Reimund Dietzen
# Reimund Dietzen

Reimund Dietzen sometimes written Raimund Dietzen (born 29 May 1959 in Trier, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a retired road and cyclo-cross cyclist from Germany, who was a professional rider from 1982 to 1990.

## Cycling career

Dietzen was a successful amateur winning the German cyclo-cross championship in 1980 and 1981 as well as winning in road races. He turned professional with the Swiss team Puch in 1982. He won the cyclo-cross race the Grand Prix Jean Bausch-Pierre Kellner that year. The following year he joined a Spanish cycling team Teka with whom he would stay with for the rest of his career. In his first year with his new team he won the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana. The following year he became the champion of Germany in the road race and cyclo-cross as well his first stage victory in the Vuelta a España. He won the stage to the Lagos de Covadonga which is a very steep climb and a prestigious stage to win. He would finish that year's edition of the Vuelta third overall. The following year he was again cyclo-cross champion as well as the winner of the Vuelta a Cantabria. In 1986 he was again German road champion and won a second stage in the 1986 Vuelta a España. In 1987 he wore the leader's jersey in the 1987 Vuelta a España for five days before losing it to Herrera and then finishing the race second overall to Luis Herrera of Colombia. Dietzen finished the 1988 Vuelta a España second overall, this time to Sean Kelly of Ireland. In the 1989 Vuelta a España, Dietzen won a stage but several days later he crashed. He had ridden into a tunnel which was not illuminated and crashed, suffering career-ending injuries. He was only 30 years of age when the following year he stopped as a professional after not recovering. Seventeen years later, the Supreme Court of Spain ordered the organisers of the Vuelta a España to pay damages to Dietzen. Dietzen obtained nearly all of his success in Spanish races with wins in Vuelta a La Rioja, Vuelta a Castilla y León, the Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme and he finished in the top 10 of every Vuelta a España between 1984-1988, three of which were on the podium.

## Post-cycling career

From 2003, Dietzen was a directeur sportif with the now-defunct Team Gerolsteiner. He lives in Spain.

## Career achievements

### Major results

**1981–1982**


    1st Grand Prix Jean Bausch-Pierre Kellner
    2nd National Championships

**1983–1984**


    1st National Championships

**1984–1985**


    1st National Championships

**1981**


    Grand Prix Guillaume Tell
       1st Stages 3 & 4
    3rd Paris–Roubaix Espoirs

**1982**


    1st Trofeo Luis Puig
    7th Overall Tour de Luxembourg

**1983**


    1st Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
       1st Stage 4
    2nd Road race, National Road Championships
    3rd Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
       1st Prologue
    3rd Clásica de San Sebastián

**1984**


    1st Road race, National Road Championships
    1st Stage 1 Vuelta Asturias
    2nd Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
    2nd Clásica de San Sebastián
    3rd Overall Vuelta a España
       1st Stage 12
    3rd Clásica a los Puertos de Guadarrama

**1985**


    1st Overall Vuelta a Cantabria
       1st Stage 2
    2nd Overall Vuelta a Burgos
    2nd Overall Vuelta Asturias
    3rd Overall Tour of Galicia
    7th Overall Vuelta a España

**1986**


    1st Road race, National Road Championships
    1st Overall Vuelta a Cantabria
       1st Stage 3
    1st Stage 4a Vuelta a Murcia
    1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Aragón
    4th Overall Vuelta a España
       1st Stage 12
    7th Overall Tour of the Basque Country
    7th Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme

**1987**


    1st Overall Vuelta a La Rioja
       1st Prologue
    2nd Overall Vuelta a España
    2nd Subida al Naranco
    3rd Overall Vuelta a Aragón

**1988**


    1st Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León
       1st Stage 3
    2nd Overall Vuelta a España
    3rd Subida al Naranco

**1989**


    1st Overall Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme
    1st Stage 9 Vuelta a España

### Grand Tour general classification results timeline

| Grand Tour | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vuelta a España | 40 | DNF | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | DNF |
| Giro d'Italia | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career | Did not contest during his career |
| Tour de France | DNF | — | 64 | — | DNF | 90 | 83 | — |

Legend :

| — | Did not compete |
| - | - |
| DNF | Did not finish |
