HTC–Highroad () was a former professional
cycling team
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competing in international
road bicycle race
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s. Their last title sponsor was
HTC Corporation
HTC Corporation ( zh, t=宏達國際電子股份有限公司, s=宏达国际电子股份有限公司, p=Hóngdá Guójì Diànzǐ Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī, first=t) or High Tech Computer Corporation, (literally ''Hongda International Electron ...
, a Taiwanese manufacturer of smartphones but dissolved at the end of the 2011 season from a failure to find a new sponsor.
High Road Sports was the management company of team manager
Bob Stapleton
Bob Stapleton (born April 1, 1958, in Riverside, California) is an American entrepreneur and the former team owner of cycling team . Stapleton was previously the team manager of when it was known as . The transition to owner occurred on November ...
. Past title sponsors include
Columbia Sportswear
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It was founded in 1938 by Paul Lam ...
and
Deutsche Telekom
Deutsche Telekom AG (; short form often just Telekom, DTAG or DT; stylised as ·T·) is a German telecommunications company that is headquartered in Bonn and is the largest telecommunications provider in Europe by revenue. Deutsche Telekom was ...
.
The team was founded in 1991 as Team Telekom, sponsored by Deutsche Telekom. In 2004 their name changed to the T-Mobile Team. The team was under the management of
Bob Stapleton
Bob Stapleton (born April 1, 1958, in Riverside, California) is an American entrepreneur and the former team owner of cycling team . Stapleton was previously the team manager of when it was known as . The transition to owner occurred on November ...
and
Rolf Aldag
Rolf Aldag (born 25 August 1968 in Beckum, West Germany) is a former professional road bicycle racer who rode for Team Telekom from 1993 to 2005. He raced in 10 Tour de France, 1 Giro d'Italia and 5 Vuelta a España. Prior to joining Telekom, h ...
. Former leaders included
Olaf Ludwig
Olaf Ludwig (born 13 April 1960 in Gera, Bezirk Gera) is a former German racing cyclist. His career began at the SG Dynamo Gera / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo. As an East German, he raced as an amateur until reunification of Germany allowed him ...
,
Walter Godefroot
Walter Godefroot (born 2 July 1943) is a retired Belgian professional road bicycle racer and former directeur sportif of , later known as T-Mobile Team.
As amateur cyclist, he won the bronze medal in the individual road race of the 1964 Summer ...
and Eddy Vandenhecke (managers), Luuc Eisenga (spokesperson) and
Brian Holm
Brian Holm Sørensen (born 2 October 1962) is a retired Danish professional rider in road bicycle racing from 1986 to 1998, who rode for Team Telekom from 1993 to 1997 and was part of the team that brought his fellow Dane Bjarne Riis to victory ...
, Valerio Piva (sports directors).
History
Team beginnings: 1988–1991
At the end of 1988, former World Champion
Hennie Kuiper
Hendrikus Andreas "Hennie" Kuiper (born 3 February 1949) is a Dutch former professional road racing cyclist. His career includes a gold medal in the Olympic road race at Munich in 1972, becoming world professional road race champion in 1975, a ...
set up a German
cycling team
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that was sponsored by the city of
Stuttgart
Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...
and rode on
Eddy Merckx Cycles
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. The team was called ''Stuttgart-Merckx-Gonsor'' for the 1989 season and had nine riders (which included
Udo Bölts
Udo Bölts (born 10 August 1966) is a retired German racing cyclist, the brother of Hartmut Bölts. Bölts confessed publicly in 2007 to having used EPO and growth hormones in 1996 and 1997.
Biography
Bölts was born in Heltersberg and began h ...
). At that time when there were no German cycling teams and the country's main cycling event, the
Rund um den Henninger Turm
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* Cathleen Rund (born 1977), German swimmer
* Hanno Rund (1925–1993), German mathematician
* Thorsten Rund (born 1976), German road and track cyclist
See also
* Rand (surname)
* Ruud R ...
had not been won by a German since Rudi Altig in 1970. During its first year of existence team rider
Dariusc Kajzer brought the team its first success in the National Road Race Championships in Germany. The team became ''Stuttgart-Mercedes-Merckx-Puma'' in 1990 and Bölts continued the success of the team by becoming road race champion of Germany.
Team Telekom: 1991–2004
Deutsche Telekom came in as the main sponsor in 1991 and the team was known as ''Telekom-Mercedes-Merckx-Puma''. According to an interview with Godefroot, it was Bölts’ 17th place at the
1991 Vuelta a España
The 46th Edition ''Vuelta a España'' (Tour of Spain), a long-distance bicycle stage race and one of the three grand tours, was held from 29 April to 19 May 1991. It consisted of 21 stages covering a total of , and was won by Melcior Mauri of the O ...
that prompted him to accept the Telekom management's offer to take over the running of the team. Godefroot signed several riders including Classics specialist and 1991
Paris–Roubaix
Paris–Roubaix is a one-day professional bicycle road race in northern France, starting north of Paris and finishing in Roubaix, at the border with Belgium. It is one of cycling's oldest races, and is one of the 'Monuments' or classics of the ...
winner
Marc Madiot
Marc Madiot (born 16 April 1959) is a French former professional road racing cyclist and double winner of Paris–Roubaix. He also competed in the individual road race event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Retired from racing in 1994, he is now be ...
. Bölts who was involved with the team since its beginnings in 1989 would stay with the team until 2003, continued building on the successes of the team by winning stage 19, the Queen stage of the
1992 Giro d'Italia. Jens Heppner continued this streak with his overall tenth place at the
1992 Tour de France
The 1992 Tour de France was the 79th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 4 to 26 July. The total race distance was 21 stages and a prologue over . In honor of the Maastricht Treaty, which created the European Union, the Tour visited ...
.
The Telekom team signed all the promising cyclists that were coming from Germany at that time and who were becoming successful. These included
Jens Heppner
Jens Heppner (born 23 December 1964) is a German former road bicycle racer. He wore the pink jersey as leader of the general classification during the 2002 Giro d'Italia. Although he rode for Telekom during ten years, he has consistently denied ...
and
Christian Henn
Christian Henn (born 11 March 1964) is a German former road racing cyclist, who won the bronze medal for West Germany in the men's individual road race at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. He also won the German National Road Race ...
in 1992,
Erik Zabel
Erik Zabel (; born 7 July 1970) is a German former professional road bicycle racer who raced most of his career with Telekom. With 152 professional wins and 211 wins in his career, he is considered by some to be one of the greatest German cycl ...
,
Rolf Aldag
Rolf Aldag (born 25 August 1968 in Beckum, West Germany) is a former professional road bicycle racer who rode for Team Telekom from 1993 to 2005. He raced in 10 Tour de France, 1 Giro d'Italia and 5 Vuelta a España. Prior to joining Telekom, h ...
and
Steffen Wesemann in 1993 and
Jan Ullrich
Jan Ullrich (; born 2 December 1973) is a German former professional road bicycle racer. Ullrich won gold and silver medals in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He won the 1999 Vuelta a España and the HEW Cyclassics in front of a home crow ...
in 1994. Many of these riders would ride for more than ten years with the team.
Olaf Ludwig
Olaf Ludwig (born 13 April 1960 in Gera, Bezirk Gera) is a former German racing cyclist. His career began at the SG Dynamo Gera / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo. As an East German, he raced as an amateur until reunification of Germany allowed him ...
also signed in 1993 and finished his career with the team. In 1994, Zabel won the first
UCI Road World Cup
The UCI Road World Cup was a season-long Road bicycle racing, road cycling competition held from 1989 until 2004 and comprising ten one-day events.
History
The competition was inaugurated in 1989, and replaced the Super Prestige Pernod Internati ...
victory in the history of the team, the
Paris–Tours
Paris–Tours is a French one-day classic road cycling race held every October from the outskirts of Paris to the cathedral city of Tours. It is a predominantly flat course through the Chevreuse and Loire valleys; the highest point is 200 m, ...
.
In 1993, the team again achieved success in the national championship road race in Germany. This was the start of the team's 11 year domination and possession of the German champion's jersey. Many of the successful team riders that spent many years of their career with Telekom would become German national champions – Bernd Gröne in 1993, Jens Heppner in 1994, Bölts in 1990, 1995 and 1999, Christian Henn in 1996, Jan Ullrich in 1997 and 2001, Erik Zabel in 1998 and 2003, Rolf Aldag in 2000, Danilo Hondo in 2002 and finally Andreas Klöden in 2004.
The team soon became an important presence on the international cycling stage. However the team was not invited to the
1995 Tour de France
The 1995 Tour de France was the 82nd Tour de France, taking place from 1 to 23 July. It was Miguel Indurain's fifth and final victory in the Tour. On the fifteenth stage Italian rider Fabio Casartelli died after an accident on the Col de Portet ...
. Eventually the organisers of the Tour agreed that six Telekom members, namely Rolf Aldag, Udo Bölts, Jens Heppner, Vladimir Pulnikov, Erik Zabel and Olaf Ludwig would join with three members of the ZG Mobili to form a composite team. Zabel went on to win two stages in the race.
![Jan Ullrich and Udo Bölts, 1997](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b5/Jan_Ullrich_and_Udo_B%C3%B6lts%2C_1997.jpg)
The next two years saw the international breakthrough of the team. Godefroot brought in the
Danish
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rider,
Bjarne Riis
Bjarne Lykkegård Riis (; born 3 April 1964), nicknamed ''The Eagle from Herning'' ( da, Ørnen fra Herning), is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer who placed first in the 1996 Tour de France. For many years he was the owner and lat ...
, the third-place finisher of the 1995 Tour and he went on to win the
1996 Tour de France
The 1996 Tour de France was the 83rd edition of the Tour de France, starting on 29 June and ending on 21 July, featuring 19 regular stages, 2 individual time trials, a prologue and a rest day (10 July). It was won by Danish rider Bjarne Riis.
Th ...
, with the then 22-year-old German support rider
Jan Ullrich
Jan Ullrich (; born 2 December 1973) is a German former professional road bicycle racer. Ullrich won gold and silver medals in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He won the 1999 Vuelta a España and the HEW Cyclassics in front of a home crow ...
finishing in second place. In addition, Zabel won the first of six green jerseys for winning the points competition. Bolts won the Clásica de San Sebastián and Wesemann won his second and the first of four wins with the Telekom team of the
Peace Race
The Peace Race (german: Friedensfahrt, cs, Závod míru, sk, Preteky mieru, russian: Велогонка Мира (), pl, Wyścig Pokoju , french: Course de la Paix, it, Corsa della Pace, ro, Cursa Păcii) was an annual multiple stage bicycl ...
.
The
1997 Tour de France
The 1997 Tour de France was the 84th edition of the Tour de France and took place from 5 to 27 July. Jan Ullrich's victory margin of 9:09 was the largest margin of victory since Laurent Fignon won the 1984 Tour de France by 10:32. Since 1997 no ...
saw the emergence of Ullrich as he won the race with support from Riis, who in turn had won the World Cup race,
Amstel Gold Race
The Amstel Gold Race is an annual one-day classic road cycling race held in the province of Limburg, Netherlands. It traditionally marks the turning point of the spring classics, with the climbers and stage racers replacing the cobbled classics r ...
earlier in 1997. Team Telekom also won the team classification, as the overall strongest team of the 1997 Tour. In addition, Bolts won the
Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Zabel won
Milan–San Remo
Milan–San Remo (in Italian ''Milano-Sanremo''), also called "''The Spring classic''" or "''La Classicissima''", is an annual road cycling race between Milan and Sanremo, in Northwest Italy. With a distance of 298 km (~185.2 miles) it is t ...
for the first of four times with the team. Ullrich also won the Championships of Hamburg semi-classic. The following year this race was elevated to the status of World Cup. In addition the Deutschland Tour returned in 1999 – evidence of the continuing popularity of cycling in Germany at the time. While Ullrich had a crash in the race and was forced to retire, Team Telekom did win the first edition of the race with Heppner and would win the race again with
Alexander Vinokourov
Alexander Nikolayevich Vinokourov ( Kazakh and russian: Александр Николаевич Винокуров; born 16 September 1973) is a Kazakhstani former professional road bicycle racer and the current general manager of UCI WorldTeam ...
in 2001.
Ullrich finished second in the
1998 Tour de France
The 1998 Tour de France was the 85th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The race was composed of 21 stages and a prologue. It started on 11 July in Ireland before taking an anti-clockwise route through France to finis ...
but went on to win the 1999
Vuelta a España
The Vuelta a España (; en, Tour of Spain) is an annual multi-stage bicycle race primarily held in Spain, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries. Inspired by the success of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, the r ...
, although he missed the
1999 Tour de France
The 1999 Tour de France was a multiple stage bicycle race held from 3 to 25 July, and the 86th edition of the Tour de France. It has no overall winner—although American cyclist Lance Armstrong originally won the event, the United States Anti-D ...
due to a knee injury. After winning the Vuelta, Ullrich became World time trial champion which enabled him to wear the rainbow jersey during time trials. He would win this again in 2001. The next year, Zabel won the overall World Cup victory, having won the Milan–San Remo and Amstel Gold Race, while Ullrich was placed second again in the
2000 Tour de France
The 2000 Tour de France was a multiple stage bicycle race held from 1 to 23 July, and the 87th edition of the Tour de France. It has no overall winner—although American cyclist Lance Armstrong originally won the event, the United States Anti- ...
to
Lance Armstrong
Lance Edward Armstrong (''né'' Gunderson; born September 18, 1971) is an American former professional road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist. Regarded as a sports icon for winning the Tour de France seven consecutive times from 1999 Tour de ...
. Ullrich won the gold medal in the Olympic road race and the silver medal in the Olympic time trial. In 2001, Zabel won Milan–San Remo for the fourth time. Ullrich came in second in the
2001 Tour de France
The 2001 Tour de France was a multiple-stage bicycle race held from 7 to 29 July, and the 88th edition of the Tour de France. It has no overall winner—although American cyclist Lance Armstrong originally won the event, the United States Anti- ...
, while Zabel won six stages combined in the 2001 Tour and Vuelta.
Kazakh rider
Alexander Vinokourov
Alexander Nikolayevich Vinokourov ( Kazakh and russian: Александр Николаевич Винокуров; born 16 September 1973) is a Kazakhstani former professional road bicycle racer and the current general manager of UCI WorldTeam ...
won the
Paris–Nice
Paris–Nice is a professional cycling stage race in France, held annually since 1933. Raced over eight days, the race usually starts with a prologue in the Paris region and ends with a final stage either in Nice or on the Col d'Èze overlookin ...
stage race in 2002, a feat he would duplicate in 2003, also winning the Amstel Gold Race and
Tour de Suisse
The Tour de Suisse ( en, Tour of Switzerland) is an annual road cycling stage race. Raced over eight days, the event covers two weekends in June, and along with the Critérium du Dauphiné, it is considered a proving ground for the Tour de France ...
that year. As Ullrich left the team to form
Team Bianchi
Team Bianchi was a makeshift team that was put together from the remnants of the Coast team in time for the 2003 Tour de France.
Team Coast had been unable to pay the salaries of their riders and Bianchi took over the team and the role of tit ...
in 2003, Vinokourov became team leader for the
2003 Tour de France
The 2003 Tour de France was a multiple stage bicycle race held from 5 to 27 July, and the 90th edition of the Tour de France. It has no overall winner—although American cyclist Lance Armstrong originally won the event, the United States Anti- ...
. He finished in third place, just below the second placed Ullrich. Zabel won the 2003 Paris–Tours, while Italian rider
Daniele Nardello
Daniele Nardello (born 2 August 1972 in Varese) is a retired Italian professional road racing cyclist. His career ran from 1994 to 2009, with highlights including winning the 2001 Italian national road race championship, the 2003 Züri-Metzgete, ...
took the
Züri-Metzgete
Züri-Metzgete (Zürich German; en, Championship of Zürich; german: Meisterschaft von Zürich) was a European Classic cycle race held annually in Zürich, Switzerland, and continued as a non-professional mass participation event from 2007 until ...
.
The team had a continuous presence at the top of the professional peloton and continued to sign the emerging German cyclists of the times including
Andreas Klöden
Andreas Klöden (born 22 June 1975) is a German former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 1998 and 2013. His major achievements include a bronze medal at the 2000 Olympic Games and finishing second in the ge ...
in 1998,
in 1999, Matthias Kessler in 2000 and Stefan Schumacher in 2002. In addition, the team also signed many successful non-German riders such as
Georg Totschnig
Georg Totschnig (born 25 May 1971) is an Austrian former road bicycle racer who raced professionally between 1993 and 2006. He won the Austrian National Road Race Championships in 1997 and 2003. He also rode at three Olympic Games.
Career
In 19 ...
,
Alexander Vinokourov
Alexander Nikolayevich Vinokourov ( Kazakh and russian: Александр Николаевич Винокуров; born 16 September 1973) is a Kazakhstani former professional road bicycle racer and the current general manager of UCI WorldTeam ...
,
Cadel Evans
Cadel Lee Evans (; born 14 February 1977) is an Australian former professional racing cyclist, who competed professionally in both mountain biking and road bicycle racing. A four-time Olympian, Evans is one of three non-Europeans – along wi ...
,
Santiago Botero
Santiago Botero Echeverry (born October 27, 1972) is a Colombian former professional road bicycle racer. He was a pro from 1996 to 2010, during which time he raced in three editions of the Tour de France and four editions of the Vuelta a Españ ...
and
Paolo Savoldelli
Paolo Savoldelli (born 7 May 1973 in Clusone, province of Bergamo) is a former Italian road racing cyclist and winner of the 2002 and 2005 Giro d'Italia.
Savoldelli was a climber but known for his fast downhill riding. He is nicknamed ''Il F ...
.
In 2005 a film titled ''
Hell on Wheels
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'' was released. It is a record of the 100th anniversary (but only the 90th running because of World War I and World War II) of the 2003 Tour de France in from the perspective of the then-Team Telekom.
T-Mobile: 2004 – November 2007
![T-Mobile team TDF 2004](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/T-Mobile_team_TDF_2004.jpg)
From 2004, the team changed its name to T-Mobile. Jan Ullrich returned to the team. The team achieved a great number of success, among which was
Steffan Wesemann
Steffen Wesemann (born 11 March 1971) is a Swiss-German former professional road racing cyclist.
He competed in the individual road race at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Wesemann most recently rode for the professional continental team Cycle Col ...
's win in the
Tour of Flanders
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. Coming up to the
2004 Tour de France
The 2004 Tour de France was a multiple stage bicycle race held from 3 to 25 July, and the 91st edition of the Tour de France. It has no overall winner—although American cyclist Lance Armstrong originally won the event, the United States Anti ...
, Kloden became German road race champion and Ullrich won the
Tour de Suisse
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and raced the
2004 Tour de France
The 2004 Tour de France was a multiple stage bicycle race held from 3 to 25 July, and the 91st edition of the Tour de France. It has no overall winner—although American cyclist Lance Armstrong originally won the event, the United States Anti ...
as team leader, while Vinokourov did not ride the Tour de France for the team. Jan Ullrich finished fourth, while
Andreas Klöden
Andreas Klöden (born 22 June 1975) is a German former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 1998 and 2013. His major achievements include a bronze medal at the 2000 Olympic Games and finishing second in the ge ...
was the best placed rider of the team in second place. T-Mobile Team won the team classification, as the overall strongest team of the 2004 Tour. In the spring season of 2005, Vinokourov won the
Liège–Bastogne–Liège
Liège–Bastogne–Liège, also known as ''La Doyenne'' ("The Old Lady"), is a one-day classic cycling race in Belgium.Cycling Weekly, UK, 13 March 1993 First run in 1892, it is the oldest of the five ''Monuments'' of the European professional r ...
classic race. Ullrich, as the team leader, finished 3rd overall in the
2005 Tour de France
The 2005 Tour de France was the 92nd edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place between 2–24 July, with 21 stages covering a distance . It has no overall winner—although American cyclist Lance Armstrong origin ...
. Alexander Vinokourov rode in support, and finished fifth as he won two stages, including the final stage on the
Champs-Elysees. Italian rider
Giuseppe Guerini
Giuseppe Guerini (born 14 February 1970) is a retired Italy, Italian professional road bicycle racer. He was known throughout his career as a climbing specialist and had pronounced success in cycling's Grand Tour (cycling), Grand Tour events. He ...
also won a stage and T-Mobile Team matched their 2004 feat by once again winning the team classification in 2005. Zabel won the
Paris–Tours
Paris–Tours is a French one-day classic road cycling race held every October from the outskirts of Paris to the cathedral city of Tours. It is a predominantly flat course through the Chevreuse and Loire valleys; the highest point is 200 m, ...
for the third time at the end of the season.
In July 2005, during the 2005 Tour, Vinokourov's contract was running out and speculation was abundant if he was to stay with T-Mobile. With four days left of the 2005 Tour, he made an announcement that he would leave the team to pursue his own chances of winning the Tour de France as a team captain and after the Tour he joined the
Liberty Seguros
Liberty Seguros is an international subsidiary of Liberty Mutual Group, a Boston-based insurance company.
Sponsorships
Liberty Seguros sponsored the UCI ProTour cycling team, Liberty Seguros – Würth, but dropped the sponsorship on 25 May 20 ...
team. After 13 years with Team Telekom and T-Mobile Team, Erik Zabel also left in 2005 to ride for the newly formed
Team Milram
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As defined by Professor Leigh Thompson of the Kellogg School of Management, " team is a group of people who are interdependent with respect to info ...
. Before the 2006 season, Walter Godefroot stepped down and Olaf Ludwig became the new T-Mobile team manager.
Doping scandals: 2006–2007
In the most controversial scandal since the
1998 tour, thirteen riders were expelled from the
2006 Tour de France
The 2006 Tour de France was the 93rd edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place between the 1st and the 23rd of July. It was won by Óscar Pereiro following the disqualification of Floyd Landis. Due to the Unite ...
stemming from
a Spanish doping scandal, on the eve of Strasbourg prologue to the 93rd edition. Jan Ullrich, one of the favorites to win the race, was among those excluded from the Tour. Another T-Mobile rider,
Oscar Sevilla
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, was also expelled, leaving the team starting with only seven riders.
On July 9, the team announced the dismissal of its sporting director, Rudy Pevenage, for his implication with former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich in a Spanish
blood doping
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scandal. "The contract linking T-Mobile to Pevenage has been retrospectively stopped on June 30," the team's general manager, Olaf Ludwig, said.
On July 21, 2006, T-Mobile fired Jan Ullrich from the team pending the doping investigation.
![Serhiy Honchar - prolog TdF 2006](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Serhiy_Honchar_-_prolog_TdF_2006.jpg)
At the
2006 Tour de France
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, T-Mobile won the team classification for the third consecutive year,
Andreas Klöden
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reached the podium (3rd place) for the second time,
Matthias Kessler
Matthias Kessler (born 16 May 1979 in Nuremberg) is a German former professional road racing cyclist who competed from 2000 to 2007 for and .
Biography
Kessler debuted as a pro during the 2000 season after becoming German under 23 champion in 1 ...
won Stage 3,
Serhiy Honchar
Serhiy Gonchar ( uk, Сергій Гончар; born 3 July 1970) is a Ukrainian former professional road racing cyclist. He won the World Time Trial Championship in 2000.
Due to a temporary spelling error in his passport, he is often incorrect ...
won two
individual time trial
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s (Stages 7 and 19) and wore the
yellow jersey
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History
Th ...
for 3 days (after Stages 7–9).
After the Tour de France, the team changed significantly; team manager,
Olaf Ludwig
Olaf Ludwig (born 13 April 1960 in Gera, Bezirk Gera) is a former German racing cyclist. His career began at the SG Dynamo Gera / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo. As an East German, he raced as an amateur until reunification of Germany allowed him ...
left the team and was replaced by
Bob Stapleton
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.
Rolf Aldag
Rolf Aldag (born 25 August 1968 in Beckum, West Germany) is a former professional road bicycle racer who rode for Team Telekom from 1993 to 2005. He raced in 10 Tour de France, 1 Giro d'Italia and 5 Vuelta a España. Prior to joining Telekom, h ...
,
Allan Peiper
Allan Peiper (born 26 April 1960), is a retired Australian professional cyclist and current pro cycling team manager.
He began cycling at 12 years of age, competing on both road and track, with success. Selected for the Australian team, at the ...
and
Tristan Hoffman
Tristan Henri Christiaan Hoffman (born 1 January 1970 in Groenlo, Oost Gelre) is a Dutch former road racing cyclist. After his racing years he became a directeur sportif for Team CSC, and later for . He also competed in the Cycling at the 1996 Su ...
became ''directeur sportifs''. As already discussed Ullrich, Sevilla and Pevenage were dismissed from the team. Several riders who had been with the team for a long time such as
Steffen Wesemann,
Andreas Klöden
Andreas Klöden (born 22 June 1975) is a German former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 1998 and 2013. His major achievements include a bronze medal at the 2000 Olympic Games and finishing second in the ge ...
and
Matthias Kessler
Matthias Kessler (born 16 May 1979 in Nuremberg) is a German former professional road racing cyclist who competed from 2000 to 2007 for and .
Biography
Kessler debuted as a pro during the 2000 season after becoming German under 23 champion in 1 ...
left. However, the reason is unclear. Jörg Ludewig was put on suspension and his contract was not increased in connection with intention to dope previously in his career and before he joined T-Mobile.
Eddy Mazzoleni
Eddy Mazzoleni (born 29 July 1973) is a former Italian professional road bicycle racer who most recently rode for UCI ProTour Astana Team.
Biography
He currently lives in Almenno San Bartolomeo, Italy. Mazzoleni is a talented climber and was a h ...
who was in his first year for the team also left. The contracts of Bram Schmitz and Bas Gilling were not renewed. Dr. Lothar Heinrich, the team doctor since 1995, and Dr. Andreas Schmid set up a new comprehensive testing system. Following the revelations that came out of the Operación Puerto investigation, Heinrich allegedly nearly quit the sport but instead he joined with Stapleton and other team staff to create a new system of internal controls and health checks that he insisted would demonstrate that T-Mobile riders were clean and to restore credibility to the sport.
In May 2007, several former riders admitted to using banned substances (including
EPO) while riding for the team in the mid-1990s, including
Erik Zabel
Erik Zabel (; born 7 July 1970) is a German former professional road bicycle racer who raced most of his career with Telekom. With 152 professional wins and 211 wins in his career, he is considered by some to be one of the greatest German cycl ...
,
Rolf Aldag
Rolf Aldag (born 25 August 1968 in Beckum, West Germany) is a former professional road bicycle racer who rode for Team Telekom from 1993 to 2005. He raced in 10 Tour de France, 1 Giro d'Italia and 5 Vuelta a España. Prior to joining Telekom, h ...
,
Brian Holm
Brian Holm Sørensen (born 2 October 1962) is a retired Danish professional rider in road bicycle racing from 1986 to 1998, who rode for Team Telekom from 1993 to 1997 and was part of the team that brought his fellow Dane Bjarne Riis to victory ...
,
Bjarne Riis
Bjarne Lykkegård Riis (; born 3 April 1964), nicknamed ''The Eagle from Herning'' ( da, Ørnen fra Herning), is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer who placed first in the 1996 Tour de France. For many years he was the owner and lat ...
, Bert Dietz,
Udo Bölts
Udo Bölts (born 10 August 1966) is a retired German racing cyclist, the brother of Hartmut Bölts. Bölts confessed publicly in 2007 to having used EPO and growth hormones in 1996 and 1997.
Biography
Bölts was born in Heltersberg and began h ...
and
Christian Henn
Christian Henn (born 11 March 1964) is a German former road racing cyclist, who won the bronze medal for West Germany in the men's individual road race at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. He also won the German National Road Race ...
including the seasons in which Riis and Ullrich won the Tour de France. Team doctors Andreas Schmid and Lothar Heinrich also confessed to participating and administering banned substances. The latter was Team Telekom's sporting director until May 3, 2007 when he was suspended following allegations published in former team member Jef d'Hont's book. Jef d'Hont had worked as a massage therapist for Team Telekom in 1992–96, and revealed in his book how the doping system had been organized at the team, throughout those years.
In an effort to present a renewed image the team brought a young team to the
2007 Tour de France
The 2007 Tour de France the 94th running of the race, took place from 7 to 29 July. The Tour began with a prologue in London, and ended with the traditional finish in Paris. Along the way, the route also passed through Belgium and Spain. It was ...
, and promoted a drug-free attitude and image. Despite this, team member
Patrik Sinkewitz
Patrik Sinkewitz (born 20 October 1980) is a German professional road racing cyclist, who is currently suspended from the sport until 2024 for doping and ineligibility offences. He was a climbing specialist who can ride well over a stage race, a ...
tested positive for elevated testosterone during a training camp. The test results were only announced when Sinkewitz had dropped out of the Tour because of injury. He was still in hospital when he was suspended from Team T-Mobile, and was dismissed on July 31, 2007.
Team High Road: November 2007 – June 2008
In November 2007, Deutsche Telekom AG announced that it was to end sponsorship of professional cycling with immediate effect. The team continued under the name "Team High Road" through June 2008. The team changed nationality in February 2008, switching from Germany to the United States.
The team continued due to the funding from the team owner, Bob Stapleton, as the team did not have enough time to gather sponsors for the new year. The team had a successful start to the year with Luxembourg rider,
Kim Kirchen
Kim Kirchen (born 3 July 1978 in Luxembourg City) is a Luxembourgian former road racing cyclist. He is the son of cyclist Erny Kirchen and the great-nephew of cyclist Jeng Kirchen.
Career
Kirchen signed as a professional cyclist in 2000 with De ...
winning the classic La Flèche Wallonne. Results like this and also High-Road's performance at the
Giro d'Italia helped the team secure a sponsor for the end of the year.
Team Columbia and Team Columbia–High Road: July 2008 – June 2009
On June 15, 2008
Columbia Sportswear
The Columbia Sportswear Company is an American company that manufactures and distributes outerwear, sportswear, and footwear, as well as headgear, camping equipment, ski apparel, and outerwear accessories.
It was founded in 1938 by Paul Lam ...
announced a three-year sponsorship of the team beginning on July 5, the start of the
Tour de France
The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...
, changing the name to "Team Columbia". The sponsorship included both the men's and women's teams. The team went on to have a highly successful Tour, winning 5 stages (four of which went to British sprinter
Mark Cavendish
Mark Simon Cavendish (born 21 May 1985) is a Isle of Man, Manx professional Road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . As a Track cycling, track cyclist he specialises in the Madison (cycling), madison, po ...
) and team leader
Kim Kirchen
Kim Kirchen (born 3 July 1978 in Luxembourg City) is a Luxembourgian former road racing cyclist. He is the son of cyclist Erny Kirchen and the great-nephew of cyclist Jeng Kirchen.
Career
Kirchen signed as a professional cyclist in 2000 with De ...
lead the
overall classification for four days and the
points competition for three.
Team Columbia–HTC: June 2009 – January 2010 and Team HTC–Columbia: January 2010 – 2011
![Etape 3 tour de France 2009 - Peloton 4 by Mikani Edit](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Etape_3_tour_de_France_2009_-_Peloton_4_by_Mikani_Edit.JPG)
On June 29, 2009
HTC
HTC Corporation ( zh, t=宏達國際電子股份有限公司, s=宏达国际电子股份有限公司, p=Hóngdá Guójì Diànzǐ Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī, first=t) or High Tech Computer Corporation, (literally ''Hongda International Electron ...
announced a three-year sponsorship of the team beginning with the 2009
Tour de France
The Tour de France () is an annual men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. Like the other Grand Tours (the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a España), it consists ...
. The team's new name was "Team Columbia-HTC." Like the
Columbia Sportswear
The Columbia Sportswear Company is an American company that manufactures and distributes outerwear, sportswear, and footwear, as well as headgear, camping equipment, ski apparel, and outerwear accessories.
It was founded in 1938 by Paul Lam ...
sponsorship, the HTC sponsorship included both the men's and women's teams. The team enjoyed great success at the
2009 Tour de France
The 2009 Tour de France was the 96th edition of the Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It started on 4 July in the principality of Monaco with a individual time trial which included a section of the Circuit de Monaco. The race visite ...
with
Mark Cavendish
Mark Simon Cavendish (born 21 May 1985) is a Isle of Man, Manx professional Road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . As a Track cycling, track cyclist he specialises in the Madison (cycling), madison, po ...
winning 6 stages over the course of the 3 weeks. The most memorable of these was his victory on the
Champs-Élysées
The Avenue des Champs-Élysées (, ; ) is an avenue in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France, long and wide, running between the Place de la Concorde in the east and the Place Charles de Gaulle in the west, where the Arc de Triomphe is lo ...
in Paris where he won by a huge margin; almost 30m, with his own lead out man,
Mark Renshaw
Mark Renshaw (born 22 October 1982) is a retired Australian racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2004 and 2019 for the , , , , and teams. His most notable wins are the general classification of the 2011 Tour of Qatar, and the one-d ...
having enough time to come in 2nd with his arms raised. A documentary film called ''
Chasing Legends'' was later released that covered the 2009 tour through the eyes of HTC-Columbia.
August proved a very good month for Norwegian all-rounder
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Edvald Boasson Hagen (born 17 May 1987) is a Norwegian professional road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam . He was ranked as no. 3 in the world by UCI as of 31 August 2009, when he was 22 years old. He is known as an all-rounder, havin ...
, with two stage wins and a podium finish in the
Tour of Poland and two more stage wins and the GC win in the
Eneco Tour
The Benelux Tour (previously known as the Eneco Tour and the BinckBank Tour) is a road bicycle racing stage-race that is part of the UCI World Tour. The race was established in 2005 and was originally known as the Eneco Tour, named after the orig ...
. After stage wins in the other two Grand Tours of 2009, it took the team only three days to win yet another in the
Vuelta, where
Gregory Henderson
Gregory Henderson (born 10 September 1976) is a New Zealand former professional track and road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2002 and 2017. His career includes winning the scratch race at the 2004 world championships and, in r ...
took home the flowers.
Despite its many successes, Team Columbia did not seem to be able to afford as many top riders as they had, and due to their many victories, a lot of riders were targeted by other teams for the 2010 season. Notable riders such as
Kim Kirchen
Kim Kirchen (born 3 July 1978 in Luxembourg City) is a Luxembourgian former road racing cyclist. He is the son of cyclist Erny Kirchen and the great-nephew of cyclist Jeng Kirchen.
Career
Kirchen signed as a professional cyclist in 2000 with De ...
,
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Edvald Boasson Hagen (born 17 May 1987) is a Norwegian professional road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam . He was ranked as no. 3 in the world by UCI as of 31 August 2009, when he was 22 years old. He is known as an all-rounder, havin ...
,
Michael Barry,
George Hincapie
George Anthony Hincapie (born June 29, 1973) is an American former racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 1994 and 2012. Hincapie was a key domestique of Lance Armstrong. Hincapie was also a domestique for Alberto Contador in 2007 an ...
and
Thomas Lövkvist
Thomas may refer to:
People
* List of people with given name Thomas
* Thomas (name)
* Thomas (surname)
* Saint Thomas (disambiguation)
* Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church
* Thomas the A ...
elected to leave the team. As replacements, a lot of young talented riders, such as
Jan Ghyselinck
Jan Ghyselinck (born 24 February 1988 in Tielt) is a Belgian former professional road cyclist, who rode professionally between 2010 and 2016 for the , , and teams.
He joined as a neo-pro for the 2010 season, and after some good results he ...
, Rasmus Guldhammer and
Martin Martin may refer to:
Places
* Martin City (disambiguation)
* Martin County (disambiguation)
* Martin Township (disambiguation)
Antarctica
* Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land
* Port Martin, Adelie Land
* Point Martin, South Orkney Islands
Austral ...
and
Peter Velits
Peter Velits (born 21 February 1985 in Bratislava) is a Slovakian former professional road racing cyclist. His career highlights included third place overall and a stage win at the 2010 Vuelta a España, the 2007 World Under-23 Road Race Champi ...
were contracted.
On October 17, 2010, Team Columbia HTC announced a tie up with
Specialized for 2011. Specialized would supply the team's frames, forks, and helmets. The men would race the S-Works Tarmac for most road races, the S-Works Roubaix for cobbled classics, and the Shiv TT in time trials. The all-new S-Works Prevail and TT3 helmets would protect the riders in road and TT applications, respectively.
On August 4, 2011, General Manager, Bob Stapleton announced that Team HTC–Highroad were to fold at the end of the
2011 season after failing to find a new sponsor.
The team's final event was the
Chrono des Nations
Chrono des Nations – Les Herbiers Vendée is a single-day individual time trial road bicycle race held annually in October in Les Herbiers, Vendée, France. Since 2005, the race is organized as a UCI race classifications, 1.1 event on the UCI E ...
, in October 2011. The men's and women's teams both finished with victories, Tony Martin winning the men's 48 km time trial, while Amber Neben won the women's 20 km event. This gave the team 121 victories in its final year.
HTC–Highroad was voted 2011 Team of the Year by Cyclingnews.com, and won the Best Team and Best Women's Team awards at the Velonews awards for 2011.
Major wins
National, continental, world and Olympic champions
;1989
:
![MaillotAlemania](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/MaillotAlemania.PNG)
German Road Race,
Dariusz Kajzer
;1990
:
![MaillotAlemania](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/MaillotAlemania.PNG)
German Road Race,
Udo Bölts
Udo Bölts (born 10 August 1966) is a retired German racing cyclist, the brother of Hartmut Bölts. Bölts confessed publicly in 2007 to having used EPO and growth hormones in 1996 and 1997.
Biography
Bölts was born in Heltersberg and began h ...
;1994
:
![MaillotAlemania](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/MaillotAlemania.PNG)
German Road Race,
Jens Heppner
Jens Heppner (born 23 December 1964) is a German former road bicycle racer. He wore the pink jersey as leader of the general classification during the 2002 Giro d'Italia. Although he rode for Telekom during ten years, he has consistently denied ...
;1995
:
![MaillotAlemania](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/MaillotAlemania.PNG)
German Road Race,
Udo Bölts
Udo Bölts (born 10 August 1966) is a retired German racing cyclist, the brother of Hartmut Bölts. Bölts confessed publicly in 2007 to having used EPO and growth hormones in 1996 and 1997.
Biography
Bölts was born in Heltersberg and began h ...
:
![MaillotAlemania](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/MaillotAlemania.PNG)
German Time Trial,
Jan Ullrich
Jan Ullrich (; born 2 December 1973) is a German former professional road bicycle racer. Ullrich won gold and silver medals in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He won the 1999 Vuelta a España and the HEW Cyclassics in front of a home crow ...
;1996
:
![MaillotDinamarca](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/MaillotDinamarca.svg)
Danish Road Race,
Bjarne Riis
Bjarne Lykkegård Riis (; born 3 April 1964), nicknamed ''The Eagle from Herning'' ( da, Ørnen fra Herning), is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer who placed first in the 1996 Tour de France. For many years he was the owner and lat ...
:
![MaillotDinamarca](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/MaillotDinamarca.svg)
Danish Time Trial,
Bjarne Riis
Bjarne Lykkegård Riis (; born 3 April 1964), nicknamed ''The Eagle from Herning'' ( da, Ørnen fra Herning), is a Danish former professional road bicycle racer who placed first in the 1996 Tour de France. For many years he was the owner and lat ...
;1997
:
![MaillotAustria](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/MaillotAustria.PNG)
Austrian Road Race,
Georg Totschnig
Georg Totschnig (born 25 May 1971) is an Austrian former road bicycle racer who raced professionally between 1993 and 2006. He won the Austrian National Road Race Championships in 1997 and 2003. He also rode at three Olympic Games.
Career
In 19 ...
:
![MaillotAustria](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/MaillotAustria.PNG)
Austrian Time Trial,
Georg Totschnig
Georg Totschnig (born 25 May 1971) is an Austrian former road bicycle racer who raced professionally between 1993 and 2006. He won the Austrian National Road Race Championships in 1997 and 2003. He also rode at three Olympic Games.
Career
In 19 ...
:
![MaillotAlemania](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/MaillotAlemania.PNG)
German Road Race,
Jan Ullrich
Jan Ullrich (; born 2 December 1973) is a German former professional road bicycle racer. Ullrich won gold and silver medals in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He won the 1999 Vuelta a España and the HEW Cyclassics in front of a home crow ...
;1998
:
![MaillotAlemania](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/MaillotAlemania.PNG)
German Road Race,
Erik Zabel
Erik Zabel (; born 7 July 1970) is a German former professional road bicycle racer who raced most of his career with Telekom. With 152 professional wins and 211 wins in his career, he is considered by some to be one of the greatest German cycl ...
;1999
:
![Jersey rainbow](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Jersey_rainbow.svg)
UCI World Champion Time Trial,
Jan Ullrich
Jan Ullrich (; born 2 December 1973) is a German former professional road bicycle racer. Ullrich won gold and silver medals in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He won the 1999 Vuelta a España and the HEW Cyclassics in front of a home crow ...
:
![MaillotAlemania](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/MaillotAlemania.PNG)
German Road Race,
Udo Bölts
Udo Bölts (born 10 August 1966) is a retired German racing cyclist, the brother of Hartmut Bölts. Bölts confessed publicly in 2007 to having used EPO and growth hormones in 1996 and 1997.
Biography
Bölts was born in Heltersberg and began h ...
;2000
:
![MaillotAlemania](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/MaillotAlemania.PNG)
German Road Race,
Rolf Aldag
Rolf Aldag (born 25 August 1968 in Beckum, West Germany) is a former professional road bicycle racer who rode for Team Telekom from 1993 to 2005. He raced in 10 Tour de France, 1 Giro d'Italia and 5 Vuelta a España. Prior to joining Telekom, h ...
;2001
:
![MaillotAlemania](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/MaillotAlemania.PNG)
German Road Race,
Jan Ullrich
Jan Ullrich (; born 2 December 1973) is a German former professional road bicycle racer. Ullrich won gold and silver medals in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He won the 1999 Vuelta a España and the HEW Cyclassics in front of a home crow ...
:
![Jersey rainbow](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Jersey_rainbow.svg)
UCI World Champion Time Trial,
Jan Ullrich
Jan Ullrich (; born 2 December 1973) is a German former professional road bicycle racer. Ullrich won gold and silver medals in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He won the 1999 Vuelta a España and the HEW Cyclassics in front of a home crow ...
:
![MaillotKaz](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/MaillotKaz.PNG)
Kazakhstan Road Race,
Andrey Mizurov
Andrey Mizurov ( kk, Андрей Мизуров, born March 16, 1973) is a Kazakhstani former professional road bicycle racer.
Major results
;1991
:1st Overall Giro della Lunigiana
;1997
:1st Overall Azerbaïjan Tour
:1st Overall Tour of ...
;2002
:
![MaillotAlemania](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/MaillotAlemania.PNG)
German Road Race,
Danilo Hondo
Danilo Hondo (born 4 January 1974) is a German former professional road bicycle racer. He won the German National Road Race in 2002. He competed in the men's team pursuit at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
He was banned from professional cycling an ...
;2003
:
![MaillotAlemania](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/MaillotAlemania.PNG)
German Road Race,
Erik Zabel
Erik Zabel (; born 7 July 1970) is a German former professional road bicycle racer who raced most of his career with Telekom. With 152 professional wins and 211 wins in his career, he is considered by some to be one of the greatest German cycl ...
;2004
:
![MaillotAlemania](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/MaillotAlemania.PNG)
German Road Race,
Andreas Klöden
Andreas Klöden (born 22 June 1975) is a German former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 1998 and 2013. His major achievements include a bronze medal at the 2000 Olympic Games and finishing second in the ge ...
;2005
:
![MaillotKaz](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/MaillotKaz.PNG)
Kazakhstan Road Race,
Alexander Vinokourov
Alexander Nikolayevich Vinokourov ( Kazakh and russian: Александр Николаевич Винокуров; born 16 September 1973) is a Kazakhstani former professional road bicycle racer and the current general manager of UCI WorldTeam ...
:
![MaillotRusia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d1/MaillotRusia.PNG)
Russian Road Race,
Sergei Ivanov
Sergei Borisovich Ivanov ( rus, Сергей Борисович Иванов, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej bɐˈrʲisəvʲɪtɕ ɪvɐˈnof; born 31 January 1953) is a Russian senior official and politician who has served as the Special Representative of ...
;2006
:
![MaillotAustria](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/MaillotAustria.PNG)
Austrian Road Race,
Bernhard Kohl
Bernhard Kohl (born 4 January 1982, in Vienna) is an Austrian former professional road bicycle racer and recognized climbing specialist. After the Gerolsteiner team announced they would not be in existence for the 2009 season, Kohl signed with UC ...
;2007
:
![MaillotAlemania](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/MaillotAlemania.PNG)
German Time Trial,
Bert Grabsch
Bert Grabsch (born 19 June 1975) is a German former road bicycle racer, who raced as a professional between 1999 and 2013. He was born in Wittenberg and is the younger brother of fellow road racing cyclist Ralf Grabsch. He is a former UCI time ...
:
![Jersey italianflag](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/MaillotItalia.svg)
Italian Time Trial,
Marco Pinotti
Marco Pinotti (born 25 February 1976 in Osio Sotto, Lombardy) is an Italian former road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional between 1999 and 2013. An individual time trial specialist, Pinotti was a six-time Italian Time Trial Champ ...
;2008
:
![MaillotAustralia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/MaillotAustralia.PNG)
Australian Time Trial,
Adam Hansen
Adam Hansen (born 11 May 1981) is an Australian Ironman triathlete and former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2007 and 2020, for the and teams.
Career
Hansen was born in Southport, Queensland, and turned pr ...
:
![MaillotNoruega](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/MaillotNoruega.PNG)
Norwegian Time Trial,
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Edvald Boasson Hagen (born 17 May 1987) is a Norwegian professional road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam . He was ranked as no. 3 in the world by UCI as of 31 August 2009, when he was 22 years old. He is known as an all-rounder, havin ...
:
![MaillotLuxemburgo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG)
Luxembourg Time Trial,
Kim Kirchen
Kim Kirchen (born 3 July 1978 in Luxembourg City) is a Luxembourgian former road racing cyclist. He is the son of cyclist Erny Kirchen and the great-nephew of cyclist Jeng Kirchen.
Career
Kirchen signed as a professional cyclist in 2000 with De ...
:
![Jersey italianflag](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/MaillotItalia.svg)
Italian Time Trial,
Marco Pinotti
Marco Pinotti (born 25 February 1976 in Osio Sotto, Lombardy) is an Italian former road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional between 1999 and 2013. An individual time trial specialist, Pinotti was a six-time Italian Time Trial Champ ...
:
![MaillotRepúblicaCheca](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/MaillotRep%C3%BAblicaCheca.PNG)
Czech Time Trial,
František Raboň
František Raboň (born 26 September 1983) is a Czech mountain biker for the Specialized Racing Factory Mountain Bike Team. He was formerly a road racing cyclist for UCI ProTeams , and .
Born in Prague, Raboň turned professional in 2006 with G ...
:
![MaillotAlemania](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/MaillotAlemania.PNG)
German Time Trial,
Bert Grabsch
Bert Grabsch (born 19 June 1975) is a German former road bicycle racer, who raced as a professional between 1999 and 2013. He was born in Wittenberg and is the younger brother of fellow road racing cyclist Ralf Grabsch. He is a former UCI time ...
:
![Jersey rainbow](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/Jersey_rainbow.svg)
UCI World Champion Time Trial,
Bert Grabsch
Bert Grabsch (born 19 June 1975) is a German former road bicycle racer, who raced as a professional between 1999 and 2013. He was born in Wittenberg and is the younger brother of fellow road racing cyclist Ralf Grabsch. He is a former UCI time ...
;2009
:
![MaillotAustralia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b4/MaillotAustralia.PNG)
Australian Time Trial,
Michael Rogers
:
![Jersey italianflag](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/MaillotItalia.svg)
Italian Time Trial,
Marco Pinotti
Marco Pinotti (born 25 February 1976 in Osio Sotto, Lombardy) is an Italian former road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional between 1999 and 2013. An individual time trial specialist, Pinotti was a six-time Italian Time Trial Champ ...
:
![MaillotNoruega](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/MaillotNoruega.PNG)
Norwegian Time Trial,
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Edvald Boasson Hagen (born 17 May 1987) is a Norwegian professional road racing cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam . He was ranked as no. 3 in the world by UCI as of 31 August 2009, when he was 22 years old. He is known as an all-rounder, havin ...
:
![MaillotRepúblicaCheca](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/47/MaillotRep%C3%BAblicaCheca.PNG)
Czech Time Trial,
František Raboň
František Raboň (born 26 September 1983) is a Czech mountain biker for the Specialized Racing Factory Mountain Bike Team. He was formerly a road racing cyclist for UCI ProTeams , and .
Born in Prague, Raboň turned professional in 2006 with G ...
:
![MaillotLuxemburgo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/MaillotLuxemburgo.PNG)
Luxembourg Time Trial,
Kim Kirchen
Kim Kirchen (born 3 July 1978 in Luxembourg City) is a Luxembourgian former road racing cyclist. He is the son of cyclist Erny Kirchen and the great-nephew of cyclist Jeng Kirchen.
Career
Kirchen signed as a professional cyclist in 2000 with De ...
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German Time Trial,
Bert Grabsch
Bert Grabsch (born 19 June 1975) is a German former road bicycle racer, who raced as a professional between 1999 and 2013. He was born in Wittenberg and is the younger brother of fellow road racing cyclist Ralf Grabsch. He is a former UCI time ...
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Belgian Time Trial,
Maxime Monfort
Maxime Monfort (born 14 January 1983) is a Belgian former professional road racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 2004 and 2019 for the , , , , and teams.
Monfort won a variety of races including the Tour de Luxembourg in 2004, t ...
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US Road Race,
George Hincapie
George Anthony Hincapie (born June 29, 1973) is an American former racing cyclist, who competed professionally between 1994 and 2012. Hincapie was a key domestique of Lance Armstrong. Hincapie was also a domestique for Alberto Contador in 2007 an ...
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Belarusian Time Trial,
Kanstantsin Sivtsov
Kanstantsin Sivtsov (or Siutsou ( be, Канстанцін Віктаравіч Сіўцоў; Łacinka: Kanstancin Viktaravič Siŭcoŭ; born 9 August 1982) is a Belarusian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally betwee ...
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German Time Trial,
Tony Martin
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Italian Time Trial,
Marco Pinotti
Marco Pinotti (born 25 February 1976 in Osio Sotto, Lombardy) is an Italian former road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional between 1999 and 2013. An individual time trial specialist, Pinotti was a six-time Italian Time Trial Champ ...
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Latvian Road Race,
Aleksejs Saramotins
Aleksejs Saramotins (born 8 April 1982) is a Latvian professional road cyclist, who last rode for UCI Continental team . He has won the Latvian National Road Race Championships on seven occasions and has represented his country at the Summer O ...
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Slovak Time Trial,
Martin Velits
Martin Velits (born 21 February 1985 in Bratislava) is a Slovakian former road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2007 and 2017 for the Wiesenhof, , and teams. His twin brother, Peter Velits, also competed as a professional cyclist.
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;2011
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New Zealand Road Race,
Hayden Roulston
Hayden Roulston (born 10 January 1981, in Ashburton) is a former New Zealand professional racing cyclist. He won the silver medal in the men's 4000 m individual pursuit and a bronze medal in the men's 4000 m team pursuit at the 2008 Summer O ...
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Belarusian Time Trial,
Kanstantsin Sivtsov
Kanstantsin Sivtsov (or Siutsou ( be, Канстанцін Віктаравіч Сіўцоў; Łacinka: Kanstancin Viktaravič Siŭcoŭ; born 9 August 1982) is a Belarusian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally betwee ...
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German Time Trial,
Bert Grabsch
Bert Grabsch (born 19 June 1975) is a German former road bicycle racer, who raced as a professional between 1999 and 2013. He was born in Wittenberg and is the younger brother of fellow road racing cyclist Ralf Grabsch. He is a former UCI time ...
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Irish Road Race,
Matthew Brammeier
Matthew Martin Brammeier (born 7 June 1985) is a former professional cyclist, who competed professionally between 2006 and 2018 for nine different professional teams. Upon retiring, Brammeier became a coach for British Cycling. He won five title ...
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Irish Time Trial,
Matthew Brammeier
Matthew Martin Brammeier (born 7 June 1985) is a former professional cyclist, who competed professionally between 2006 and 2018 for nine different professional teams. Upon retiring, Brammeier became a coach for British Cycling. He won five title ...
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Latvian Time Trial,
Gatis Smukulis
Gatis Smukulis (born 15 April 1987) is a Latvian former professional road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2009 and 2018 for the , , , and teams. Smukulis won the Latvian National Road Race Championships in 2016, and won six co ...
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UCI World Road Race,
Mark Cavendish
Mark Simon Cavendish (born 21 May 1985) is a Isle of Man, Manx professional Road bicycle racing, road racing cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . As a Track cycling, track cyclist he specialises in the Madison (cycling), madison, po ...
Riders
References
External links
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UCI Protour: Team profile of HTC-Highroad
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Cycling teams based in the United States
Cycling teams based in Germany
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Defunct cycling teams based in Germany
Former UCI WorldTeams
Recipients of the Silver Laurel Leaf
Cycling teams established in 1991
Cycling teams disestablished in 2011
1989 establishments in Germany
2011 disestablishments in the United States
Deutsche Telekom
HTC Corporation