ZVVZ Giant AIS
| ZVVZ Giant AIS | |
| Team data | |
| nationality |
 Australia
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| operator | Australian Institute of Sport |
| First season | 1996 |
| Last season | 1997 |
| discipline | Street |
| Wheel manufacturer | Giant |
| Sportl. ladder |
Heiko Salzwedel Brian Stephens Jiri Zenisek |
| Name story | |
| Years | Surname |
| 1996 1997 |
Giant-Australian Institute of Sport ZVVZ-Giant-AIS |
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ZVVZ-Giant-AIS was an Australian cycling team that existed in 1996 and 1997 .
The main sponsors of the team, initially known as the Giant-Australian Institute of Sport , were the Taiwanese bicycle manufacturer Giant and the Australian Institute of Sport . In the course of the merger with the Czech team Husqvarna , the team was renamed ZVVZ-Giant-AIS . The new main sponsor ZVVZ is a Czech manufacturer of air conditioning systems. The team's sporting directors were the Australian national coach Heiko Salzwedel , Brian Stephens and, in 1997, Jiri Zenisek .
The team broke up at the end of the 1997 season. Some of the drivers and the sporting director Jiri Zenisek switched to the newly founded Czech team ZVVZ-DLD with the help of the previous main sponsor ZVVZ .
Team 1997
| Surname | birthday | nationality | Team 1998 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Dennis | October 21, 1971 |
Australia
|
Career ended |
| Paul Brosnan | 23rd October 1973 |
Australia
|
Career ended |
| Nick Gates | March 1, 1972 |
Australia
|
The Continentale Olympia |
| Slavomir Heger | March 3, 1971 |
 Czech Republic
|
ZVVZ-DLD |
| Jan Hruška | 4th February 1975 |
Czech Republic
|
ZVVZ-DLD |
| Miroslav Kejval | 7th November 1973 |
Czech Republic
|
ZVVZ-DLD |
| Tomáš Konečný | October 11, 1973 |
Czech Republic
|
ZVVZ-DLD |
| Damian McDonald † | May 12, 1972 |
Australia
|
Career ended |
| Peter Rogers | October 24, 1974 |
Australia
|
Amore & Vita |
| Paul Rowney | 2nd December 1970 |
Australia
|
HARO ( MTB ) |
| Tomáš Sedláček | March 17, 1967 |
Czech Republic
|
Career ended |
| Jay Sweet | November 8, 1972 |
Australia
|
Big Mat Auber 93 |
| Jens Voigt | 17th September 1971 |
 Germany
|
GAN Crédit Agricole |
| Matthew White | February 22, 1974 |
Australia
|
Amore & Vita |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nation's best riders look to the Tour de France on cyclingnews.com. Accessed November 9, 2013
- ↑ About ZVVZ on www.zvvz.cz accessed on November 9, 2013
Web links
- Husqvarna-ZVVZ 1996 in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Giant-AIS 1996 in the Radsportseiten.net database
- ZVVZ-Giant-AIS 1997 in the Radsportseiten.net database