Rüdiger Selig

Rüdiger Selig
	Selig at the 2013 Tour des Fjords
Personal information
Full name	Rüdiger Selig
Nickname	Rudi
Born	19 February 1989 (age 35); Zwenkau, East Germany
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Team information
Current team	Astana Qazaqstan Team
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	Classics rider
Amateur teams
2008–2011	Team Jenatec
2011	Leopard Trek (stagiaire)
Professional teams
2012–2015	Team Katusha
2016–2021	Bora–Argon 18
2022–2023	Lotto–Soudal
2024–	Astana Qazaqstan Team

Rüdiger Selig (born 19 February 1989) is a German professional road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Astana Qazaqstan Team.^[7]

Born in Zwenkau, Selig competed as an amateur until the middle of 2011, when he joined Leopard Trek as a stagiaire. In October, he won the Binche–Tournai–Binche race.^[8] In September 2015 Bora–Argon 18 announced that Selig would join them for the 2016 season, in order to strengthen the team's sprint train.^[9] He was named in the start list for the 2016 Vuelta a España^[10] and the start list for the 2017 Giro d'Italia.^[11] In June 2017, he was named in the startlist for the 2017 Tour de France.^[12]

Major results

2010: 1st Stage 5 Tour de Berlin; 3rd Overall Dookoła Mazowsza
2011 (1 pro win): 1st Binche–Tournai–Binche; 1st Stage 5 Tour de Berlin; 2nd Overall Dookoła Mazowsza; 3rd Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships; 4th Road race, UCI Under-23 Road World Championships; 4th ProRace Berlin; 5th Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt U23; 8th Overall Tour de Wallonie-Picarde
2012: 2nd ProRace Berlin; 6th Volta Limburg Classic; 8th Münsterland Giro
2013 (1): 1st Volta Limburg Classic; 1st Stage 3 (TTT) Tour des Fjords; 7th ProRace Berlin
2015: 1st Prologue (TTT) Tour of Austria; 7th Down Under Classic; 10th Clásica de Almería
2017: 2nd Clásica de Almería; 3rd Grand Prix de Fourmies; 7th Nokere Koerse
2018 (1): 1st Stage 2 Okolo Slovenska
2019: 6th Trofeo Palma; 8th Gent–Wevelgem; 10th Road race, UEC European Road Championships
2023: 6th Bredene Koksijde Classic

Grand Tour	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Giro d'Italia	—	DNF	DNF	127	—	—	DNF
Tour de France	—	165	—	—	—	—	—
Vuelta a España	156	—	—	—	141	—	—

Legend
—	Did not compete
DNF	Did not finish

^ "Katusha Team (KAT) – RUS". UCI World Tour. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
^ "With Christoph Pfingsten, BORA – hansgrohe completes its roster for 2019". Bora–Hansgrohe. Denk Pro Cycling GmbH & Co. KG. 12 October 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
^ Ryan, Barry (28 December 2019). "2020 Team Preview: Bora-Hansgrohe". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
^ "Bora - Hansgrohe". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
^ "Caleb Ewan extends with Lotto Soudal until end of 2024". cyclingnews.com. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
^ "Lotto–Soudal". UCI. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
^ "Astana Qazaqstan Team". UCI. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
^ Atkins, Ben (4 October 2011). "Rudiger Selig sprints to first ever professional victory in Binche-Tournai-Binche". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 10 January 2012.
^ "News Shorts: Bora-Argon 18 sign Rüdiger Selig from Katusha". cyclingnews.com. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 1 October 2015.
^ "71st Vuelta a España". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
^ "2017: 100th Giro d'Italia: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
^ "2017: 104th Tour de France: Start List". Pro Cycling Stats. Retrieved 28 June 2017.