Matthias Russ

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Matthias Russ Road cycling
Matthias Russ at the Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen 2010
Matthias Russ at the Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen 2010
To person
Date of birth November 14, 1983
nation GermanyGermany Germany
discipline Street
Team (s)
2005-2008
2009-2010 		Team Gerolsteiner
Team Milram
Most important successes

a stage Regio-Tour 2006

Last updated: March 21, 2016

Matthias Russ (born November 14, 1983 in Reutlingen ) is a German racing cyclist . From 2003 to 2010 he competed in road bike races at a professional level.

Career

After Russ drove as a stagiaire with the Gerolsteiner team at the end of the season in 2003 and 2004 , he received a regular contract with this UCI ProTeam in 2005 . In 2005 Russ was able to convince with a fourth place in the overall individual ranking of the Regio Tour . He was able to repeat this placement in 2006 and was able to win a stage. With the Vuelta a España 2005 he contested his first Grand Tour , which he had to give up on the 15th stage. With the Giro d'Italia 2006 he was able to finish his first big tour in 74th place. 2007 turned 54 .; In 2008 he gave up the race.

After the Gerolsteiner team dissolved, Russ moved to the German ProTeam Milram for the 2009 season . At the Giro d'Italia 2009 he had a serious fall in the second stage and had to stop the race after breaking his collarbone. He also played the Vuelta a España 2009 and the Giro d'Italia 2010 , which he finished in 90th and 84th place.

At the end of the 2010 season, when the Milram team dissolved, he ended his career as a road professional and began studying mechanical engineering in Lörrach. At the same time he drove for the "Team CMTB" (Christian Mountain Bike Team) mountain bike marathons . In 2011 he took part in mountain runs for the first time. Here he won his first two competitions against well-known German and Swiss running greats in the Hochblauen Berglauf in Müllheim and the Stanserhorn Berglauf in Stans .

Web links

Commons : Matthias Russ  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ radsport-news.com - Matthias Russ levered out a manhole cover. radsport-news.com, May 10, 2009, accessed March 21, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Charlotte Janz: Lörrach: What is ex-professional cyclist Matthias Russ doing in Lörrach? badische-zeitung.de, November 9, 2010, accessed on March 21, 2016 .
  3. ^ A b Matthias Russ - Team CMTB - Christian mountain bike team. team-cmtb.de, accessed on March 21, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Milram professional Matthias Ruß changes to the Cmtb team. bikesport-magazin.de, July 30, 2013, accessed on March 21, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Russ, Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German racing cyclist
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Reutlingen , Germany