Career
Race results
Olympics 2012
He was also included in the German team for the mountain bike event. In July 2012, a photograph of Förstemann"s legs was widely circulated by the world"s media during the 2012 Summer Olympics. Described as a "quad off" with Olympic team-mate André Greipel, the photo showed his "freakishly large vein-laden muscles", compared with the legs of the road cyclist.
His thighs were measured with a circumference of 73 centimetres (29 in).