Georg Totschnig

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**Georg Totschnig**
Personal information

Full name	Georg Totschnig
Date of birth	May 25, 1971 (1971-05-25) (age 37)
Country	Austria
Team information
Current team	Retired
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Professional team(s)
1993–1994 1997–2000 2001–2006	Polti Deutsche Telekom Gerolsteiner
Major wins
Tour de France, 1 stage Tour of Austria (2000) National Champion (1997, 2003) National Time-Trial Champion (1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2004)
Infobox last updated on:
January 15, 2007

Georg Totschnig (born May 25, 1971) is an Austrian former road bicycle racer who raced between 1993 and 2006.

In the 2005 Tour de France, he was in the breakaway in stage 14 from which he eventually won the stage. Having split open the breakaway on the penultimate climb on the day from fellow breakaway compatriots Stefano Garzelli and Walter Bénéteau, he was able to hold a gap to second placed Lance Armstrong on the final climb to Ax 3 Domaines, winning by 56 seconds. He was the first Austrian to win a stage in the Tour de France since Max Bulla in 1931.

[edit] Results

1993

First year as a professional.

1994: -
1995: 9th overall – Giro d'Italia
1996: Austria National Time Trial Champion; 6th overall – Vuelta a España
1997: Austria National Road Race Champion; Austria National Time Trial Champion
1998: 2nd overall – Volta a Catalunya
1999: 2nd overall – Tour of Austria (Österreich Rundfahrt)
2000: Overall and stage win – Tour of Austria (Österreich Rundfahrt)
2001: Austria National Time Trial Champion; 6th overall – Tour de Suisse
2002: Austria National Time Trial Champion; 5th overall – Tour de Suisse; 7th overall – Giro d'Italia
2003: Austria National Road Race Champion; 5th overall – Giro d'Italia; 12th overall – Tour de France
2004: Austria National Time Trial Champion; Stage win – Tour de Suisse; 7th overall – Tour de France; Member, Austrian National Team, Athens Summer Olympics
2005: Stage 14 win – Tour de France; 3rd overall – Deutschland Tour
2006