Team information | ||
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UCI code | WIE | |
Registered | Germany | |
Founded | 2001 | |
Disbanded | 2007 | |
Discipline(s) | Road | |
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Key personnel | ||
General manager | Raphael Schweda | |
Team name history | ||
2001 2002-2005 2006 2007 | Wiesenhof-Leipzig Team Wiesenhof Wiesenhof-AKUD 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. [1] 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. [2]
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