Schaffrath at the 2006 Deutschland Tour |
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Personal information | |
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Full name | Jan Schaffrath |
Born | 16 March 1971 Germany |
Team information | |
Current team | Team Columbia |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Directeur sportif (Former rider) |
Professional team(s) | |
1997–2005 | T-Mobile |
Managerial team(s) | |
2006 2007– |
Milram Team Columbia |
Infobox last updated on September 9, 2008 |
Jan Schaffrath (born March 16, 1971 in Berlin[1]) is a German directeur sportif for UCI ProTeam Team Columbia and former professional road bicycle racer. Before turning professional he was twice military World Champion. He raced as a professional from 1997 until 2005, all the time at T-Mobile Team. At the end of 2005 he retired and moved to Team Milram as a directuer sportif, but only lasted one season there before returning to T-Mobile as a directeur sportif, which later changed its name to Team High Road and Team Columbia, where he still is.