Ehrenfried Rudolph

Ehrenfried Rudolph ( born August 14, 1935 in Krefeld ) is a retired German racing cyclist.

In 1957, it became clear that was born in Krefeld Ehrenfried Rudolph would be a track specialist, as he had made it at age 22, first German to be champion ( in tandem driving with Willy Franssen ). 1961 was followed by a title in the sprint, while 1962 brought the same three championships: in the dash, the 1000 -meter time trial and again in tandem race, together with Hans -Peter Kanters. In the same year he won the world title of the amateurs in the team pursuit ( with Bernd tube, Klaus May and his club colleagues from the RC cloud of dust Krefeld, Lothar Claesges ).

In the winter track season 1962/1963 he competed as a professional driver first six-day race and won in 1963 to second place in the sprint at the German track championships. In the pros, he advanced to stayer specialists and was already in the following year, third in the German stayer championships. He played in the following years almost exclusively pacemaker race, but also numerous six-day race at home and abroad. In 1968 he started but once in the German national team at the Tour de France, which he had to end prematurely. As a road rider he rarely went to the start, won two races there: 1961 as an amateur at Köln-Schuld - Frechen and 1970, with a professional - criterion in the Krefeld behind Dernys.

By 1969, Rudolph was four times German champion stayer, 1966 Vice World Champion and 1970 World Champion eventually. With the six-day season 1972/1973 he finished his career at the age of 37 years.

After the end of his active cycling career, he was self- pacing. In 1984, he led the German Cyclists Ralf Stambula at the track world championships in Barcelona in third place.