Historic Overview Raimund Dietzen
Rider
Overall Rank | 766 |
Name | Raimund DIETZEN |
Country | Germany |
Date of birth | 29-May-1959 - Trier (Rheinland Pfalz) |
Contempories | View Contemporary Ranking |
Raimund Dietzen - Scores by Season Tweet
Seasons
Year | Team | Score | Rank | ||
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1. | 1981 | Puch | 0 | 717 | |
2. | 1982 | Puch | 182 | 230 | |
3. | 1983 | Teka | 454 | 106 | |
17/08 | Clasica San Sebastian | 3 | |||
4. | 1984 | Teka | 965 | 35 | |
Vuelta a España | |||||
29/04 | Stage 12 | 1 | |||
General Classification | 3 | ||||
16/08 | Clasica San Sebastian | 2 | |||
5. | 1985 | Teka | 643 | 79 | |
Vuelta a España | |||||
General Classification | 7 | ||||
6. | 1986 | Teka | 916 | 45 | |
Vuelta al Pais Vasco | |||||
General Classification | 7 | ||||
Vuelta a España | |||||
04/05 | Stage 12 | 1 | |||
General Classification | 4 | ||||
7. | 1987 | Teka | 867 | 45 | |
Vuelta a España | |||||
General Classification | 2 | ||||
8. | 1988 | Teka | 815 | 54 | |
Vuelta a España | |||||
General Classification | 2 | ||||
9. | 1989 | Teka | 257 | 209 | |
Vuelta a España | |||||
02/05 | Stage 8 | 1 | |||
10. | 1990 | Teka | 15 | 672 | |
Overall: | 5114 | 766 |
Biography
Reimund Dietzen sometimes written Raimund Dietzen (born 29 May 1959 in Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a retired road and cyclo-cross cyclist from Germany, who was a professional rider from 1982 to 1990. He is currently a directeur sportif with the Gerolsteiner cycling team.
Dietzen was a successful amateur winning the German cyclo-cross championship in 1980 and 1981 as well as winning in road races. He turned professional with the Swiss team Puch in 1982. He won the cyclo-cross race the Grand Prix Jean Bausch-Pierre Kellner that year. The following year he joined a Spanish cycling team Teka with whom he would stay with for the rest of his career. In his first year with his new team he won the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana. The following year he became the champion of Germany in the road race and cyclo-cross as well his first stage victory in the Vuelta a España. He won the stage to the Lagos de Covadonga which is a very steep climb and a prestigious stage to win. He would finish that year's edition of the Vuelta third overall. The following year he was again cyclo-cross champion as well as the winner of the Vuelta a Cantabria. In 1986 he was again German road champion and won a second stage in the 1986 Vuelta a España. In 1987 he wore the leader's jersey in the 1987 Vuelta a España for five days before losing it to Herrera and then finishing the race second overall to Luis Herrera of Colombia. Dietzen finished the 1988 Vuelta a España second overall, this time to Sean Kelly of Ireland. In the 1989 Vuelta a España, Dietzen won a stage but several days later he crashed. He had ridden into a tunnel which was not illuminated and crashed, suffering career-ending injuries. He was only 30 years of age when the following year he stopped as a professional after not recovering. Seventeen years later, the Supreme Court of Spain ordered the organisers of the Vuelta a España to pay damages to Dietzen. Dietzen obtained nearly all of his success in Spanish races with wins in Vuelta a La Rioja, Vuelta a Castilla y León and the Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme. Since 2003 Dietzen is a directeur sportif with Team Gerolsteiner. He currently lives in Spain.