Leif Lampater (born 22 December 1982 in
Waiblingen) is a German former professional
racing cyclist
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. He competed in the
men's team pursuit at the
2004 Summer Olympics
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The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...
.
He mainly focused on
track cycling
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History
Track cycling has been around since at least 1870. When track cycling was in its i ...
and excelled in the
madison,
individual pursuit
The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track.
It is held at over for men and women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the rac ...
,
team pursuit and
six-day racing
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. In his career, Lampater won three national titles in the team pursuit and the madison. he has won
Track cycling World Cups in team pursuit twice and twice in madison. On top of that he won a total of eleven six-day cycling events.
Major results
;2001
: 1st Team pursuit,
UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Ipoh (with
Marc Altmann,
Christian Müller and
Bernhard Wachter)
: 2nd Team pursuit, National Track Championships (with
Daniel Palicki,
Daniel Schlegel and
Andreas Walzer)
;2002
: 3rd Team pursuit,
UEC European Under-23 Track Championships (with
Marc Altmann,
Christian Müller and
Daniel Schlegel)
: 3rd Criterium,
Backnang-Waldrems
;2003
: 2nd Team pursuit,
UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Sydney (with
Marc Altmann,
Guido Fulst and
Andreas Müller)
: 2nd Team pursuit, National Track Championships (with
Sven Krauß,
Stefan Löffler and
Christoph Meschenmoser)
: Under-23 UIV Cup
::3rd Amsterdam (with
Sebastian Frey)
::3rd Munich (with
Sven Krauß)
;2004
:
2004–05 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Los Angeles
::1st Madison (with
Robert Bartko)
::1st Team pursuit (with
Robert Bartko,
Robert Bengsch and
Henning Bommel)
: 2nd Stuttgart, Under-23 UIV Cup (with
Andreas Welsch)
: 3rd Team pursuit,
2004 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Sydney (with
Robert Bengsch,
Guido Fulst and
Christian Lademann)
: 3rd Criterium,
Zusmarshausen
: 4th
Team pursuit,
Summer Olympics (with
Robert Bartko,
Guido Fulst and
Christian Lademann)
;2005
:
2005–06 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
::1st Madison, Manchester (with
Guido Fulst)
::2nd Madison, Moscow (with
Guido Fulst)
: National Track Championships
::1st

Team pursuit (with
Robert Bartko,
Guido Fulst and
Karl-Christian König)
::3rd Madison (with
Christian Grasmann)
: 1st Criterium,
Stuttgart
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:
2004–05 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Manchester
::3rd Madison (with
Andreas Müller)
::3rd Team pursuit (with
Christian Bach,
Robert Bengsch and
Henning Bommel)
: 3rd Criterium,
Bad Harzburg
;2006
: 1st
Six Days of Stuttgart (with
Robert Bartko and
Guido Fulst)
: National Track Championships
::2nd Individual pursuit
::2nd Team pursuit (with
Christian Grasmann,
Rolf Hofbauer and
Stephan Lägeler)
: 2nd
Six Days of Dortmund (with
Guido Fulst)
: 3rd Team pursuit,
2006–07 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics, Moscow (with
Robert Bartko,
Robert Bengsch and
Guido Fulst)
: 3rd
Six Days of Berlin (with
Guido Fulst)
: 3rd
Six Days of Zürich (with
Guido Fulst)
: 9th Overall
Giro del Capo
;2007
: 1st
Six Days of Berlin (with
Guido Fulst)
: 2nd
Six Days of Bremen (with
Guido Fulst)
: 2nd
Six Days of Dortmund (with
Erik Zabel)
: 2nd
Six Days of Munich (with
Erik Zabel)
: 2nd Criterium,
Kirchheim-Teck
: 3rd
Six Days of Zürich (with
Guido Fulst)
;2008
: 1st
Six Days of Dortmund (with
Erik Zabel)
: 1st
Six Days of Rotterdam (with
Danny Stam)
: 1st
Six Days of Stuttgart (with
Robert Bartko and
Iljo Keisse)
: National Track Championships
::2nd Madison
::2nd Team pursuit
: 2nd
Six Days of Berlin (with
Guido Fulst)
: 2nd
Six Days of Bremen (with
Erik Zabel)
: 2nd
Six Days of Ghent (with
Erik Zabel)
: 2nd
Six Days of Munich (with
Erik Zabel)
: 3rd
Six Days of Zürich (with
Alexander Äschbach)
;2009
: 1st
Six Days of Bremen (with
Erik Zabel)
: 1st West Indies vs. the World,
Port of Spain
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: National Track Championships
::2nd Team pursuit
::3rd Madison
: 2nd
Six Days of Hasselt (with
Léon van Bon)
: 2nd
Six Days of Zürich (with
Christian Grasmann)
: 3rd
Six Days of Munich (with
Christian Grasmann)
: 3rd
Six Days of Rotterdam (with
Franco Marvulli)
;2010
: National Track Championships
::1st

Madison (with
Christian Grasmann)
::2nd Team pursuit
: 2nd
Six Days of Ghent (with
Kenny De Ketele)
: 2nd Harlem Skyscraper Criterium
: 3rd
Six Days of Bremen (with
Christian Grasmann)
: 8th
Mumbai Cyclothon
;2011
: 2nd
Six Days of Fiorenzuola (with
Franco Marvulli)
;2012
: National Track Championships
::2nd Madison
::2nd Team pursuit
: 3rd
Six Days of Bremen (with
Iljo Keisse)
: 3rd
Six Days of Copenhagen (with
Robert Bartko)
;2013
: National Track Championships
::1st

Madison (with
Nico Heßlich)
::2nd Team pursuit
::3rd Team sprint
: 1st
Six Days of Ghent (with
Jasper De Buyst)
: 2nd
Six Days of Bremen (with
Luke Roberts)
: 2nd
Six Days of Copenhagen (with
Luke Roberts)
;2014
: National Track Championships
::1st

Madison (with
Marcel Kalz)
::3rd Individual pursuit
: 1st
Six Days of Bremen (with
Wim Stroetinga)
: 2nd
Six Days of Berlin (with
Jasper De Buyst)
: 2nd
Six Days of Zürich (with
Silvan Dillier)
: 3rd
Six Days of Copenhagen (with
Marc Hester)
: 3rd
Six Days of Ghent (with
Silvan Dillier)
;2015
: 1st
Six Days of Berlin (with
Marcel Kalz)
: 3rd Team pursuit,
2015–16 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Cambridge (with
Maximilian Beyer,
Theo Reinhardt and
Kersten Thiele)
: National Track Championships
::3rd Individual pursuit
::3rd Madison
: 3rd
Six Days of Bremen (with
Wim Stroetinga)
: 3rd
Six Days of Copenhagen (with
Marcel Kalz)
;2016
: National Track Championships
::1st

Team pursuit (with
Maximilian Beyer,
Lucas Liss and
Marco Mathis)
::3rd Omnium
;2017
: National Track Championships
::1st

Omnium
::3rd Team pursuit
: 2nd Team time trial, National Road Championships
;2018
: National Track Championships
::1st

Team pursuit (with
Jasper Frahm,
Felix Groß and
Lucas Liss)
::2nd Scratch
: 3rd
Six Days of Copenhagen (with
Marc Hester)
References
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1982 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Waiblingen
Cyclists from Stuttgart (region)
German male cyclists
German track cyclists
Olympic cyclists for Germany
Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
21st-century German sportsmen