Olaf Jentzsch

German cyclist (born 1958)

Olaf Jentzsch
Personal information
Olaf Jentzsch (left)
Born	(1958-12-03) 3 December 1958 (age 65) Riesa, East Germany
Team information
Role	Rider
Professional team
1990-1992	Tulip Computers-KOGA

Olaf Jentzsch (born 3 December 1958 in Riesa) is a German former racing cyclist.^[1] As a professional rider of team Tulip Computers-KOGA, he rode in the 1992 Tour de France^[2]^[3] and the 1992 Giro d'Italia. As a citizen of East Germany he was only allowed to ride amateur races before 1990. Jentzsch managed to win a whole series of amateur stage races and stages, of which only a selection is shown below.

Major Results

1981

GDR champion on the road^[4]

1983

Overall Vuelta a Cuba
Stage 5a Coors Classic

1984

GDR champion on the road

1985

Overall Tour of Austria
Stage 5 Coors Classic

1986

GDR champion individual time trial on the road

1987

Overall and stage 6 Tour of Greece
Overall Tour of Yugoslavia

1988

Overall Tour du Loir-et-Cher

1989

Stage 9 Clásico RCN

1990

Stage 1 Giro del Trentino

References

^ "Olaf Jentzsch". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
^ "Tour de France 1992". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
^ "79ème Tour de France 1992". Memoire du cyclisme. Archived from the original on 24 January 2012.
^ See German version of this page.