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| Team Gerolsteiner |
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| Team information |
| UCI code |
GST |
| Based |
 Germany |
| Founded |
1998 |
| Discipline(s) |
Road |
| Status |
ProTour |
| Key personnel |
| General manager |
Reimund Dietzen |
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Team Gerolsteiner (UCI Team Code: GST) is a German road bicycle racing team in the UCI ProTour. It is 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 is Georg Totschnig, who has recorded top 10 finishes 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 overfilled with emotion, after becoming the first Austrian to win a tour stage since Max Bulla in 1931, who won 3 stages.
Team Gerolsteiner riders having a chat with CSC rider Jens Voigt during the
2006 Tour de France
In 2007, with former riders Georg Totschnig (retired) and Levi Leipheimer (left for Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team) gone, the team has 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 it will disband at the end of 2008.[citation needed]
[edit] Team honors
[edit] Team roster
As of February 2, 2008.[1]
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Rider |
Date of Birth |
 Francesco De Bonis (ITA) |
April 14, 1982 (1982-04-14) (age 26) |
| Robert Förster (GER) |
January 27, 1978 (1978-01-27) (age 30) |
| Markus Fothen (GER) |
September 9, 1981 (1981-09-09) (age 26) |
| Thomas Fothen (GER) |
April 6, 1983 (1983-04-06) (age 25) |
 Mathias Frank (SUI) |
December 9, 1986 (1986-12-09) (age 21) |
| Johannes Fröhlinger (GER) |
June 9, 1985 (1985-06-09) (age 23) |
| Oscar Gatto (ITA) |
January 1, 1985 (1985-01-01) (age 23) |
| Heinrich Haussler (GER) |
February 25, 1984 (1984-02-25) (age 24) |
| Tim Klinger (GER) |
September 22, 1984 (1984-09-22) (age 23) |
 Bernhard Kohl (AUT) |
January 4, 1982 (1982-01-04) (age 26) |
| Sven Krauss (GER) |
January 6, 1983 (1983-01-06) (age 25) |
| Sebastian Lang (GER) |
September 15, 1979 (1979-09-15) (age 28) |
| Andrea Moletta (ITA) |
February 23, 1979 (1979-02-23) (age 29) |
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Rider |
Date of Birth |
| Volker Ordowski (GER) |
November 9, 1973 (1973-11-09) (age 34) |
| Davide Rebellin (ITA) |
August 9, 1971 (1971-08-09) (age 36) |
| Matthias Russ (GER) |
November 14, 1983 (1983-11-14) (age 24) |
| Ronny Scholz (GER) |
April 24, 1978 (1978-04-24) (age 30) |
| Stephan Schreck (GER) |
July 15, 1978 (1978-07-15) (age 29) |
| Stefan Schumacher (GER) |
July 21, 1981 (1981-07-21) (age 26) |
 Tom Stamsnijder (NED) |
May 15, 1985 (1985-05-15) (age 23) |
| Fabian Wegmann (GER) |
June 20, 1980 (1980-06-20) (age 27) |
| Carlo Westphal (GER) |
November 25, 1985 (1985-11-25) (age 22) |
| Peter Wrolich (AUT) |
May 30, 1974 (1974-05-30) (age 34) |
| Oliver Zaugg (SUI) |
May 9, 1981 (1981-05-09) (age 27) |
| Markus Zberg (SUI) |
June 27, 1974 (1974-06-27) (age 33) |
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