Christian Lademann

Christian Lademann (born 30 October 1975, Blankenburg) is a former German professional racing cyclist.

Christian Lademann

Personal information
Born	(1975-10-30) 30 October 1975 (age 47) Blankenburg, Bezirk Magdeburg, East Germany (present-day Germany)
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road, track
Role	Rider
Professional teams
2000–2001	Agro–Adler Brandenburg
2002–2003	Wüstenrot–ZVVZ
2005–2008	Team Sparkasse

Lademann became world champion at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in 1999 in the team pursuit with the German team, a year after they had become Military World Champions and Vice World Champions. On the road he already won the Tour of Tunisia as an amateur at the age of 18 and in 1999 a stage of the Tour of Rheinland Palatinate.^{[citation needed]}

In 2000 he rode for Agro-Adler Brandenburg winning two stages of the Tour of Chile and a stage in both the Tour of Argentina and the Tour of Lower Saxony. In 2001 he won the Tour of Brandenburg and a stage of the Peace Race.^{[citation needed]}

At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Lademann with the German National Pursuit Team lost out to the Spanish Team in the ride off for bronze. From 2005 onwards until his retirement at the end of 2008, he rode under contract with the German continental team Sparkasse.^{[citation needed]}

In 2009 a sample of Lademann's from the year 2007 was retrospectively tested following newly developed test methods and found to be positive for EPO. Lademann did not request a B-sample, as he had already ended his professional career.^{[citation needed]}

Major results

Road

1999

1st Stage 7 Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt

2000

Vuelta Ciclista de Chile

1st Stages 8 & 9

1st   Points Classification

1st Stage 13 Vuelta a la Argentina

2001

1st Stage 6 Peace Race

1st Overall Brandenburg-Rundfahrt

2006

1st Stage 2 Bay Cycling Classic

2007

1st Stage 7 International Cycling Classic

Track

1996

1st   National team pursuit championships (with Guido Fulst, Robert Bartko and Heiko Szonn)

2nd Individual pursuit, Under-23 European Track Championships

1997

1st Individual pursuit, Under-23 European Track Championships

1998

2nd Team pursuit, World Track Championships

1999

1st   Team pursuit, World Track Championships (with Daniel Becke, Robert Bartko and Guido Fulst)

World Cup

2001

1st   National Madison Championships (with Mathias Kahl)

External links

• Christian Lademann at Cycling Archives