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 his error. His father, Klaus Ampler, was also a famous 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 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 Gold medal olympic.svg Team time trial, Summer Olympics (with Mario Kummer, Jan Schur and Maik Landsmann)
 * 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