Georg Totschnig

Infobox Cyclist
ridername = Georg Totschnig

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fullname = Georg Totschnig
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1971|5|25
country = AUT
currentteam = Retired
discipline = Road
role = Rider
ridertype = Climbing specialist
amateuryears =
amateurteams =
proyears = 1993–1994
1997–2000
2001–2006
proteams = Polti
Deutsche Telekom
Gerolsteiner
majorwins = Tour de France, 1 stage Tour of Austria (2000) flagicon|AUT National Champion (1997, 2003) flagicon|AUT National Time-Trial Champion:(1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2004)
updated = August 12, 2008

Georg Totschnig (born May 25, 1971) is an Austrian former road bicycle racer who raced between 1993 and 2006.

In the 2005 Tour de France, he was in the breakaway in stage 14 from which he eventually won the stage. Having split open the breakaway on the penultimate climb on the day from fellow breakaway compatriots Stefano Garzelli and Walter Bénéteau, he was able to hold a gap to second placed Lance Armstrong on the final climb to Ax 3 Domaines, winning by 56 seconds. He was the first Austrian to win a stage in the Tour de France since Max Bulla in 1931.

Results

;1989flagicon|AUT Austrian National Time Trial Champion - Junior;1993"First year as a professional.";1994: -;1995: 9th overall – Giro d'Italia;1996: flagicon|AUT Austrian National Time Trial Champion: 6th overall – Vuelta a España;1997: flagicon|AUT Austrian National Road Race Champion: flagicon|AUT Austrian National Time Trial Champion;1998: 2nd overall – Volta a Catalunya;1999: 2nd overall – Tour of Austria (Österreich Rundfahrt);2000: Overall and stage win – Tour of Austria (Österreich Rundfahrt);2001: flagicon|AUT Austrian National Time Trial Champion: 6th overall – Tour de Suisse;2002: flagicon|AUT Austrian National Time Trial Champion: 5th overall – Tour de Suisse: 7th overall – Giro d'Italia;2003: flagicon|AUT Austrian National Road Race Champion: 5th overall – Giro d'Italia: 12th overall – Tour de France;2004: flagicon|AUT Austrian National Time Trial Champion: Stage win – Tour de Suisse: 7th overall – Tour de France: Member, Austrian National Team, Athens Summer Olympics;2005: win – Tour de France: 3rd overall – Deutschland Tour;2006"Retired at end of the 2006 UCI ProTour season." [http://www.velonews.com/race/int/articles/11036.0.html Velonews.com (October 17, 2006): Totschnig retires]

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