Elk Haus (cycling team)

Around the Henninger Tower (2006) from left. Stefan Rucker, Harald Totschnig, Wolfgang Murer, Marc Weisshaupt, Michael Pichler, Thomas Rohrgger

Elk Haus was an Austrian cycling team .

The team was founded in 1996 and had the status of Professional Continental Team from 2006 onwards . Team manager was Bernhard Rassinger , who was supported by the sporting director Harald Wisiak . The team was sponsored by the Austrian prefabricated house company Elk-Fertighaus AG and the bicycle manufacturer Fuji . After the 2009 season the team was disbanded.

Germany tour 2007

Team presentation Germany tour Saarbrücken, Stefan Rucker , Harald Starzengruber , Christian Pfannberger , Jochen Summer , Harald Totschnig , Thomas Rohrgger , Wolfgang Murer, Stefan Denifl

Elk Haus-Simplon received one of four wildcards for the Germany Tour from August 10th to 18th, 2007. For the Lower Austrian team it would have been the first ProTour race in team history, but it was unloaded three days before the tour began. The reasons given were missing signatures on the UCI declaration of honor and incorrect registration. On August 9, 2007, the team announced in a press release that they had obtained an injunction from the Hamburg district court to force the team to start.

Successes in 2007

date	run	winner
April 23	46th International Cherry Blossom Race Wels	Peter Pichler
April 29	Thermenland GP, Bad Waltersdorf	Markus Eibegger
5th of May	54th Hungerburg - Classic Hill Climb, Innsbruck	Harald Totschnig
May 6th	² 17th Raiffeisen bike classics Vienna Laßnitzhöhe, Vienna	Markus Eibegger
May 20th	² SELECT - Tour 2007, Styria	Markus Eibegger
May 25-28	² Giro di Festina, Salzkammergut	Markus Eibegger
3rd of June	² 20th International Grand Prix South Carinthia Völkermarkt	Markus Eibegger
June 16-17	Braunau Cycling Days, Braunau	Clemens Fankhauser
June 30th	Austrian Time Trial Championship (U23)	Stefan Denifl
July 1	Austrian Road Championship (U23)	Stefan Denifl
July 1	Austrian road championship	Christian Pfannberger
10th of July	3rd stage ( Kitzbüheler Horn ) Tour of Austria	Thomas Rohrgger
18th of August	5th city criterion Oberwart	Peter Pichler
August 19th	² 47th Burgenland tour	Markus Eibegger
August 25	3rd stage Grand Prix Tell , (U23)	Clemens Fankhauser
August 16	² 8th Grand Prix Traismauer	Robert Lauscha
October 6th	ELK Heurigen GP	Christian Pfannberger
October 24th	2nd stage Crocodile Trophy	Stefan Rucker
October 26th	4th stage Crocodile Trophy	Stefan Rucker
30th of October	8th stage Crocodile Trophy	Stefan Rucker

Achievements in 2008

date	run	driver
March 12th	5th stage Tour Ivoirien de la Paix	Stefan Rucker
May 3rd	State champion Berg	Markus Eibegger
May 4th	State champion criterion	Peter Pichler
May 11th	5th stage Szlakiem Grodòw Piastowskich	Steffen Radochla
12th of May	Neuseen Classics - all about brown coal	Steffen Radochla
May 21	1st stage Select Tour	Peter Pichler
23. May	3rd stage Select Tour	Markus Eibegger
May 24th	4. Ettape Select Tour	Markus Eibegger
25. May	5th stage Select Tour	Markus Eibegger
May 24th	Overall Select Tour	Markus Eibegger
July 6-13	Overall ranking of the Tour of Austria	Thomas Rohrgger
18th of August	48th Burgenland tour	Markus Eibegger
September 19th	Austrian state champion individual time trial (U23)	Stefan Denifl
September 19th	Austrian state champion individual time trial elite	Stefan Denifl

2009 season

successes

date	run	driver
March 29	²49.Int. Cycling opening race Leonding	Clemens Fankhauser
April 5th	Thermenland Grande Prix	Markus Eibegger
May 24th	²19. Bike classic Vienna Laßnitzhöhe	Markus Eibegger
28th of May	2nd stage Bavaria Tour	Markus Eibegger
26.-31. May	Overall victory U23 Bayern Rundfahrt	Stefan Denifl
6th of June	State champion Berg	Markus Eibegger
June 21st	² Raiffeisen GP Judendorf-Strassengel	Markus Eibegger
June 28th	Austrian state champion	Markus Eibegger
June 28th	Austrian national champion (U23)	Martin Schöffmann
September 19th	Austrian national champion - individual time trial	Matthias Brändle

The race is part of the Austrian Tchibo Top Bike League

Additions Disposals

Accesses	Team 2008	Departures	Team 2009
Martin Schöffmann	RC Arbö Resch & Frisch Wels	Thomas Rohrgger	Team Milram
Matthias Brändle	Team Ista	Robert Lauscha	Unknown
Georg Lauscha	Ex-professional ( Swiag 2007)	Peter Pichler	Unknown
		Jochen Summer	End of career (July)

team

Surname	Date of birth	nationality	Team 2010
Matthias Brändle	December 7, 1989	Austria	Footon Servetto
Stefan Denifl	20th September 1987	Austria	Cervélo TestTeam
Markus Eibegger	October 16, 1984	Austria	Footon Servetto
Clemens Fankhauser	2nd September 1985	Austria	Vorarlberg-Corratec
Georg Lauscha	September 1, 1987	Austria
Wolfgang Murer	December 22, 1979	Austria
Steffen Radochla	October 19, 1978	Germany	Team Nutrixxion
Stefan Rucker	20th January 1980	Austria
Daniel Schorn	October 21, 1988	Austria	Team NetApp
Martin Schöffmann	March 31, 1987	Austria	Vorarlberg-Corratec
Harald Starzengruber	April 11, 1981	Austria	Union Raiffeisen Cycling Team Tirol
Jochen Summer	May 28, 1977	Austria
Bjorn Thurau	July 23, 1988	Germany	Team Bergstrasse
Harald Totschnig	September 6, 1974	Austria	Tyrol-Team Radland Tirol
Gerhard Trampusch	August 11, 1978	Austria	ARBÖ Gourmetfein catfish
Jan Valach	19th August 1973	Slovakia	Dukla Trenčín Merida

Placements in UCI rankings

UCI world rankings

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2002	11. (GSIII)	Bernhard Kohl (610.)
2003	41. (GSIII)	Harald Morscher (1153.)
2004	20. (GSII)	Stefan Rucker (830.)

UCI Africa Tour

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2008	12.
2009	-	-

UCI America Tour

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2009	21st	Harald Starzengruber (96th)

UCI Europe Tour

season	Team ranking	Driver ranking
2005	80.	Jochen Summer (287.)
2006	55.	Christian Pfannberger (109th)
2007	20th	Christian Pfannberger (20th)
2008	36.	Thomas Rohrgger (46.)
2009	27.	Markus Eibegger (75th)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ sportnet.at: Elk team too strong? , accessed July 13, 2008

Web links

• Team homepage