| Gerolsteiner | ||
| Team information | ||
|---|---|---|
| UCI code | GST | |
| Based |  Germany |
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| Founded | 1998 | |
| Disbanded | 2008 | |
| Discipline(s) | Road | |
| Status | ProTour | |
| Key personnel | ||
| General manager | Reimund Dietzen | |
| Team name history | ||
| 1998–2008 | Gerolsteiner | |
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Gerolsteiner (UCI Team Code: GST) was a German road bicycle racing team in the UCI ProTour. It was sponsored by the mineral water company Gerolsteiner Brunnen and 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 for several seasons was Georg Totschnig, who recorded top 10 finishes in the Tour de France and was an excellent climber. In 2005, Totschnig won stage 14 of the Tour, showing his skill on the 15 km long climb up the Port de Pailhères (2000m at 8.2%). He was overfilled with emotion, after becoming the first Austrian to win a tour stage since Max Bulla in 1931, who won 3 stages.
In 2007, with former riders Georg Totschnig (retired) and Levi Leipheimer (left for Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team) gone, the team turned to youngsters Markus Fothen and Stefan Schumacher to captain the team in the 2007 Tour de France.
The team announced in September 2007 that Gerolsteiner will not be renewing its sponsorship agreement at the end of the 2008 season.[1] In August 2008 the team confirmed it will dissolve after the 2008 season, after being unable to find a new sponsor.[2]
In October 2008, riders Stefan Schumacher and Bernhard Kohl were tested positive for CERA (continuous erythropoitin receptor activator, a third-generation variant of erythropoietin, aka EPO).[3][4]
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Team honors
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- 1st, Team classification, 2006 Deutschland Tour
- 1st, 2005 Eindhoven Team Time Trial
See also
References
- ^ Gerolstiener terminates financial support, 2007-09-02, http://www.gerolsteiner.de/index.php?id=1561&newsid=3487&backto=1556&cHash=c3c651efa2, retrieved 2008-07-31
- ^ "Team Gerolsteiner to dissolve at year-end". cyclingnews.com. 2008-08-28. http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2008/aug08/aug28news2. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
- ^ "Piepoli and Schumacher Tour de France samples positive for CERA". cyclingnews.com. 2008-10-07. http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2008/oct08/oct07news. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
- ^ "Kohl positive confirmed". cyclingnews.com. 2008-10-14. http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2008/oct08/oct14news. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
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