Team Gerolsteiner

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Gerolsteiner
Team information
UCI code GST
Based  Germany
Founded 1997 (1997)
Disbanded 2008
Discipline(s) Road
Status ProTour
Key personnel
General Manager Reimund Dietzen
Previous team name(s)
1997–1998
1999–2008
Schauff Oeschelbronn
Gerolsteiner
Team colours Team colours Team colours
Team colours
 
Team kit
Rund um den Henninger-Turm (2005)

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]

Team honours[change | change source]

2007 ProTeam[change | change source]

As of January 1, 2007[2]

Rider Date of birth
 Robert Förster (GER) (1978-01-27) January 27, 1978 (age 46)
 Markus Fothen (GER) (1981-09-09) September 9, 1981 (age 42)
 Thomas Fothen (GER) (1983-04-06) April 6, 1983 (age 40)
 Johannes Frohlinger (GER) (1985-06-09) June 9, 1985 (age 38)
 Oscar Gatto (ITA) (1985-01-01) January 1, 1985 (age 39)
 Heinrich Haussler (GER) (1984-02-25) February 25, 1984 (age 40)
 Torsten Hiekmann (GER) (1980-03-17) March 17, 1980 (age 44)
 Tim Klinger (GER) (1984-09-22) September 22, 1984 (age 39)
 Bernhard Kohl (AUT) (1982-01-04) January 4, 1982 (age 42)
 David Kopp (GER) (1979-01-05) January 5, 1979 (age 45)
 Sven Krauss (GER) (1983-01-06) January 6, 1983 (age 41)
 Sebastian Lang (GER) (1979-09-15) September 15, 1979 (age 44)
 Andrea Moletta (ITA) (1979-02-23) February 23, 1979 (age 45)
Rider Date of birth
 Volker Ordowski (GER) (1973-11-09) November 9, 1973 (age 50)
 Davide Rebellin (ITA) (1971-08-09) August 9, 1971 (age 52)
 Matthias Russ (GER) (1983-11-14) November 14, 1983 (age 40)
 Ronny Scholz (GER) (1978-04-24) April 24, 1978 (age 45)
 Stefan Schumacher (GER) (1981-07-21) July 21, 1981 (age 42)
 Tom Stamsnijder (NED) (1985-05-15) May 15, 1985 (age 38)
 Marcel Strauss (SUI) (1976-08-15) August 15, 1976 (age 47)
 Fabian Wegmann (GER) (1980-06-20) June 20, 1980 (age 43)
 Carlo Westphal (GER) (1985-11-25) November 25, 1985 (age 38)
 Peter Wrolich (AUT) (1974-05-30) May 30, 1974 (age 49)
 Oliver Zaugg (SUI) (1981-05-09) May 9, 1981 (age 42)
 Beat Zberg (SUI) (1971-05-10) May 10, 1971 (age 52)
 Markus Zberg (SUI) (1974-06-27) June 27, 1974 (age 49)

References[change | change source]

  1. "Gerolsteiner terminates financial support". Retrieved 2007-09-22.
  2. "Gerolsteiner - Riders". UCI ProTour. Retrieved 2007-01-01.[permanent dead link]

Other websites[change | change source]