Rolf Gölz

Rolf Gölz

Personal information
Full name	Rolf Gölz
Born	(1962-09-30) 30 September 1962 (age 62) Bad Schussenried, West Germany
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional teams
1985–1986	Del Tongo–Colnago
1987–1990	Superconfex–Kwantum–Yoko–Colnago
1991–1992	Ariostea
1993	Marin
Major wins
Grand Tours Tour de France 2 individual stages (1987, 1988) One-day races National Road Race Championship (1985) La Flèche Wallonne (1988) Züri-Metzgete (1987) Milano–Torino (1989) Trofeo Baracchi (1990) Paris–Brussels (1988)
Medal record Men's track cycling Representing  West Germany Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Individual pursuit 1984 Los Angeles Team pursuit

Rolf Gölz (born 30 September 1962) is a retired road and track cyclist from Germany, who was a professional rider from 1985 to 1993. He won the German National Road Race in 1985^[1] and narrowly missed the podium in the 1987 UCI World Championship finishing in 4th place.

He represented West Germany at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, where he won the silver medal in the men's individual pursuit, behind America's Steve Hegg. At the same Olympic Games, Gölz also claimed the bronze medal in the 4,000 m team pursuit.^[2] Other victories included the 1988 editions of Paris–Brussels and the Nissan Classic.

Major results

1983

Nacht von Hannover

1983

World Amateur Track Team Pursuit Championship

1985

 Germany National Road Race Championship

Vuelta a Andalucía

Firenze–Pistoia

1986

Aachen

Fellbach

Stuttgart

Giro di Campania

1987

Hamburg

Hengelo

Munster

Reutlingen

Vuelta a Andalucía

Tour du Haut-Var

Züri-Metzgete

Tour de France:

Winner stage 15

1988

Goppingen

Tour of Ireland

Walsrode

Vuelta a Asturias

La Flèche Wallonne

Tour de France:

Winner stage 8

Paris–Brussels

Milano–Torino

Giro del Piemonte

1989

Milano–Torino

1990

Trofeo Baracchi (with Tom Cordes)

1992

Hegiberg-Rundfahrt

Tour Méditerranéen

References

1. "National Championship, Road, Elite, Germany". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
2. "Rolf Gölz Olympic Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2015.

External links

• Rolf Gölz at Cycling Archives (archived)
• Official Tour de France results for Rolf Gölz