Rüdiger Selig
Selig at the 2013 Tour des Fjords
Personal information
Full nameRüdiger Selig
NicknameRudi
Born (1989-02-19) 19 February 1989
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

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
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

  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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