Team Milram

Team Milram

Team information
UCI code	MRM
Registered	Italy
Founded	2006
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	ProTour
Key personnel
General manager	Gianluigi Stanga
Team name history
2006–	Team Milram

Rund um den Henninger-Turm (2006) 4. left: Alessandro Petacchi, right: Erik Zabel

Team car Team Milram Deutschlandtour 2006

Team Milram is an Italian-registered UCI ProTeam established in 2006. The team is often called a German team because its main sponsor is Milram, part of the Nordmilch company from the German state of Bremen.

Milram took over the ProTeam licence of Domina Vacanze. Erik Zabel and Alessandro Petacchi are the team’s top cyclists. There are 25 other riders, mainly from Germany and Italy. Milram is the third team in the UCI ProTour with a German main sponsor.

The team manager is led by Italian Gianluigi Stanga, who has been a team manager in professional cycling since 1983. The directeurs sportifs (Sports Directors) are the Italians Vittorio Algeri, Antonio Bevilacqua and Oscar Pellicioli . Gerry van Gerwen from the Netherlands is the commercial manager.

Milram only joined the UCI ProTour in 2006. Since then they have won 88 podium positions (that is, finished a race either first, second, or third) (24 first, 29 second, 35 third ).

Team MILRAM reorganised itself for its second season. Five new riders joined and eight riders left the team. The most prominent new rider is Igor Astarloa, 2003 World Champion from Spain. Additionally, the team added Brett Lancaster, the up-and-coming riders Marcel Sieberg and Niki Terpstra, as well as neo pro Sebastian Schwager. After breaking his kneecap in 2006, Alessandro Petacchi regained his top form and won some races.

There is a MILRAM Continental Circuit Team, and those young riders and those from other U23 teams are helped so they can develop their skills

2007 season

Results in the Continental Tour

Date	Race	Rider
10 February	Grand Prix Costa degli Etruschi	Alessandro Petacchi
18 February	6th stage Tour Méditerranéen	Mirco Lorenzetto
23 February	3rd stage Algarve-Tour	Alessandro Petacchi
24 February	4th stage Algarve-Tour	Alessandro Petacchi
25 February	5th stage Algarve-Tour	Alessandro Petacchi
21-25 February	Overall classification Algarve-Tour	Alessandro Petacchi
28 February	2nd stage Valencia-Tour	Alessandro Petacchi

2007 ProTeam

As of January 5, 2007.

Rider Date of birth Igor Astarloa (ESP) (1976-03-29) March 29, 1976 Mirko Celestino (ITA) (1974-03-19) March 19, 1974 Alessandro Cortinovis (ITA) (1977-10-11) October 11, 1977 Volodymyr Dyudya (UKR) (1983-01-06) January 6, 1983 Sergio Ghisalberti (ITA) (1979-12-10) December 10, 1979 Ralf Grabsch (GER) (1973-04-07) April 7, 1973 Andriy Hryvko (UKR) (1983-08-07) August 7, 1983 Denis Haueisen (GER) (1978-09-13) September 13, 1978 Matej Jurco (SVK) (1984-08-08) August 8, 1984 Christian Knees (GER) (1981-03-05) March 5, 1981 Brett Lancaster (AUS) (1979-11-15) November 15, 1979 Mirco Lorenzetto (ITA) (1981-07-13) July 13, 1981 Martin Müller (GER) (1974-04-05) April 5, 1974 Alberto Ongarato (ITA) (1975-07-24) July 24, 1975

Rider Date of birth Alessandro Petacchi (ITA) (1974-01-03) January 3, 1974 Enrico Poitschke (GER) (1969-08-25) August 25, 1969 Elia Rigotto (ITA) (1982-03-04) March 4, 1982 Fabio Sabatini (ITA) (1985-02-18) February 18, 1985 Fabio Sacchi (ITA) (1974-05-22) May 22, 1974 Björn Schröder (GER) (1980-10-27) October 27, 1980 Sebastian Schwager (GER) (1984-01-04) January 4, 1984 Carlo Scognamiglio (ITA) (1983-05-31) May 31, 1983 Marcel Sieberg (GER) (1982-04-30) April 30, 1982 Sebastian Siedler (GER) (1978-01-18) January 18, 1978 Niki Terpstra (NLD) (1984-05-18) May 18, 1984 Marco Velo (ITA) (1974-03-09) March 9, 1974 Erik Zabel (GER) (1970-07-07) July 7, 1970

Other websites

• Official page Archived 2006-01-10 at the Wayback Machine