 
Max Walscheid
(German Cyclist)
Max Walscheid
3
Birthdate: June 13, 1993
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Neuwied, Germany
Height: 6'6" (198 cm)
 41 
Dietrich Thurau
(German Retired Professional Road Bicycle Racer)
Dietrich Thurau
3
Birthdate: November 9, 1954
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Frankfurt, West Germany
 42 
Andreas Kappes
(German Cyclist)
Andreas Kappes
3
Birthdate: December 23, 1965
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Bremen, Germany
Died: July 31, 2018
 43 
Rudi Altig
(German Professional Track and Road Racing Cyclist)
Rudi Altig
3
Birthdate: March 18, 1937
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Mannheim, Germany
Died: June 11, 2016
 44 
Josef Fischer
(German Road Bicycle Racer)
Josef Fischer
3
Birthdate: January 20, 1865
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Cham, Germany
Died: March 3, 1953
 45 
Phil Bauhaus
(German Cyclist)
Phil Bauhaus
3
Birthdate: July 8, 1994
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Bocholt, Germany
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 46 
Linus Gerdemann
(German Former Professional Road Bicycle Racer)
Linus Gerdemann
3
Birthdate: September 16, 1982
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Münster, Germany
 47 
Jörg Jaksche
(German Former Road Bicycle Racer)
Jörg Jaksche
3
Birthdate: July 23, 1976
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Fürth, Germany
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 48 
Hanka Kupfernagel
(German Retired Professional Cycle Racer)
Hanka Kupfernagel
3
Birthdate: March 19, 1974
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Gera, Bezirk Gera, Germany
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
 49 
Liane Lippert
(German Cyclist)
Liane Lippert
3
Birthdate: January 13, 1998
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Friedrichshafen, Germany
 50 
Jens Lehmann
(German Politician of the CDU and a Former Professional Cyclist and Double Olympic Champion)
Jens Lehmann
3
Birthdate: December 19, 1967
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Stolberg, Saxony-Anhalt, East Germany
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)