Sebastian Lang

Sebastian Lang (born 15 September 1979 in Sonneberg) is a former German professional road bicycle racer and time trialist, who rode as a professional between 2002 and 2011. He rode on from 2002 until its demise in 2008, and in 2006 became Germany's national time trial champion.

In the 2008 Tour de France, on stage 9, Lang broke from the peloton 22 kilometers into the stage. He shook off his two breakaway companions on the category 1 col de Peyresourde, with another big difficulty to come, the col d'Aspin. He was passed on the latter by Riccardo Riccò, who would win the stage only be excluded from the Tour later on for a positive test to the blood booster CERA. With his long break, Lang earned the most combative award for the stage, and raked in points for the best climber jersey, which he would wear from stages 12 to 14.

In 2011, Lang started and finished all three Grand Tours for , only the 31st rider to achieve this feat. He retired at the end of that season, aged 32.

Major results

2000 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships 2001

2002 Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt 1st Stages 1 & 4 2003 1st Overall Danmark Rundt 1st Karlsruheversicherungs GP 2nd Overall Tour of Rhodes 1st Prologue 3rd Time trial, National Road Championships 2004 1st Overall Hessen Rundfahrt 1st Stage 4 1st Young rider classification 3rd Chrono des Nations 2005 1st Stage 5 Hessen Rundfahrt 8th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships 2006

1st LuK Challenge Chrono (Time trial with Markus Fothen) 1st Overall 3-Länder-Tour 1st Stage 3 (ITT) 5th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships 2007 5th Time trial, UCI Road World Championships 2008 Tour de France

Grand Tour general classification results timeline

+ Legend — Did not compete DNF Did not finish