Christoph was born on the 04.09.1974 in the middle of Germany (Biedenkopf) and has two brothers, who are both older than him. He started cycling ten years ago, before that he had done athletics (running). Due to problems with his knee he had to stop with athletics and started cycling. The first 4 years were just for fun but then he decided to do the cycling more professional. 1997 was his first year he cooperated with a personal trainer and skipped working to half a day. From this year onwards he made progression every year up to the level he has now. Even though he still working between 25 to 30 ours a week in the business of his parents. He just started recently modelling for a German bike magazine. Next year he will continue as a semi professional mountain bikers with team Fuji. 2x 1st place UCI- E2 Cross Country Race in Germany Top 200 world-ranking UCI 65 th World-Cup Houffalize (Belgium) 73 th World-Cup Napa-Valley (USA) 1 st international middle distance race in Oberhof (Germany) 1 st district-championship Hessen (Germany) Mark Weichert Mark: He grew up in Holland where he started cycling when he was 18 years old. Until 1995 he only participated in road races. After his time at school he visited the university of Stuttgart, so cycling was only the second most important thing. When he had finished his education he decided to try out as a professional mountain biker. From 1998 up to the end of 2000 he made a living only from cycling. When he did not succeed to be selected for the Olympics he decided to reduce cycling a bit and to get some practice in the profession he had studied. He is now partially cycling-pro, building-engineer and father. Also next year he would like to continue this lifestyle. 32th World-Championship 1999 21th World-Cup Final 2000 1 st UCI E1 race in Austria 1 st UCI E2 race in Slovenia 1st x 5 times in international long distance races in Germany |
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