PSK Whirlpool-Author

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PSK Whirlpool-Author

Team information

UCI code

PSK

Based

Czech Republic

Founded

2000

Discipline(s)

Road

Status

Professional Continental

Key personnel

General manager

Vladimir Vavra




Team kit

PSK Whirlpool-Author (UCI Code: PSK) is a professional continental road bicycle racing team based in Czech Republic and participates in UCI Europe Tour and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events. The Sponsors are PSK which is The Police Sport Club and Whirlpool a manufacturer and marketer of home appliances. Author is a bicycle manufacturer. The team was one of the best cycling teams before the lifting of the Iron Curtain. The team became professional in 2000. The most well known riders for the team are René Andrle, Czech road race champion Tomas Buchácek and Czech time trial champion Stanislav Kozubek. For the 2008 season the German sprinter André Schulze came from the Wiesenhof team and also Czech cyclist Ondřej Sosenka who is the World Hour Record holder, joined the team.

[edit] Riders

	Rider	Date of Birth
René Andrle (CZE)		April 1, 1974 (1974-04-01) (age 34)
Radek Becka (CZE)		July 16, 1979 (1979-07-16) (age 28)
Petr Bencik (CZE)		January 29, 1976 (1976-01-29) (age 32)
Tomas Buchacek (CZE)		March 7, 1978 (1978-03-07) (age 30)
Petr Cermak (CZE)		October 30, 1967 (1967-10-30) (age 40)
Jakub Danacik (CZE)		September 22, 1988 (1988-09-22) (age 19)
Vojtech Dlouhy (CZE)		January 12, 1981 (1981-01-12) (age 27)
Petr Kaltofen (CZE)		April 7, 1989 (1989-04-07) (age 19)

	Rider	Date of Birth
Patrick Keller (GER)		October 25, 1985 (1985-10-25) (age 22)
Frantisek Kloucek (CZE)		August 18, 1985 (1985-08-18) (age 22)
Stanislav Kozubek (CZE)		June 9, 1980 (1980-06-09) (age 28)
Petr Kubias (CZE)		December 28, 1988 (1988-12-28) (age 19)
Leopold Konig (CZE)		November 15, 1987 (1987-11-15) (age 20)
Martin Mares (CZE)		January 23, 1982 (1982-01-23) (age 26)
André Schulze (GER)		November 21, 1974 (1974-11-21) (age 33)
Michal Skvarka (CZE)		August 13, 1986 (1986-08-13) (age 21)
Ondřej Sosenka (CZE)		December 9, 1975 (1975-12-09) (age 32)