Uwe Peschel

Peschel at the 2004 Deutschland Tour

Personal information

Born

4 November 1968 (age 55)
East Berlin, East Germany

Medal record

Uwe Peschel (born 4 November 1968) is a German former professional road bicycle racer and a time trialist.

Peschel was born in Berlin in 1968.^[1] His father, Axel Peschel, had represented East Germany at the 1968 Olympic men's team time trial a fortnight prior to his birth.^[2] At the 1992 Summer Olympics, Peschel Jr along with Bernd Dittert, Christian Meyer and Michael Rich, won the gold medal in the men's team time trial.^[1]

Major achievements

1992: Gold Medal, Men's Team Road Race – Summer Olympics
1996: Bayern-Rundfahrt
1997 – Cantina Tollo–Carrier–Starplast: Grand Prix des Nations (ITT); Stage 3b (ITT) – Danmark Rundt (2.3); Stage 3 (ITT) – Regio-Tour (2.4); Stage 4b (ITT) – Grand Prix Tell
1998 – Estepona en Marcha – Brepac: Stage 4b (ITT) – Trofeo Castilla y Leon (2.4); 3rd, Stage 9 (ITT) – Vuelta a España
1999 – Gerolsteiner
2001 – Gerolsteiner: Stage 1 – Peace Race (2.3)
2002 – Gerolsteiner: Grand Prix des Nations (ITT) (1.1); Germany National Time Trial Cycling Championship; 1st overall and Stage 4b (ITT) win – Hessen Rundfahrt (2.3); Karlsruhe Versicherungs GP (with Michael Rich) (1.2); 9th overall – Deutschland Tour (2.2); 9th overall – Peace Race (2.2)
2003 – Gerolsteiner: GP Eddy Merckx (with Michael Rich); 2nd (Silver Medal) – World Time Trial Cycling Championship
2004 – Gerolsteiner
2005 – Gerolsteiner: 3rd – Luk Challenge (1.1) (with Michael Rich); 4th, Prologue (ITT) – Eneco Tour

References

Olympic cycling champions in men's team time trial