Carsten Podlesch

Carsten Podlesch (born 6 September 1969 in Berlin) is a German stayer and the World Champion in motor-paced racing.

Podlesch comes from a family that has been very involved in motor-paced racing.

His father Rainer Podlesch was an Amateur World Champion twice, and his uncle Karsten Podlesch used to operate as a pacer.

With his uncle as pacer the Podlesch/Podlesch team gained the 2000 European Championship.

In 1994 Podlesch won the last UCI World Championship with his pacer Dieter Durst - the UCI ceased conducting this event subsequently as too few nations were competing - and thus remains the reigning and "forever" champion.