André Greipel
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| Full name | André Greipel | ||||||||||||
| Nickname | Gorilla | ||||||||||||
| Born | July 16, 1982 Rostock, East Germany |
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| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (180 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Current team | Lotto-Belisol | ||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road | ||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||
| Rider type | Sprinter | ||||||||||||
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| until 2001 2001 |
Polizei SV Rostock Jan Ullrich Nachwuchsteam |
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| 2002–2004 2005 2006–2010 2011– |
TEAG Team Köstritzer Wiesenhof T-Mobile Team Omega Pharma-Lotto |
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André Greipel (born July 16, 1982 in Rostock, East Germany) is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Lotto-Belisol.[1]
He currently lives in Hürth, close to Cologne in Germany. After his win of the 2008 Tour Down Under, he was named the "Gorilla" by various sports media.
In 2008 he won his first Grand Tour stage in the Giro d'Italia and his first major tour, the Tour Down Under.
In the 2009 Vuelta a España, Greipel competed as Columbia – HTC's top sprinter benefiting from flat stages and the Columbia lead-out team, he won Stages 4, 5, 16, and 21 after group sprints. He also won the prestigious "Green Jersey" Points Classification. Greipel finished the 2009 season with an impressive 20 wins, second in victories only to his teammate Mark Cavendish.[2]
In 2010 he won his second Giro d'Italia stage and won the Tour Down Under for the second time.
In 2011, after moving to Omega Pharma-Lotto, he won his first stage at the 2011 Tour de France on stage 10 inching out his biggest rival and former teammate Mark Cavendish.
[edit] Career highlights
- 2001
- 2nd Giessen
- 2002
- 3rd Augsburg
- 2003
- 1st U-23 GP Waregem
- 1st Stage 2 U-23 Thüringen-Rundfahrt
- 1st Stage 1 U-23 Berliner Rundfahrt
- 2004
- 1st Stage 3 Tour du Loir-Et-Cher
- 1st Stage 1 U-23 Thüringen-Rundfahrt
- 1st Prologue GP Tell
- 1st Stage 4b GP Tell
- 3rd National U-23 Cyclo-Cross Championship
- 2005
- 1st Stage 6 Post Danmark Rundt
- 1st Gladbeck
- 1st Stadtlohn
- 3rd Braunschweig
- 2006
- 1st Stage 1 Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt
- 1st Stage 4 Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt
- 1st Stage 1 Cologne Classic
- 1st Stage 2 Cologne Classic
- 3rd Sinzig
- 2007
- 1st Stage 1 Sachsen Tour
- 1st Stage 2 Sachsen Tour
- 2008
- 1st Down Under Classic
- 1st
Overall, Tour Down Under
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st Stage 5
- 1st Stage 6
- 1st
Points Classification
- 1st Stage 17 Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 4 Tour of Austria
- 1st Stage 4 Deutschland Tour
- 1st Münsterland Giro
- 2009
- 1st Stage 4 Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage 16 Vuelta a España
- 1st Stage 21 Vuelta a España
- 1st Paris–Bourges
- 1st Stage 7 Tour de Pologne
- 1st Stage 1 Tour Down Under
- 1st Stage 6 Four Days of Dunkirk
- 1st Stage 1 Bayern-Rundfahrt
- 1st Stage 3 Bayern-Rundfahrt
- 1st Stage 5 Bayern-Rundfahrt
- 1st Neuseen Classics
- 1st Philadelphia International Championship
- 1st Stage 2 Ster Elektrotoer
- 1st Stage 3 Ster Elektrotoer
- 1st Stage 5 Ster Elektrotoer
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Austria
- 1st Stage 6 Tour of Austria
- 1st Stage 8 Tour of Austria
- 1st Stage 1 Sachsen Tour
- 2010
- 1st Stage 18 Giro d'Italia
- 1st Stage 5 Vuelta a Mallorca
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de Pologne
- 1st Stage 7 Tour de Pologne
- 1st Stage 2 Eneco Tour
- 1st Stage 6 Eneco Tour
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Britain
- 1st Stage 6 Tour of Britain
- 1st Stage 8 Tour of Britain
- 1st Overall Tour Down Under
- 1st Points classification
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Stage 4
- 1st
- 1st Stage 2 Volta ao Algarve
- 1st Points classification
- 1st
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Turkey (ITT)
- 1st Stage 2 Tour of Turkey
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of Turkey
- 1st Stage 6 Tour of Turkey
- 1st Stage 8 Tour of Turkey
- 1st Points classification
- 1st
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Austria
- 1st Stage 6 Tour of Austria
- 1st Points classification
- 1st
- 3rd Vattenfall Cyclassics
- 2011
- 1st Stage 10 Tour de France
- 1st Stage 4 Volta ao Algarve
- 1st Stage 1 Three Days of De Panne
- 1st Stage 6 Tour of Turkey
- 1st Stage 2 Tour of Belgium
- 1st Stage 5 Tour of Belgium
- 1st Points classification
- 1st
- 1st Stage 1 Eneco Tour
- 1st Stage 2 Eneco Tour
- 3rd Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne
- 3rd
World Championships Road Race - 4th Gent-Wevelgem
- 2012
- 1st Cancer Council Helpline Classic
- 1st Stage 1 Tour Down Under
- 1st Stage 3 Tour Down Under
- 1st Stage 6 Tour Down Under
- 1st Stage 1 Tour of Oman
- 1st Stage 4 Tour of Oman
[edit] Notes
- ^ http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/greipel-signs-for-omega-pharma-lotto
- ^ http://www.cqranking.com/men/asp/gen/VictoryRankingRider.asp?year=2009
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