Team Gerolsteiner

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".

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)

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

2007 ProTeam

As of January 1, 2007[2]

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

References
  1. "Gerolsteiner terminates financial support". Retrieved 2007-09-22.
  2. "Gerolsteiner - Riders". UCI ProTour. Retrieved 2007-01-01.

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