# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/erik-zabel
# Generated: 2026-09-02T06:06:00.674Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/erik-zabel"
name: "Erik Zabel"
slug: "erik-zabel"
description: "Erik Zabel is a German former professional road bicycle racer who raced for most of his career with Team Telekom. With 152 professional wins and 211 wins in his career, he is considered by some to be one of the greatest German cyclists and cycling sprinters of all time. Zabel won a record nine points classifications in grands tours including the points classification in the Tour de France six consecutive years between 1996 and 2001 and the points classification in the Vuelta a España in 2002, 2003 and 2004. Zabel won the Milan–San Remo four times and numerous six-day track events. He was one of the few road cyclists of recent times who raced all year, including track cycling in winter. For season 2012 he joined Team Katusha as sprint coach. He previously held that same position with the HTC–Highroad team until their dissolution. Zabel admitted to doping from 1996 to 2003. He is the father of cyclist Rick Zabel."
tagline: "German cyclist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rund_um_K%C3%B6ln_2017_050.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "DE"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1970-07-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.98742666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump