{{Short description|German cyclist (born 1960)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}} {{expand German|topic=bio|date=January 2022|Falk Boden}} {{Infobox cyclist |name=Falk Boden |image=2019 UCI Juniors Track World Championships 008.jpg |caption=Boden in 2019 |birth_date= {{birth date and age|1960|1|20|df=y}} |birth_place= Elsterwerda, East Germany |death_date= |death_place= | height = {{convert|1.83|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|74|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | proyears1 = 1991–1992 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|PDM|1991}} | proyears2 = 1993 | proteam2 = {{UCI team code|FES|1993}} | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{DDR}}}} {{MedalOlympics}} {{MedalSilver|1980 Moscow|Team time trial}} {{MedalCompetition|Friendship Games}} {{MedalGold|1984 Schleiz|Team road race}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalGold|1979 Valkenburg|Team time trial}} {{MedalGold|1981 Prague|Team time trial}} {{MedalGold|1989 Chambéry|Team time trial}} {{MedalSilver|1990 Utsunomiya|Team time trial}} }}
'''Falk Boden''' (born 20 January 1960) is a retired German cyclist. He had his best achievements in the 100 km team time trial, in which he won a silver medal for East Germany at the 1980 Summer Olympics,<ref name=r1/> as well as three gold and one silver medals at the world championships in 1979, 1981, 1989 and 1990. He missed the 1984 Summer Olympics due to their boycott by East Germany and competed in the Friendship Games instead, winning a gold medal. He won the German National Road Race in 1991.<ref name="RoadRace">{{cite web |url=http://www.cyclingarchives.com/wedstrijdfiche.php?wedstrijdid=334 |title=National Championship, Road, Elite, Germany |access-date=13 September 2014 |work=Cycling Archives |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924203707/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/wedstrijdfiche.php?wedstrijdid=334 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> thumb|upright|left|Boden in 1981
==Major results== <small>Sources:<ref name=r2/><ref>{{cite web |title=Falk Boden |url=https://firstcycling.com/rider.php?r=6348 |website=FirstCycling.com |access-date=20 January 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Falk Boden - #3359 best all time pro cyclist - CyclingRanking.com |url=https://www.cyclingranking.com/rider/4233/falk-boden |website=www.cyclingranking.com |access-date=20 January 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Falk Boden |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/falk-boden |website=www.procyclingstats.com |access-date=20 January 2025}}</ref></small> {{div col start}} ;1978 : 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Peace Race Juniors : 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Cottbuser Juniors ;1979 : 7th Overall DDR-Rundfahrt ;1980 : 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall DDR-Rundfahrt ::1st Prologue (TTT) & Stage 3 : 3rd East German Road race championships : 7th Overall Région Pays de la Loire Tour ;1981 : 2nd East German Road race championships : 3rd Overall Sealink International Grand Prix ::1st Prologue, Stages 3 & 5 ;1982 : 1st Stage 4 Okolo Slovenska : 2nd Overall Tour du Loir-et-Cher : 5th Overall Tour de l'Avenir ::1st Stage 2 (TTT) : 7th Road race Amateur World Championships ;1983 : 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Peace Race : 1st Stages 4 & 8 Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt : 2nd Overall Tour du Maroc : 6th Overall Giro delle Regioni : 7th Overall DDR-Rundfahrt ::1st Stage 3 : 8th Road race Amateur World Championships ;1984 : 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall DDR-Rundfahrt ::1st Stage 7 : 2nd Overall Olympia's Tour : 3rd East German Road race championships : 4th Overall Tour de Normandie ::1st Stage 5 ;1985 (1 Pro win) : 1st Stage 7 Tour de Wallonie : 4th Overall Peace Race : 10th Overall DDR-Rundfahrt ;1987 (2) : 5th Overall DDR-Rundfahrt : 8th Overall Tour de Wallonie ::1st Stages 2 & 3 (TTT) : 8th Overall Tour of Sweden ;1988 (1) : 1st Stage 5 Tour du Vaucluse : 1st Stage 5 Tour of Austria : 2nd East German Road race championships : 3rd Overall Tour d'Algérie ;1989 (1) : 1st {{cjersey|yellow}} Overall Regio-Tour : 1st Prologue Tour du Vaucluse : 5th Overall Tour of Austria ::1st Stages 8 & 9 : 7th Overall Région Pays de la Loire Tour : 10th Grand Prix de Waregem ;1990 : 4th Overall Peace Race : 7th Road race Amateur World Championships : 9th Overall Troféu Joaquim Agostinho ;1991 : 1st {{cjersey|germany}} Road race national championships : 4th Grand Prix de la Libération : 8th Züri-Metzgete : 9th Paris-Camembert : 9th GP Montreal ;1993 : 3rd Coca-Cola Trophy {{div col end}}
==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=r1>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418023015/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/falk-boden-1.html Falk Boden]. sports-reference.com</ref> <ref name=r2>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20130215191808/http://www.cyclingarchives.com/coureurfiche.php?coureurid=2367 Falk Boden]}}. cyclingarchives.com</ref> }}
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{{German National Road Race Championships (men) |state=collapsed}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Boden, Falk}} Category:1960 births Category:Living people Category:People from Elsterwerda Category:Sportspeople from Bezirk Cottbus Category:East German male cyclists Category:German male cyclists Category:Cyclists from Brandenburg Category:Olympic cyclists for East Germany Category:Cyclists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic medalists in cycling Category:Olympic silver medalists for East Germany Category:German cycling road race champions Category:UCI Road World Champions (elite men) Category:Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Category:Recipients of the Patriotic Order of Merit in gold