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Team Milram

Team information
UCI code	MRM
Registered	Germany
Founded	2006 (2006)
Disbanded	2010
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	ProTour
Bicycles	Focus Bikes
Key personnel
General manager	Gerry van Gerwen
Team name history
2006–2010	Team Milram
Jersey

Rund um den Henninger-Turm (2006) 4. left: Alessandro Petacchi, right: Erik Zabel

Team car Team Milram Deutschlandtour 2006

Team Milram (UCI team code: MRM) was a German (formerly Italian) pro cycling team, participating at the UCI ProTour.

History

The pro cycling team was founded in the beginning of 2006, taking over the UCI ProTeam license of Team Domina Vacanze and merging with Team Wiesenhof. The main sponsor is the Milram brand of the Bremen based Nordmilch dairy company. Some smaller sponsors include Motorex, an oil company based in Switzerland. Sprinters Alessandro Petacchi and Erik Zabel initially were the top riders and captains. The squad is completed by 25 mainly German riders.

Among Team Milram’s most important successes in 2006 and 2007 Christian Knees’s win at the German classic race „Rund um Köln“, Alessandro Petacchi winning the Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt in 2006 and 2007, Erik Zabel’s title as vice World Champion 2006, his win of the best sprinter’s jersey at the Deutschland Tour 2006 and 2007 his three-stage wins at the Vuelta a España. Further important ranks are Alessandro Petacchi’s five stage wins at the Giro d'Italia 2007, his win at the classic race Paris–Tours and Niki Terpstra's win of the best climber’s jersey at the Deutschland Tour 2007.

Since 2008, Team Milram is a German team. The general manager is Gerry van Gerwen. His operating company VeloCity GmbH, which was founded in 2007, took over the previous Italian operating company Ciclosport with all components including the ProTour license for the beginning of the 2008 season. The new team basis is Dortmund’s Club Olympia. With a new organisation structure, a much younger squad, clear objectives and an enhanced anti-doping-programme the team has changed extensively.

In 2009 and 2010, the team was sponsored by Focus Bikes. After a lengthy search for a title sponsor to replace the outgoing Nordmilch dairy company proved fruitless, the team was forced to disband effective at the end of the 2010 season. Van Gerweren hoped to form a new team for 2012.

Petacchi 's doping case

At 23 May 2007, during the 2007 Giro d'Italia, Alessandro Petacchi was found guilty of using salbutamol after a doping control. Petacchi had a certificate to use salbutamol in the treatment of asthma, but his level of salbutamol was extremely high. Petacchi was placed on non-active status and missed the 2007 Tour de France. In July 2007, Italian Cycling Federation (FCI) ruled that Petacchi gave good reasons for this high level. Petacchi was then absolved by the FCI when they deemed any overuse of Salbutamol as simple human error. The Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) argued that Petacchi should be suspended for the high level of salbutamol, and send the case to the International Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, the sporting world's highest court.

On May 6, 2008, the Court of Arbitration for Sport banned Petacchi until the end of August, applied retroactively from last November. CAS also announced that all competitive results obtained during the 2007 Giro d'Italia shall be disqualified with all of the resulting consequences including forfeiture of any medals, points and prizes. Results obtained after 31 October 2007 and during the period of ineligibility will be disqualified.

As a result of this, on May 16, 2008, Petacchi was fired by Team Milram.

Major wins

National, continental, world and Olympic champions

Team roster

As of 1 January 2010.

Rider Date of birth  Gerald Ciolek (GER) (1986-09-19) September 19, 1986 (age 38)  Wim De Vocht (BEL) (1982-04-29) April 29, 1982 (age 42)  Markus Eichler (GER) (1982-02-18) February 18, 1982 (age 42)  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) (1983-04-16) April 16, 1983 (age 41)  Johannes Fröhlinger (GER) (1985-06-09) June 9, 1985 (age 39)  Artur Gajek (GER) (1985-04-18) April 18, 1985 (age 39)  Linus Gerdemann (GER) (1982-09-16) September 16, 1982 (age 42)  Roger Kluge (GER) (1986-02-05) February 5, 1986 (age 38)  Servais Knaven (NED) (1971-03-06) March 6, 1971 (age 53)  Christian Knees (GER) (1981-03-05) March 5, 1981 (age 43)

Rider Date of birth  Dominik Nerz (GER) (1989-08-25) August 25, 1989 (age 35)  Luke Roberts (AUS) (1977-01-25) January 25, 1977 (age 47)  Dominik Roels (GER) (1987-01-21) January 21, 1987 (age 37)  Thomas Rohregger (AUT) (1982-12-23) December 23, 1982 (age 42)  Matthias Russ (GER) (1983-11-14) November 14, 1983 (age 41)  Björn Schröder (GER) (1980-10-27) October 27, 1980 (age 44)  Roy Sentjens (BEL) (1980-12-15) December 15, 1980 (age 44)  Wim Stroetinga (NED) (1985-05-23) May 23, 1985 (age 39)  Niki Terpstra (NED) (1984-05-18) May 18, 1984 (age 40)  Paul Voss (GER) (1986-03-26) March 26, 1986 (age 38)  Fabian Wegmann (GER) (1980-06-20) June 20, 1980 (age 44)  Peter Wrolich (AUT) (1974-05-20) May 20, 1974 (age 50)

See also

In Spanish: Team Milram para niños

• List of teams and cyclists in the 2008 Tour de France
• 2008 Tour de France
• Tour de France