- Team Milram
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Team Milram Team information UCI code MRM Based 
GermanyFounded 2006 Disbanded 2010 Status ProTour Bicycles Focus Bikes Key personnel General manager Gerry van Gerwen Team name history 2006–2010 Team Milram 
Rund um den Henninger-Turm (2006) 4. left: Alessandro Petacchi, right: Erik Zabel
Team car Team Milram Deutschlandtour 2006Team Milram (UCI team code:MRM) was a German (formerly Italian) pro cycling team, participating at the UCI ProTour.
The pro cycling team was founded in the beginning of 2006, taking over the UCI ProTeam license of Team Domina Vacanze. The main sponsor is the Milram brand of the Bremen based Nordmilch company. Some smaller sponsors include Motorex, an oil company based in Switzerland. Sprinters Alessandro Petacchi and Erik Zabel initially were the top riders and captains. The squad is completed by 25 mainly German riders.
Among Team Milram’s most important successes in 2006 and 2007 Christian Knees’s win at the German classic race „Rund um Köln“, Alessandro Petacchi winning the Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt in2006 and 2007, Erik Zabel’s title as vice World Champion 2006, his win of the best sprinter’s jersey at the Deutschland-Tour 2006 and 2007 his three stage wins at the Vuelta a España. Further important ranks are Alessandro Petacchi’s five stage wins at the Giro d’Italia 2007, his win at the classic race Paris–Tours and Niki Terpstra's win of the best climber’s jersay at the Deutschland-Tour 2007.
Since 2008, Team Milram is a German team. The general manager is Gerry van Gerwen. His operating company VeloCity GmbH, which was founded in 2007, took over the previous Italian operating company Ciclosport with all components including the ProTour license for the beginning of the 2008 season. The new team basis is Dortmund’s Club Olympia. With a new organisation structure, a much younger squad, clear objectives and an enhanced anti-doping-programme the team has changed extensively.
In 2009 and 2010, the team was sponsored by Focus Bikes.[1] After a lengthy search for a title sponsor to replace the outgoing Nordmilch dairy company proved fruitless, the team was forced to disband effective at the end of the 2010 season. Van Gerweren hopes to form a new team for 2012.[2]
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Petacchi 's doping case
At 23 May 2007, during the 2007 Giro d'Italia, Alessandro Petacchi was found guilty of using salbutamol after a doping control. Petacchi had a certificate to use salbutamol in the treatment of asthma, but his level of salbutamol was extremely high. Petacchi was placed on non-active status and missed the 2007 Tour de France.[3] In July 2007, Italian Cycling Federation (FCI) ruled that Petacchi gave good reasons for this high level. Petacchi was then absolved by the FCI when they deemed any overuse of Salbutamol as simple human error.[4] The Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) argued that Petacchi should be suspended for the high level of salbutamol, and send the case to the International Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, the sporting world's highest court.
On May 6, 2008, the Court of Arbitration for Sport banned Petacchi until the end of August, applied retroactively from last November. CAS also announced that all competitive results obtained during the 2007 Giro d'Italia shall be disqualified with all of the resulting consequences including forfeiture of any medals, points and prizes. Results obtained after 31 October 2007 and during the period of ineligibility will be disqualified.[5][6]
As a result of this, on May 16, 2008, Petacchi was fired by Team Milram.[7]
Results
2006
- 1st GP Costa degli Etruschi, Alessandro Petacchi
- 1st Stage 6 Tour Méditerranéen, Elia Rigotto
- 1st Stage 3 & 4 Vuelta a Andalucia, Alessandro Petacchi
- 1st Stage 2 & 3 Vuelta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Alessandro Petacchi
- 1st Giro della Provincia di Lucca, Alessandro Petacchi
- 1st Stage 7 Tirreno-Adriatico, Alessandro Petacchi
- 1st Rund um Köln, Christian Knees
- 1st Overall Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt, Alessandro Petacchi
- 1st Stage 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5, Alessandro Petacchi
- 1st Stage 1 Bayern-Rundfahrt, Erik Zabel
- 1st Stage 3 Bayern-Rundfahrt, Ralf Grabsch
- 1st Stage 5 Bayern-Rundfahrt, Björn Schröder
- 1st
Kazakhstan Time Trial Championship, Maxim Iglinsky - 1st
Slovakia Time Trial Championship, Matej Jurco - 1st
Ukraine Time Trial Championship, Andriy Grivko - 1st Stage 4 & 21 Vuelta a Espana, Erik Zabel
- 1st Coppa Sabatini, Giovanni Visconti
- 2nd Milano-Sanremo, Alessandro Petacchi
- 2nd Vattenfall Cyclassics, Erik Zabel
- 3rd Gent-Wevelgem, Alessandro Petacchi
2007
- 1st GP Costa degli Etruschi, Alessandro Petacchi
- 1st Stage 6 Tour Méditerranéen, Mirco Lorenzetto
- 1st Overall Volta ao Algarve
- 1st Stage 3, 4 & 5, Alessandro Petacchi
- 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Alessandro Petacchi
- 1st Overall Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt, Alessandro Petacchi
- 1st Stage 1, 2 & 4, Alessandro Petacchi
- 1st Stage 2 & 3 Bayern-Rundfahrt, Erik Zabel
- 1st Stage 5 Bayern-Rundfahrt, Sebastian Siedler
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Suisse, Erik Zabel
- 1st Ukraine Time Trial Championship, Volodymyr Dyudya
- 1st Stage 3 Deutschland Tour, Erik Zabel
- 1st Stage 1 Regio Tour, Alessandro Petacchi
- 1st Stage 7 Vuelta a Espana, Erik Zabel
- 1st Stage 11 & 12 Vuelta a Espana, Alessandro Petacchi
- 1st Paris-Tours, Alessandro Petacchi
2008
- 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Erik Zabel
- 1st Overall Bayern-Rundfahrt, Christian Knees
- 1st Ukraine Time Trial Championship, Andriy Grivko
- 1st Slovakia Time Trial Championship, Matej Jurco
- 1st Slovakia Road Race Championship, Matej Jurco
- 1st Overall Regio Tour, Björn Schröder
- 1st Prologue Deutschland Tour, Brett Lancaster
- 1st Schaal Sels, Elia Rigotto
- 1st Firenze-Pistoia, Andriy Grivko
2009
- 1st Trofeo Calvia, Gerald Ciolek
- 1st Stage 7 Presidential Tour of Turkey, Robert Förster
- 1st Eschborn-Frankfurt City Loop, Fabian Wegmann
- 1st Overall Bayern-Rundfahrt, Linus Gerdemann
- 1st GP Kanton Aargau, Peter Velits
- 1st Stage 3 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Niki Terpstra
- 1st Stage 1 Ster Elektrotoer, Niki Terpstra
- 1st Stage 2 Vuelta a Espana, Gerald Ciolek
- 2nd Vattenfall Cyclassics, Gerald Ciolek
2010
- 1st Trofeo Inca, Linus Gerdemann
- 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Murcia, Luke Roberts
- 1st Stage 1 Tirreno Adriatico, Linus Gerdemann
- 1st Stage 1 Volta a Catalunya, Paul Voss
- 1st Rund um den Finanzplatz, Fabian Wegmann
- 1st Batavus Prorace, Markus Eichler
- 1st Neuseen Classics, Roger Kluge
- 1st Stage 3 Bayern-Rundfahrt, Gerald Ciolek
- 1st Germany Road Race Championship, Christian Knees
- 1st
Netherlands Road Race Championship, Niki Terpstra - 1st Sparkassen Giro, Niki Terpstra
Successes in the 2007 ProTour
Date Race Rider 14 May 
3rd stage Giro d'ItaliaAlessandro Petacchi119 May 7th stage Giro d'ItaliaAlessandro Petacchi123 May 11th stage Giro d'ItaliaAlessandro Petacchi131 May 18th stage Giro d'ItaliaAlessandro Petacchi13 June 21st stage Giro d'ItaliaAlessandro Petacchi117 June 
1st stage Tour de SuisseErik Zabel 12 August 
3rd stage Deutschland TourErik Zabel 7 September 
7th stage Vuelta a EspañaErik Zabel 12 September 11th stage Vuelta a EspañaAlessandro Petacchi 13 September 12th stage Vuelta a EspañaAlessandro Petacchi 14 October 
Paris–ToursAlessandro Petacchi Notes
- All competitive results obtained for Allessandro Petacchi during the 2007 Giro d'Italia or between 31 October 2007 and September 1, 2008 are disqualified.[5]
Victories in the 2007 Continental Tour
Date Race Rider 10 February Grand Prix Costa degli EtruschiAlessandro Petacchi 18 February 6th stage Tour MéditerranéenMirco Lorenzetto 23 February 
3rd stage Volta ao AlgarveAlessandro Petacchi 24 February 4th stage Volta ao AlgarveAlessandro Petacchi 25 February 5th stage Volta ao AlgarveAlessandro Petacchi 21–25 February General Classification Volta ao AlgarveAlessandro Petacchi 28 February 2nd stage Volta ValencianaAlessandro Petacchi 25 April 1st stage Niedersachsen-RundfahrtAlessandro Petacchi 26 April 2nd stage Niedersachsen-RundfahrtAlessandro Petacchi 28 April 4th stage Niedersachsen-RundfahrtAlessandro Petacchi 25–29 April General Classification Niedersachsen-RundfahrtAlessandro Petacchi 31 May 2nd stage Bayern-RundfahrtErik Zabel 1 Juny 3rd stage Bayern-RundfahrtErik Zabel 3 Juny 5th stage Bayern-RundfahrtSebastian Siedler 29 Juny 
Ukrainian Championships ITTVolodymyr Dyudya 22 August 1st stage Rothaus Regio-TourAlessandro Petacchi Team roster
As of 1 January 2010.
Rider Date of birth Gerald Ciolek (GER)September 19, 1986 
Wim De Vocht (BEL)April 29, 1982 Markus Eichler (GER)February 18, 1982 Robert Förster (GER)January 27, 1978 Markus Fothen (GER)September 9, 1981 Thomas Fothen (GER)April 16, 1983 Johannes Fröhlinger (GER)June 9, 1985 Artur Gajek (GER)April 18, 1985 Linus Gerdemann (GER)September 16, 1982 Roger Kluge (GER)February 5, 1986 Servais Knaven (NED)March 6, 1971 Christian Knees (GER)March 5, 1981 Rider Date of birth Dominik Nerz (GER)August 25, 1989 
Luke Roberts (AUS)January 25, 1977 Dominik Roels (GER)January 21, 1987 
Thomas Rohregger (AUT)December 23, 1982 Matthias Russ (GER)November 14, 1983 Björn Schröder (GER)October 27, 1980 Roy Sentjens (BEL)December 15, 1980 Wim Stroetinga (NED)May 23, 1985 Niki Terpstra (NED)May 18, 1984 Paul Voss (GER)March 26, 1986 Fabian Wegmann (GER)June 20, 1980 Peter Wrolich (AUT)May 20, 1974 See also
References
- ^ Focus Bikes sponsorship
- ^ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/the-end-of-the-road-for-team-milram
- ^ "Sidelined Petacchi facing 12 month suspension". CyclingNews.com. 2007-07-05. http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/jul07/jul05news. Retrieved 2007-07-05.
- ^ "Petacchi absolved of doping blame". Eurosport.com. 2007-07-24. http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/24072007/58/giro-d-italia-petacchi-absolved-doping-blame.html. Retrieved 2007-07-24.[dead link]
- ^ a b "Alessandro Petacchi suspended until 31 August 2008". tas-cas.org. 2008-05-06. http://www.tas-cas.org/en/infogenerales.asp/4-3-690-1092-4-1-1/5-0-1092-15-1-1/. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
- ^ Charles Pelkey (May 7, 2008). "CAS suspends Petacchi". VeloNews. http://www.velonews.com/article/75891/cas-suspends-petacchi.
- ^ "Alessandro Petacchi leaves Milram after drug ruling by CAS". International Herald Tribune. 2008-05-16. http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/16/sports/EU-SPT-CYC-Petacchi-Milram.php/. Retrieved 2008-05-16.
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