Uwe Peschel

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'''Uwe Peschel''' (born 4 November 1968) is a German former professional [[road bicycle racer]] and a [[time trialist]].

Peschel was born in Berlin in 1968.<ref name="SportsRef" /> His father, [[Axel Peschel]], had represented East Germany at the [[Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's team time trial|1968 Olympic men's team time trial]] a fortnight prior to his birth.<ref>{{Cite sports-reference |title = Axel Peschel |url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/axel-peschel-1.html |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418022709/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/axel-peschel-1.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 18 April 2020 |access-date = 8 February 2019 }}</ref> At the [[1992 Summer Olympics]], Peschel Jr along with [[Bernd Dittert]], [[Christian Meyer (cyclist)|Christian Meyer]] and [[Michael Rich (cyclist)|Michael Rich]], won the gold medal in the [[Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's team time trial|men's team time trial]].<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/uwe-peschel-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417223318/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pe/uwe-peschel-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Uwe Peschel Olympic Results |access-date=29 July 2016}}</ref>

== Major achievements == {{Palmares start}} ;1992 : Gold Medal, Men's Team Road Race – [[1992 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]] ;1996 : Bayern-Rundfahrt ;1997 – {{UCI team code|CTA|1997}} : [[Grand Prix des Nations]] (ITT) : Stage 3b (ITT) – [[Danmark Rundt]] (2.3) : Stage 3 (ITT) – [[Regio-Tour]] (2.4) : Stage 4b (ITT) – Grand Prix Tell ;1998 – Estepona en Marcha – Brepac : Stage 4b (ITT) – [[Trofeo Castilla y Leon]] (2.4) : 3rd, Stage 9 (ITT) – [[Vuelta a España]] ;1999 – Gerolsteiner ;2001 – Gerolsteiner : Stage 1 – [[Peace Race]] (2.3) ;2002 – Gerolsteiner : [[Grand Prix des Nations]] ([[Individual time trial|ITT]]) (1.1) : {{GER}} National Time Trial Cycling Championship : 1st overall and Stage 4b (ITT) win – [[Hessen Rundfahrt]] (2.3) : Karlsruhe Versicherungs GP (with [[Michael Rich (cyclist)|Michael Rich]]) (1.2) : 9th overall – [[Deutschland Tour]] (2.2) : 9th overall – [[Peace Race]] (2.2) ;2003 – Gerolsteiner : GP Eddy Merckx (with [[Michael Rich (cyclist)|Michael Rich]]) : 2nd (Silver Medal) – [[World Cycling Championships|World Time Trial Cycling Championship]] ;2004 – Gerolsteiner ;2005 – [[Team Gerolsteiner|Gerolsteiner]] : 3rd – Luk Challenge (1.1) (with Michael Rich) : 4th, Prologue (ITT) – [[Eneco Tour]] {{Palmares end}}

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==External links== *{{Cycling Archives|3672}}

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