Team Wiesenhof-Felt
The Wiesenhof-Felt team was a German cycling team led by former professional cyclists Raphael Schweda and Jens Heppner .
history
The team was founded in 2006 and emerged from the merger of Team Akud Arnolds Sicherheit and Team Wiesenhof . Team operator was Cycling Sport GmbH, which previously ran Team Wiesenhof, Schweda and most of the sporting management came from Team Akud Arnold's Sicherheit. At the end of 2006 Akud got out as a sponsor. The wheel manufacturer Felt followed as a new co- and name sponsor.
The Wiesenhof-Felt team was the only German Professional Continental Team and in 2006 was able to take part in the German races Vattenfall-Cyclassics and Deutschland Tour, which are part of the UCI ProTour . In 2007 the team was invited to the two German ProTour races. In addition, she received wildcards for Gent – Wevelgem , Amstel Gold Race , the Tour of Flanders and Paris – Roubaix for the 2007 season .
At the end of 2007, the Wiesenhof company ceased its involvement in professional cycling. The reason given was "the current framework conditions and developments in professional cycling" - the doping scandals Fuentes and Telekom at the time . Since no new sponsor was found, the team was disbanded in late 2007.
2007 season
successes
Olaf Pollack took the season's first win at Critérium International when he won the first stage. Shortly afterwards, Steffen Wesemann was able to set a small exclamation mark with a 16th place in the Tour of Flanders, which is part of the UCI ProTour . At Paris-Roubaix , the "Queen of the one-day classics", he was able to improve. In the toughest one-day race in the world, he was one of the assets and made it to the podium with his third place.
date | run | driver |
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March 31 | 1st stage Critérium International | Olaf Pollack |
17th of May | 2nd stage Rhineland-Palatinate tour | Steffen Radochla |
30th May | 1st stage Bavaria Tour | André Schulze |
June 13th | Veenendaal-Veenendaal | Steffen Radochla |
15th of July | 2nd stage Tour of Qinghai Lake | André Schulze |
17th July | 4th stage Tour of Qinghai Lake | Jörg Ludewig |
16th September | Grand Prix de Fourmies | Peter Velits |
team
driver | Date of birth | country | Team 2008 |
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Artur Gajek | April 18, 1985 | Germany | Team Milram |
Bas Giling | 4th November 1982 | Netherlands | Cycle Collstrop |
Christian life | April 6, 1985 | Germany | Team 3C group Lamonta |
Jörg Ludewig | September 9, 1975 | Germany | End of career |
Daniel Musiol | March 27, 1983 | Germany | Volksbank team |
Felix Odebrecht | September 15, 1984 | Germany | Atlas Romer's home bakery |
Olaf Pollack | 20th September 1973 | Germany | Volksbank team |
Steffen Radochla | October 19, 1978 | Germany | Elk House-Simplon |
Robert Retschke | 17th December 1980 | Germany | Team Mapei Heizomath |
Torsten Schmidt | February 18, 1972 | Germany | End of career |
André Schulze | November 21, 1974 | Germany | PSK whirlpool |
Stefan van Dijk | 22nd January 1976 | Netherlands | Mitsubishi Jartazi |
Martin Velits | February 21, 1985 | Slovakia | Team Milram |
Peter Velits | February 21, 1985 | Slovakia | Team Milram |
Robert Wagner | April 17, 1983 | Germany | Skil-Shimano |
Steffen Wesemann | March 11, 1971 | Switzerland | Cycle Collstrop |
Placements in UCI rankings
UCI Africa Tour
season | Team ranking | Driver ranking |
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2006 | 6th | |
2007 | 18th |
UCI Asia Tour
season | Team ranking | Driver ranking |
---|---|---|
2007 | 14th |
UCI Europe Tour
season | Team ranking | Driver ranking |
---|---|---|
2006 | 9. | |
2007 | 4th | Stefan van Dijk (4th) |
Individual evidence
- ↑ radsport-news.com of January 25, 2006: Interview with sports director of Wiesenhof-Akud Heppner: We want to go into the ProTour!
- ↑ welt.de of September 2, 2005: New bike team with Heppner and Wüst
- ↑ cf. UCI ranking archive , accessed July 2, 2014.
- ↑ radsport-news.com of May 24, 2007: Sponsor Wiesenhof leaves at the end of the season
Web links
- Team Wiesenhof-Felt in the ProCyclingStats.com database