Team Gerolsteiner

Gerolsteiner

Team information
UCI code	GST
Registered	Germany
Founded	1997 (1997)
Disbanded	2008
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	ProTour
Key personnel
General manager	Reimund Dietzen
Team name history
1997–1998 1999–2008	Schauff Oeschelbronn Gerolsteiner

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.

Team honours

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

2007 ProTeam

As of January 1, 2007

Rider Date of birth Robert Förster (GER) (1978-01-27) January 27, 1978 Markus Fothen (GER) (1981-09-09) September 9, 1981 Thomas Fothen (GER) (1983-04-06) April 6, 1983 Johannes Frohlinger (GER) (1985-06-09) June 9, 1985 Oscar Gatto (ITA) (1985-01-01) January 1, 1985 Heinrich Haussler (GER) (1984-02-25) February 25, 1984 Torsten Hiekmann (GER) (1980-03-17) March 17, 1980 Tim Klinger (GER) (1984-09-22) September 22, 1984 Bernhard Kohl (AUT) (1982-01-04) January 4, 1982 David Kopp (GER) (1979-01-05) January 5, 1979 Sven Krauss (GER) (1983-01-06) January 6, 1983 Sebastian Lang (GER) (1979-09-15) September 15, 1979 Andrea Moletta (ITA) (1979-02-23) February 23, 1979

Rider Date of birth Volker Ordowski (GER) (1973-11-09) November 9, 1973 Davide Rebellin (ITA) (1971-08-09) August 9, 1971 Matthias Russ (GER) (1983-11-14) November 14, 1983 Ronny Scholz (GER) (1978-04-24) April 24, 1978 Stefan Schumacher (GER) (1981-07-21) July 21, 1981 Tom Stamsnijder (NED) (1985-05-15) May 15, 1985 Marcel Strauss (SUI) (1976-08-15) August 15, 1976 Fabian Wegmann (GER) (1980-06-20) June 20, 1980 Carlo Westphal (GER) (1985-11-25) November 25, 1985 Peter Wrolich (AUT) (1974-05-30) May 30, 1974 Oliver Zaugg (SUI) (1981-05-09) May 9, 1981 Beat Zberg (SUI) (1971-05-10) May 10, 1971 Markus Zberg (SUI) (1974-06-27) June 27, 1974

Other websites

• Official website Archived 2006-02-06 at the Wayback Machine