Marcel Wüst

Marcel Wüst ( born August 6 1967 in Cologne Klettenberg ) is a former professional road racing cyclist who is working as a freelance promoter and facilitator today.

Vita

Marcel Wüst grew up in Cologne Klettenberg, attended in Cologne- Bickendorf primary school and made at the High School Cross Lane graduated from high school.

Wüst was able to pull as a sprinter over 100 victories and won 14 stages in the Grand Tours Tour de France, Giro d' Italia and Vuelta a España and was only the second German, featured on the list. At the Tour de France of 2000, he was able to conquer the polka-dot jersey to a survey, celebrate a stage win in Vitre on July 5 and wear the green jersey for the best sprinter for two days in the prologue in a coup with a surprising 950 -meter sprint. On 11 August 2000 Wüst crashed in Issoire (France) as a result of a collision with Frenchman Jean -Michel Thilloy at a speed of 60 km / h, where he incurred serious head injuries. Wüst had to end his career in it for the right eye lost light.

Marcel Wüst, too, is not free from doping allegations. He was a member of the 1998 Festina racing team, which in 1998 provided in the Tour de France for a very large doping scandal. Wüst but had not been nominated by his team for this Tour de France. Furthermore, his name appears in the book " Gedopt " by Willy Voet, the masseur of the then Festinateams, on a doping plan for EPO doping. Wüst itself, however, denies ever having operated doping and cited as evidence for this is that he had to finish big tours due to lack of power prematurely, among other things several times.

Wüst nevertheless operates since 2008 in the ARD as an expert, what their live broadcasts Interrupted during the 2007 Tour after becoming aware of several cases of doping and Wüst had not been used as an expert for coverage of the 2007 Tour despite ongoing contract.

Until the dissolution of the Team Coast in May 2003, he was responsible for media and communications. Then Marcel Wüst worked as a spokesman for the team Wiesenhof Akud.

The masses, he was known as cycling expert at ARD and as author of the book Sprinter years.

In Mallorca, Wüst has in his house Casa Ciclista workshops and courses, cycling seminars and training camps for all ability groups.

Team

Achievements

  • 2000 a stage of the Tour de France
  • A stage Germany Tour 2000
  • Circuit Cycliste Sarthe four stages
  • A stage Tour of Aragon
  • Overall 110 wins ( from 1 September 2008 according to its own statements, Marcel Wüst )
  • A stage win Giro d' Italia
  • A stage win Tour de France
  • 12 stage wins Vuelta a España

Works

  • Marcel Wüst: Sprinter years: shine and shade of a cycling career. Delius Klasing Verlag Bielefeld, 2006, ISBN 3-7688-5212-1
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