Whirlpool–Author

Bauknecht-Author (UCI Code: BAU) is a UCI Continental road bicycle racing team based in Czech Republic and participates in UCI Europe Tour. The sponsors of the team are Whirlpool, a manufacturer and marketer of home appliances, and Author, a bicycle manufacturer. The team was one of the best cycling teams before the lifting of the Iron Curtain. The team became professional in 2000. The best known riders for the team are René Andrle, Czech road race champion Tomas Buchácek and Czech time trial champion Stanislav Kozubek. For the 2008 season the German sprinter André Schulze came from the Wiesenhof team and also Czech cyclist Ondřej Sosenka who is the World Hour Record holder, joined the team.

Major results

2013 roster

As of 28 January 2013.^[1]

Rider Date of birth  Tomas Buchaček (CZE) (1978-03-07) 7 March 1978  Jakub Danačik (CZE) (1988-09-22) 22 September 1988  David Dvorský (CZE) (1992-06-11) 11 June 1992  Josef Hošek (CZE) (1991-12-23) 23 December 1991  Jiri Hudeček (CZE) (1986-05-19) 19 May 1986  Tomas Kalojiros (CZE) (1994-08-03) 3 August 1994

Rider Date of birth  Stanislav Kozubek (CZE) (1980-06-09) 9 June 1980  Josef Manousek (CZE) (1991-09-23) 23 September 1991  František Padour (CZE) (1988-01-19) 19 January 1988  Jiri Polnicky (CZE) (1989-12-16) 16 December 1989  Thomas Zechmeister (CZE) (1993-06-30) 30 June 1993

References

• Team for 2008