Jan Schaffrath

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Jan Schaffrath at the Germany Tour 2006 in Düsseldorf

Jan Schaffrath (born September 17, 1971 in Berlin ) is a former German cyclist and sports director .

Career

The 1.87 m tall Schaffrath began his career as an amateur at the TSC Berlin club and became a professional athlete in 1997 and then drove for the T-Mobile team for eight years until 2005 . During this time he competed three times in the Vuelta a España , twice in the Giro d'Italia and once in the Tour de France . Schaffrath was considered a typical water carrier and important helper of his friend and teammate Erik Zabel at the time .

Professional

After the 2005 season, Jan Schaffrath ended his active career and on January 1, 2006 became sporting director for Team Milram . After only one year he returned to his old cycling team and worked there until the team was dissolved in 2011. He then moved along with several riders together for the Belgian team Omega Pharma-Quick-Step .

Schaffrath also looks after the elite selection of the Association of German Cyclists at road world championships and the Olympic Games .

successes

1993
1994
1996
  • Military world champion

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rad Sport Kontakt GmbH (ed.): Rad-Bundesliga 1993 . Frankfurt am Main 1993, p. 12 .
  2. ↑ welt.de of June 2, 1999: Jan Schaffrath and the thankless task of the water carrier
  3. ↑ faz.net of January 6, 2005: The modesty of noble domestics
  4. ↑ rad-net.de of October 17, 2006: Jan Schaffrath as sports director for T-Mobile
  5. ↑ cf. rad-net.de from September 5, 2013: Dress rehearsal botched - Martin defiant: "Will World Cup gold"
  6. ↑ cf. rad-net.de from July 28, 2012: Olympic road race started - «route more difficult than it looks»

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personal data
SURNAME Schaffrath, Jan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German racing cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH 17th September 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin