Team Cologne

The Team Cologne ( German : Team Cologne) was a German GS2 cycling team , which existed from 1998 by 2002. In 1998 the team was called Gerolsteiner .

After the departure of the name sponsor Gerolsteiner Brunnen , who supported the new Gerolsteiner team from 1999 , the car manufacturer Toyota became the new main sponsor. Co-sponsors included a. RGW (Gas and Water Supply on the right bank of the Rhine in Cologne) and the bicycle shipping company Rose .

The team manager was Dieter Koslar , who led the team until his death in August 2002. Also in management were Bruno Zollfrank and Hans Kuepper .

Known drivers

Andreas Beikirch (2002) Ryan Cox (2001-2002) Stefan van Dijk (2000) Björn Glasner (1998-2002) Bert Grabsch (2000) Ralf Grabsch (1998–1999) Christian Heule (2002)

Andreas Kappes (1998) Tiaan Kannemeyer (2000-2001) Jans Koerts (1999) Stefan Kupfernagel (2000-2001) Dirk Müller (2002) Martin Müller (2000-2001) Paul van Schalen (2001) Erwin Thijs (1999)

Greatest successes

Bavaria tour

• 2000: 4th stage (Björn Glasner)

Lower Saxony tour

• 1999: 1st & 2nd stage ( Jans Koerts ), 4th stage (part 2) ( Michael Van der Wolf ), 7th stage ( Davy Dubbeldam )
• 2000: 8th stage ( Martin Müller )

Rhineland-Palatinate tour

• 1998: 5th stage ( Sascha Henrix )
• 1999: 3rd stage (Jans Koerts)

literature

• Michael Koslar: Salt in the soup - almost something like an autobiography of Dieter Koslar. Buchwerft-Verlag, ISBN 978-3-940900-64-7 (book about Dieter Koslar)

Web links

• Gerolsteiner 1998 in the Radsportseiten.net database
• Team Cologne 1999 in the database of Radsportseiten.net
• Team Cologne 2000 in the database of Radsportseiten.net
• Team Cologne 2001 in the database of Radsportseiten.net
• Team Cologne 2002 in the database of Radsportseiten.net