Peter Wrolich
Peter Wrolich in August 2007 | |
To person | |
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Nickname | Paco |
Date of birth | May 30, 1974 |
nation | Austria |
discipline | Street |
Driver type | sprinter |
To the team | |
Current team | Milram |
function | Supporter |
Team (s) | |
1999-2008 2009-2010 |
Team Gerolsteiner Milram |
Most important successes | |
Overall victory Herald Sun Tour
Winner Rund um Köln |
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Last updated: July 25, 2009 |
Peter "Paco" Wrolich (born May 30, 1974 in Klagenfurt ) is a former Austrian cyclist .
Athletic career
Peter Wrolich has been cycling since 1988 and was Austrian champion in all junior classes. After he turned pro in 1999, he drove in the Gerolsteiner team . After Team Gerolsteiner was dissolved, Wrolich drove for Team Milram in the 2009 season .
In 2001 Peter Wrolich won the Australian Herald Sun Tour , in 2002 around Cologne and in 2004 around the Hainleite . In 1996 and 2000 Wrolich started in road races at the Olympic Games. He started five times in the Tour de France , but never made it into the top hundred. At the Tour de France 2009 , Wrolich had to give up prematurely because of a gastrointestinal virus and thus ended the tour before the 13th stage from Vittel to Colmar. In November 2010 he announced his retirement from professional cycling.
Private
Wrolich is a member of the Slovenian-speaking ethnic group of Carinthia . He grew up in Latschach am Faaker See (municipality of Finkenstein am Faaker See ) and graduated from the BG / BRG for Slovenes (ZG / ZRG za Slovence v Celovcu) in Klagenfurt in 1991 . He was then a member of the Army Sports and Close Combat School in Vienna for five years. Wrolich runs its own specialty restaurant called Taverna “Paco” in Latschach in Carinthia. He also runs a cycling camp for amateurs and hobby cyclists. (Stand 2013)
Victories
- 1999: Stage winner at the Tour de l'Avenir
- 2000: Stage winner at the Uniqa Classic
- 2001: Overall winner of the Herald Sun Tour
- 2002: Winner around Cologne
- Stage victory in the Saxony Tour
- 2004: Winner of Rund um die Hainleite
- 2005: Stage win at the Georgia Tour
- 4th July: 2nd place in the Tour de France 2005 on the third stage (La Châtaigneraie - Tours)
- July 29: Victory in the Vienna City Hall criterion in the sprint ahead of Alexander Vinokurow
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wrolich resigns. radsport-news.com, November 22, 2010, accessed December 24, 2013 .
Web links
- Peter Wrolich in the Radsportseiten.net database
- Peter Wrolich in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Peter Wrolich in the Tour de France database(French / English )
- Homepage of Peter Wrolich
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Wrolich, Peter |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wrolich, Paco |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian cyclist |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 30, 1974 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Klagenfurt |