Stefan Schumacher

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Stefan Schumacher (born July 21, 1981 in Großbettlingen, Esslingen) is a German professional road racing cyclist. In 2006, he made his UCI ProTour debute with Team Gerolsteiner after posting impressive continential circuits results on the UCI Europe Tour.

He was involved in a doping scandal when an illegal substance was found in his blood following a drug test, but was cleared on appeal after it was revealed that he had asked the UCI whether the substance he was taking for health reasons was legal, and had initially received an answer that it was a non-banned substance.

[edit] Teams

• 2006-: Team Gerolsteiner
• 2005: Shimano-Memory Corp
• 2004: Team Lamonta
• 2002-2003: Team Telekom

[edit] Palmarès

2007

• 1st, Stage 5, Tirreno-Adriatico
• 4th, Overall, Tirreno-Adriatico

2006

• 1st, Overall, Tour de Pologne (and Stage 6 & 7 win)
• 1st, Overall, Eneco Tour of Benelux (and Prologue stage win)
• 1st, Stages 3 and 18, Giro d'Italia (2 days in Maglia rosa General classification leader's jersey)
• 1st, Overall, Circuit Cycliste Sarthe-Pays de la Loire
• 9th, Amstel Gold Race
• 3rd, Stage 4, Paris-Nice

2005

• 1st, Overall, Internationale Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt (and Stage 1, 2, 3 and 4b wins)
• 1st, Overall, Ster Elektrotour
• 1st, Overall, Internationale Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt
• 2nd, Overall, Rund um Köln
• 2nd, Overall, Ronde van het Mergelland

2002

• 1st, U23 Competition, Internationale Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt

Riders on Gerolsteiner
Robert Förster | Markus Fothen | Thomas Fothen | Johannes Frohlinger | Oscar Gatto | Heinrich Haussler | Torsten Hiekmann | Tim Klinger | Bernhard Kohl | David Kopp | Sven Krauss | Sebastian Lang | Andrea Moletta | Volker Ordowski | Davide Rebellin | Matthias Russ | Ronny Scholz | Stefan Schumacher | Tom Stamsnijder | Marcel Strauss | Fabian Wegmann | Carlo Westphal | Peter Wrolich | Oliver Zaugg | Beat Zberg |  Markus Zberg
Manager
Hans-Michael Holczer