Uwe Ampler

Uwe Ampler (born 11 October 1964) is a retired track and road cyclist who competed for East Germany at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the gold medal in the men's team time trial, alongside Jan Schur, Mario Kummer, and Maik Landsmann.

Ampler won the Peace Race in 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1998.

In August 1999 he tested positive for steroids during the Sachsen Tour and admitted he was doping. His father, Klaus Ampler, was also a famous cyclist. Also his son Rick Ampler (* 1989) was cyclist.

Major results

1983 1st Stage 1 Okolo Slovenska 1985 3rd Overall Peace Race 1st Stage 4 1986 1st Prologue Peace Race 3rd Overall Tour du Vaucluse 1st Stage 1 1st World Champion Colorado Springs 1st Overall DDR Rundfahrt 1987 1st Overall Peace Race 1st Stages 8, 9 (ITT) & 10 1st Overall DDR Rundfahrt 2nd Overall Tour du Vaucluse 1st Prologue 10th Overall Tour of Sweden 1988

1st Overall Peace Race 1st Prologue & Stage 6 (ITT) 5th Overall GP Tell 1st Stage 7b 1989 1st Overall Peace Race 1st Stages 9 & 11 1st Overall DDR Rundfahrt 5th Overall Circuit Cycliste Sarthe 1st Stage 4a 1990 1st Stage 10 Tour de Suisse 1st Stage 4 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme 4th Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana 9th Overall Vuelta a España 1st Young rider classification 1991 1st Stage 6 Paris-Nice 6th Overall Tour de Romandie 1992 1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton 1993 5th Overall Tour of the Basque Country 1998 1st Overall Peace Race 1999 10th Overall Tour de Langkawi