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Gerolsteiner
Team information
UCI code GST
Registered  Germany
Founded 1997 (1997)
Disbanded 2008
Discipline(s) Road
Status ProTour
Key personnel
General manager Reimund Dietzen
Team name history
1997–1998
1999–2008
Schauff Oeschelbronn
Gerolsteiner

Team Gerolsteiner (UCI Team Code: GST) is a German road bicycle racing team in the UCI ProTour. It is sponsored by the drinks company Gerolsteiner Brunnen and the bike company "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 finished in the top 10 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 the first Austrian to win a tour stage since Max Bulla in 1931. In 2007, Georg Totschnig retired and Levi Leipheimer moved to the Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team. The team used youngsters Markus Fothen and Stefan Schumacher to captain the team in the 2007 Tour de France.

In September 2007 Gerolsteiner said it would not renew its sponsorship.

Team honours

2007 ProTeam

As of January 1, 2007

Rider Date of birth
 Robert Förster (GER) (1978-01-27) January 27, 1978 (age 46)
 Markus Fothen (GER) (1981-09-09) September 9, 1981 (age 43)
 Thomas Fothen (GER) (1983-04-06) April 6, 1983 (age 41)
 Johannes Frohlinger (GER) (1985-06-09) June 9, 1985 (age 39)
 Oscar Gatto (ITA) (1985-01-01) January 1, 1985 (age 39)
 Heinrich Haussler (GER) (1984-02-25) February 25, 1984 (age 40)
 Torsten Hiekmann (GER) (1980-03-17) March 17, 1980 (age 44)
 Tim Klinger (GER) (1984-09-22) September 22, 1984 (age 40)
 Bernhard Kohl (AUT) (1982-01-04) January 4, 1982 (age 42)
 David Kopp (GER) (1979-01-05) January 5, 1979 (age 45)
 Sven Krauss (GER) (1983-01-06) January 6, 1983 (age 41)
 Sebastian Lang (GER) (1979-09-15) September 15, 1979 (age 45)
 Andrea Moletta (ITA) (1979-02-23) February 23, 1979 (age 45)
Rider Date of birth
 Volker Ordowski (GER) (1973-11-09) November 9, 1973 (age 51)
 Davide Rebellin (ITA) (1971-08-09) August 9, 1971 (age 53)
 Matthias Russ (GER) (1983-11-14) November 14, 1983 (age 41)
 Ronny Scholz (GER) (1978-04-24) April 24, 1978 (age 46)
 Stefan Schumacher (GER) (1981-07-21) July 21, 1981 (age 43)
 Tom Stamsnijder (NED) (1985-05-15) May 15, 1985 (age 39)
 Marcel Strauss (SUI) (1976-08-15) August 15, 1976 (age 48)
 Fabian Wegmann (GER) (1980-06-20) June 20, 1980 (age 44)
 Carlo Westphal (GER) (1985-11-25) November 25, 1985 (age 38)
 Peter Wrolich (AUT) (1974-05-30) May 30, 1974 (age 50)
 Oliver Zaugg (SUI) (1981-05-09) May 9, 1981 (age 43)
 Beat Zberg (SUI) (1971-05-10) May 10, 1971 (age 53)
 Markus Zberg (SUI) (1974-06-27) June 27, 1974 (age 50)

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