Team Gerolsteiner

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Team Gerolsteiner
Team information
UCI code	GST
Based
Founded	1998
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	ProTour
Key personnel
General Manager	Reimund Dietzen
Image:Gerolsteiner Jersey 2007 Tour de France.png

Team Gerolsteiner (UCI Team Code: GST) is a German road bicycle racing team in the UCI ProTour. It is sponsored by the drinks company Gerolsteiner Brunnen and the bike company "Specialized".

The team was founded in 1998 with manager Hans-Michael Holczer and sports directors Rolf Gölz and Christian Henn. The contract with Georg Totschnig in 2001 helped make the team enter Division I. In 2003 the team participated in the Tour de France for the first time.

The Leader is Georg Totschnig, who has finished in the top 10 in the Tour de France and is an excellent climber. In 2005, Totschnig won stage 14 of the Tour, showing his skill on the 15km long climb up the Port de Pailhères (2000m at 8.2%). He was the first Austrian to win a tour stage since Max Bulla in 1931. In 2007, Georg Totschnig retired and Levi Leipheimer moved to the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team. The team used youngsters Markus Fothen and Stefan Schumacher to captain the team in the 2007 Tour de France.

In September 2007 Gerolsteiner said it would not renew its sponsorship.^[1]

Contents 1 Team honours 2 2007 ProTeam 3 References 4 Other websites

[change] Team honours

• 1st, Team classification, Deutschland Tour 2006
• 1st, 2005 Eindhoven Team Time Trial

[change] 2007 ProTeam

As of January 1, 2007^[2]

Rider Date of Birth Robert Förster January 27, 1978 (age 30) Markus Fothen September 9, 1981 (age 26) Thomas Fothen April 6, 1983 (age 25) Johannes Frohlinger June 9, 1985 (age 23) Oscar Gatto January 1, 1985 (age 23) Heinrich Haussler February 25, 1984 (age 24) Torsten Hiekmann March 17, 1980 (age 28) Tim Klinger September 22, 1984 (age 23) Bernhard Kohl January 4, 1982 (age 26) David Kopp January 5, 1979 (age 29) Sven Krauss January 6, 1983 (age 25) Sebastian Lang September 15, 1979 (age 28) Andrea Moletta February 23, 1979 (age 29)

Rider Date of Birth Volker Ordowski November 9, 1973 (age 34) Davide Rebellin August 9, 1971 (age 36) Matthias Russ November 14, 1983 (age 24) Ronny Scholz April 24, 1978 (age 30) Stefan Schumacher July 21, 1981 (age 26) Tom Stamsnijder May 15, 1985 (age 23) Marcel Strauss August 15, 1976 (age 31) Fabian Wegmann June 20, 1980 (age 28) Carlo Westphal November 25, 1985 (age 22) Peter Wrolich May 30, 1974 (age 34) Oliver Zaugg May 9, 1981 (age 27) Beat Zberg May 10, 1971 (age 37) Markus Zberg June 27, 1974 (age 33)

[change] References

[change] Other websites

• Official website

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