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Born | Fulda, West Germany | 9 March 1960
Thomas Freienstein (born 9 March 1960) is a German former cyclist. He won the Hessen-Rundfahrt in 1982 and 1984. [1] He competed in the individual road race and the team time trial events at the 1984 Summer Olympics. [2]
Axel Eddy Lucien Jonkheer Merckx is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer and the son of five-time Tour de France champion Eddy Merckx. He is team director of UCI Continental team Hagens Berman Axeon.
Pavel Padrnos is a Czech former professional road racing cyclist, most recently with Discovery Channel whom he was with between 2002 and 2007. His major individual success is the win in Peace Race in 1995. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Gerolsteiner was a German road bicycle racing team in the UCI ProTour. It was sponsored by the mineral water company Gerolsteiner Brunnen and Specialized.
Olaf Pollack is a German former professional track and road racing cyclist specializing in sprint races and competitions.
Sebastian Lang is a former German professional road bicycle racer and time trialist, who rode as a professional between 2002 and 2011. He rode on Gerolsteiner from 2002 until its demise in 2008, and in 2006 became Germany's national time trial champion.
Uwe Peschel is a German former professional road bicycle racer and a time trialist.
Danilo Hondo 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.
Brian Andrew Fowler is a retired cyclist who represented New Zealand at four consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. In 1983, he rode Paris–Nice finishing 43rd.
Sebastian Siedler is a former racing cyclist from Germany, who last rode for UCI Continental team Vorarlberg–Corratec. He had a successful track career prior to turning to road bicycle racing, winning Team Pursuit at the 2000 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Manchester. He turned professional in 2004 with Team Wiesenhof, and spent two seasons there before moving to Team Milram for two seasons. Siedler joined Vorarlberg–Corratec at the start of the 2009 season. He rode in the 2006 Vuelta a España, finishing 127th overall.
Christian Henn 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 Championships in 1996. He was a professional rider from 1989 to 1999. After he retired after testing positive for testosterone, he admitted to doping.
Grischa Niermann is a German former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 1999 and 2012. He started his career in 1997 with the Die Continentale team, where he won the Hessen-Rundfahrt in 1998. He moved to Rabobank in 1999, winning the Regio-Tour that year. His only victory after that with the Dutch squad was the Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt in 2001. Following his retirement after the 2012 Vuelta a España, he became part of the coaching staff at Rabobank Development Team.
Michael Rich is a German former professional road bicycle racer who won the gold medal for his native country in the men's team time trial (100 km) at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. His winning teammates were Christian Meyer, Bernd Dittert and Uwe Peschel.
The 3-Länder-Tour der Sparkassen Versicherung was a multi-stage road bicycle race held around three Länder of Germany: Hessen, Thuringia and Baden-Württemberg. From 2005 until 2007 it was part of the UCI Europe Tour, being organised as a 2.1 race.
Gilbert Glaus is a retired Swiss professional road bicycle racer. In 1978, Glaus became amateur world champion, and he became a professional cyclist in 1982. In 1983, Glaus won a stage in the 1983 Tour de France, but in the 1984 Tour de France he was the Lanterne rouge. He was the Swiss National Road Race champion in 1982. He also competed in the individual road race and team time trial events at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Eduard Vyacheslavovich Gritsun is a retired Russian professional road bicycle racer.
Christophe Capelle is a French former racing cyclist.
Team Lotto–Kern Haus is a Continental cycling team founded in 2002 from the fusion between ComNet Cycle and Athleticum–Principia. It is based in Germany and it participates in UCI Continental Circuits races.
Hartmut Bölts is a German former racing cyclist. In 1985 he won the Hessen-Rundfahrt. He won the German National Road Race in 1988. He also competed in the team time trial event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He is the brother of fellow former cyclist Udo Bölts.
Bert Dietz is a German former racing cyclist. He won the Hessen-Rundfahrt in 1992.
Jens Zemke is a German former racing cyclist. In 1999 he won the Hessen-Rundfahrt. In October 2016 Bora–Hansgrohe announced that had been appointed as a directeur sportif.