Peter Wrolich

Peter Wrolich

Peter Wrolich in August 2007
To person
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 Winner in Rund um die Hainleite 2nd place on the third stage (La Châtaigneraie - Tours) at the Tour de France 2005
Last updated: July 25, 2009

Peter Wrolich (in the Gerolsteiner jersey) at the 2007 Bayern Tour

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

1. ↑ 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