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Wiesenhof–Felt
Team Wiesenhof was a professional continental cycling team based in Germany that participated in UCI Continental Circuits races and when selected as a wildcard to UCI ProTour events. The team was managed by Raphael Schweda with assistance from directeur sportifs Hahn Jochen, Markus Schleicher and Jens Heppner. In 2007 the main sponsor Wiesenhof pulled its sponsorship ending the team. Final Roster (2007) Major wins Sources: ;2001 : Overall Ringerike GP, Enrico Poitschke ::Stages 3 & 5, Enrico Poitschke : Stage 4 Peace Race, Enrico Poitschke : Stage 2 Flèche du Sud, Enrico Nikola ;2002 : ''No Recorded Wins'' ;2003 : Stages 5 & 7 Circuit de Lorraine, Björn Schröder : Rund um die Hainleite, Enrico Poitschke : Course de Solidarność et des Champions Olympiques ::Stage 2, Eric Baumann ::Stage 7, Roberto Lochowski : Prologue Sachsen Tour, Roberto Lochowski ;2004 : Peace Race ::Stage 1, Lars Wackernagel ::Stage 3, Sebastian Siedler : Stage 5 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olaf Pollack
Olaf Pollack (born 20 September 1973) is a German former professional Track cycling, track and Bicycle road racing, road racing cyclist specializing in Cycling sprinter, sprint races and competitions. Track race At the 2000 Olympic Games, Pollack entered the Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit, team pursuit and the Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's Madison, madison. Pollack rode in the qualifying rounds for the team pursuit, but was not used in the German team that rode the final and won; Pollack still received a golden medal. For winning the gold medal at the Olympic Games 2000 Pollack was decorated with the Silver Laurel Leaf by Bundespräsident Johannes Rau (''President of the Federal Republic of Germany)'' on 2 February 2001 At the madison, Pollack rode together with Guido Fulst, and finished in sixth place. Pollack returned to the track in 2008, when he rode at the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, and finished in second place in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steffen Wesemann
Steffen Wesemann (born 11 March 1971) is a Swiss-German former professional road racing cyclist, son of the cyclist Wolfgang Wesemann. He competed in the individual road race at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Wesemann most recently rode for the professional continental team Cycle Collstrop after riding a year with the Team Wiesenhof–Felt squad. He had previously spent the other years of his career at Telekom who later became Team T-Mobile. He rode and completed the Vuelta a España on three occasions in 1995, 1996 and 2003 and finished the Tour de France twice in 1999 and 2002. In September 2005, Wesemann and his family, longtime residents of Küttigen, Switzerland, obtained Swiss citizenship. He was a specialist in the one-day Spring Classics—winner of the 2004 Tour of Flanders and 5-time champion of the Peace Race. Major results ;1989 : 3rd Junior Road race, UCI Road World Championships ;1990 : 2nd Overall Paris–Bourges ;1991 : 1st Overall Tour de Berlin ;19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Wagner (cyclist)
Robert Thomas Wagner (born 17 April 1983) is a German former professional cyclist, who competed professionally between 2006 and 2019 for the , Wiesenhof–Felt, , , and teams. He won the German National Road Race Championships in 2011, and was named in the start list for the 2016 Tour de France. Wagner now works as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team . Major results ;2005 : 1st Stage 8 Thüringen Rundfahrt der U23 : 2nd Time trial, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2006 : 3rd Ronde van Noord-Holland : 5th Rund um Düren : 5th Neuseen Classics ;2007 : 6th Schaal Sels ;2008 : 1st Ronde van Noord-Holland : 2nd Overall Delta Tour Zeeland ::1st Stage 1 : 4th Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen : 10th Trofeo Mallorca ;2009 : 2nd Omloop van het Houtland : 3rd Overall Delta Tour Zeeland ::1st Stage 2 : 5th Sparkassen Giro Bochum : 7th Ronde van Overijssel : 9th Overall Tour de Picardie : 9th Schaal Sels ;2010 : 1st Ronde van Noord-Holland : 1st Stage 2 Delta Tour Zeeland : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raphael Schweda
Raphael Schweda (born 17 April 1976 in Rostock) is a former German cyclist. Early life and amateur career Schweda's mother is a teacher and his father is an electrical engineer. He has a sister (Juliane), who is 2 years younger. He grew up in Groß Lindow, a village close to Frankfurt (Oder), Brandenburg. Early in his childhood he developed his interests in sports, music and science. He played piano for more than ten years and participated in highly respected music competitions, proving to be one of the best piano musician in his age group. Although he started out as a highly successful swimmer, he was asked to leave the team due to his refusal as to enroll at the sports grammar school. Taking his grandfather as his role model he started at a local cycling club. He proved to be even more successful as a cyclist. However, his early career ended abruptly after he was expected to join the local sport grammar school again, which was the only way to continue his training. He stopped al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wiesenhof
The PHW Group is a German family business in the meat industry that operates internationally. Its core business is meat processing of poultry. It is the largest company of the poultry industry in Germany and the fourth-largest in Europe. The PHW Group is headquartered in Visbek-Rechterfeld in the Oldenburg Münsterland region, Germany. Structure The PHW Group is made up of two parent companies: the ''Erste Paul-Heinz Wesjohann GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft'' with €2,232.5 million in sales, and the ''Zweite Paul-Heinz Wesjohann GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft'' with €585.8 million in sales in the 2020/2021 financial year, both based in Rechterfeld.Consolidated financial statement for the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2020 and ending on June 30, 2021 of Erste Paul-Heinz Wesjohann GmbH & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Rechterfeld. Published in Bundesanzeiger on July 14, 2022.Consolidated financial statement for the fiscal year beginning on July 1, 2020 and ending on June 30 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torsten Schmidt (cyclist)
Torsten Schmidt (born 18 February 1972) is a former German cyclist. After retiring from competition he became a ''directeur sportif'' and coach, working with , , , and the Swiss national team. Career achievements Major results ;1992 :1st stage 1 Tour DuPont :1st stage 5 Olympia's Tour :1st stage 1 Tour de Wallonie ;1993 :2nd Tour de Berlin ;1998 :1st Grand Prix Théo Mulheims :1st Tour of Normandie ::1st stage 1 :1st Rund um Düren :1st stage 6 Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt :1st stage 6b Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt :2nd Tour de Berlin :3rd Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers ;1999 :1st Route Adélie :1st Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt ::1st stage 4b :1st stage 10 Vuelta a Argentina :1st stage 4 3-Länder-Tour :3rd Colliers Classic :3rd Bayern Rundfahrt ;2000 :1st Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt ::1st stage 6 :1st Grand Prix EnBW (with Michael Rich) ;2001 :1st stage 2 3-Länder-Tour :1st stage 4 Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt :2nd Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt :3rd Rund um Köln ;2002 :2nd 3-Lände ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total population of over 84 million in an area of , making it the most populous member state of the European Union. It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to the west. The Capital of Germany, nation's capital and List of cities in Germany by population, most populous city is Berlin and its main financial centre is Frankfurt; the largest urban area is the Ruhr. Settlement in the territory of modern Germany began in the Lower Paleolithic, with various tribes inhabiting it from the Neolithic onward, chiefly the Celts. Various Germanic peoples, Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peace Race
The Peace Race (, , , (), , , , ) is a cycling race that was established as the largest event in Eastern Europe after the Second World War. Since 2013, it has been run as one of the most prestigious stage races for national U23 teams. History At the outset, due to the political situation, it was a nominally "amateur" event, which therefore excluded participation of Western cycling stars. Nevertheless, the organisers were able to give the event an international character thanks to the start of competitors from the Eastern Bloc sphere. Workers' organisations from Italy, France and Finland also sent their representatives. In Prague, forty-five years after the first edition of the Tour de France, seven teams set off to Poland, and ten from Warsaw. The race was officially called Slavjantour and took place between Prague and Warsaw. It was actually two races. A seven-stage race starting in Prague and a five-stage race from Warsaw. That first year, 53 competitors set off from Prag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrico Poitschke
Enrico Poitschke (born 23 August 1969 in Görlitz) is a German former road racing cyclist. Major results ;2001 : 1st, Stage 3, Ringerike GP : 1st, Stage 5, Ringerike GP : 1st, General Classification, Ringerike GP : 1st, Stage 4, Course de la Paix : 1st, Criterium München : 1st, Criterium Hof A criterium, or crit, is a bike race consisting of several laps around a closed circuit, the length of each lap or circuit ranging from about 400 m to 10,000 m. Overview Race length can be determined by a number of laps or total time, ... ;2003 : 1st, Rund um Hainleite-Erfurt External links * 1969 births Living people German male cyclists Sportspeople from Görlitz Cyclists from Bezirk Dresden East German male cyclists {{germany-cycling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ringerike GP
Ringerike Grand Prix is a road bicycle race held annually near Hønefoss, in the region of Ringerike, Norway. The race was created in 1975 as the Fossen Grand Prix, and was ranked 2.2 on the UCI Europe Tour between 2005 and 2010. In 2011 it turned into a one-day race (not UCI race) while Tour of Norway The Tour of Norway is a road bicycle race held annually in Norway. It is considered as a successor to the stage race Ringerike GP, which is now a one-day race. It was started in 2011 as a result of the heightened interest in cycling in Norway, ..., held in the whole eastern Norway, replaced it on the calendar. In 2013 the race came back on the UCI Europe Tour as a race ranked 1.2. Winners References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ringerike Gp UCI Europe Tour races Cycle races in Norway Recurring sporting events established in 1975 1975 establishments in Norway Summer in Norway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Championships gold and the 2012 Tour of Oman overall victory. Velits was also known as strong time-trialist, winning three consecutive team time trials as a part of in 2012 and 2013 and riding on the in 2014 UCI Road World Championships. His twin brother, Martin Velits also competed professionally, having raced on the same teams every year until the end of the 2013 season. After two seasons with the team, Velits left at the end of the 2013 season to join the . He remained with the team until he retired at the end of the 2016 season. Major results ;2003 : National Junior Road Championships ::1st Road race ::1st Time trial ;2004 : 7th Overall Tour d'Egypte : 10th Overall UAE Emirates Post Tour : 10th Grand Prix Bradlo ;2005 : 1st Time t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. In October 2017, one year after his brother's retirement, Martin Velits announced that he would retire after competing in that year's inaugural Tour of Guangxi. Major results ;2003 : 1st Overall Grand Prix Rüebliland : 9th Overall Internationale Junioren-Rundfahrt Niedersachsen ::1st Stage 3 ;2004 : 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships ;2005 : 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 1st Stage 3a Giro del Capo : 7th Overall Okolo Slovenska ::1st Young rider classification ;2006 : 1st Road race, National Under-23 Road Championships : 1st 947 Cycle Challenge : 7th Overall Giro del Capo : 8th Overall Tour of Japan : 9th Trofeo Banca Popolare di Vicenza : 9th Memorial Philippe Van Coningsloo : 10th GP H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
