Torsten Schmidt
Personal information
Born (1972-02-18) 18 February 1972
Schwelm, Germany
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10+12 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb; 11 st 7 lb)
Team information
Current teamRetired
DisciplineRoad
RoleRider
Professional teams
1996Die Continentale-Olympia
1997Roslotto-ZG Mobili
1998–1999Team Chicky World
2000–2005Gerolsteiner
2006–2007Wiesenhof–Felt

Torsten Schmidt (born 18 February 1972) is a former German cyclist.[1] After retiring from competition he became a directeur sportif and coach, working with Team CSC, Leopard Trek, Team Katusha, Bora–Hansgrohe and the Swiss national team.[2]

Career achievements

Major results

1992
1st stage 1 Tour DuPont
1st stage 5 Olympia's Tour
1st stage 1 Tour de Wallonie
1993
2nd Tour de Berlin
1998
1st Grand Prix Théo Mulheims
1st Tour of Normandie
1st stage 1
1st Rund um Düren
1st stage 6 Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt
1st stage 6b Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt
2nd Tour de Berlin
3rd Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers
1999
1st Route Adélie
1st Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt
1st stage 4b
1st stage 10 Vuelta a Argentina
1st stage 4 3-Länder-Tour
3rd Colliers Classic
3rd Bayern Rundfahrt
2000
1st Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt
1st stage 6
1st Grand Prix EnBW (with Michael Rich)
2001
1st stage 2 3-Länder-Tour
1st stage 4 Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt
2nd Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt
3rd Rund um Köln
2002
2nd 3-Länder-Tour
2004
1st stage 4 Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt
2005
1st Eindhoven Team Time Trial
2006
1st stage 8 Peace Race

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

Grand Tour 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
A pink jersey Giro d'Italia 87 DNF
A yellow jersey Tour de France 136 DNF
A red jersey Vuelta a España DNF
Legend
Did not compete
DNF Did not finish

References

  1. "Torsten Schmidt". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  2. "Bernhard Eisel and Enrico Gasparotto join Bora-Hansgrohe as sport directors". VeloNews. 13 November 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2022.


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