Rolf Gölz
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| Full name | Rolf Gölz | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 September 1962 Bad Schussenried, West Germany | |||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | |||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | |||||||||||||||||
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| 1985–1986 | Del Tongo–Colnago | |||||||||||||||||
| 1987–1990 | Superconfex–Kwantum–Yoko–Colnago | |||||||||||||||||
| 1991–1992 | Ariostea | |||||||||||||||||
| 1993 | Marin | |||||||||||||||||
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Rolf Gölz (born 30 September 1962) is a retired road and track cyclist from Germany, who was a professional rider from 1985 to 1993. He won the German National Road Race in 1985[1] and narrowly missed the podium in the 1987 UCI World Championship finishing in 4th place.
He represented West Germany at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, where he won the silver medal in the men's individual pursuit, behind America's Steve Hegg. At the same Olympic Games, Gölz also claimed the bronze medal in the 4,000 m team pursuit.[2] Other victories included the 1988 editions of Paris–Brussels and the Nissan Classic.
Major results
[edit]- 1983
- Nacht von Hannover
- 1983
- World Amateur Track Team Pursuit Championship
- 1985
Germany National Road Race Championship- Vuelta a Andalucía
- Firenze–Pistoia
- 1986
- Aachen
- Fellbach
- Stuttgart
- Giro di Campania
- 1987
- Hamburg
- Hengelo
- Munster
- Reutlingen
- Vuelta a Andalucía
- Tour du Haut-Var
- Züri-Metzgete
- Tour de France:
- Winner stage 15
- 1988
- Goppingen
- Tour of Ireland
- Walsrode
- Vuelta a Asturias
- La Flèche Wallonne
- Tour de France:
- Winner stage 8
- Paris–Brussels
- Milano–Torino
- Giro del Piemonte
- 1989
- Milano–Torino
- 1990
- Trofeo Baracchi (with Tom Cordes)
- 1992
- Hegiberg-Rundfahrt
- Tour Méditerranéen
References
[edit]- ^ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Germany". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ^ "Rolf Gölz Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
External links
[edit]- Rolf Gölz at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Official Tour de France results for Rolf Gölz
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