Linus Gerdemann
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| Full name | Linus Gerdemann | ||
| Born | September 16, 1982 Münster, Germany |
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| Current team | RadioShack-Nissan-Trek | ||
| Discipline | Road | ||
| Role | Rider | ||
| Amateur team(s) | |||
| 2003 2004 |
Winfix–Techem Winfix Arnolds Sicherheit |
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| Professional team(s) | |||
| 2005 2006–2008 2009–2010 2011– |
Team CSC T-Mobile Team Team Milram Leopard Trek |
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| Infobox last updated on 5 January 2012 |
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Linus Gerdemann (born September 16, 1982) is a German professional road bicycle racer who currently rides for RadioShack-Nissan-Trek.
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[edit] Career
After riding on amateur teams Team Winfix and Team AKUD Arnolds Sicherheit, in 2005 he became a professional rider for Team CSC after a recommendation from Jens Voigt, signing on for a 2-year contract. In his first year as a pro, he won the 7th stage of the UCI ProTour race Tour de Suisse and had the leader's jersey in 4 Jours de Dunkerque.
In late 2005 he agreed to a contract with rival UCI ProTour T-Mobile Team, starting from 2006. This got Team CSC owner Bjarne Riis to release Gerdemann from his contract at the end of 2005.
On Saturday July 14, 2007 he secured his biggest victory to date, the seventh stage of the Tour de France from Bourg-en-Bresse to Le Grand-Bornand. The stage win gave him the yellow jersey as leader of the general classification, as well as the white jersey as leader of the young rider classification. He was also awarded the combativity award for this stage.
In March 2008 he sustained injuries from a crash in the Tirreno–Adriatico and was unable to race in the 2008 Tour de France or the Beijing summer Olympics.[1] He came back from his injuries to win the Deutschland Tour in August 2008.
[edit] Palmares
- 2004
- 1st
U-23 Road Race Champion - 1st Stage 4 U-23 Tour of Berlin
- 2005
- 1st Stage 7 Tour de Suisse
- 3rd Overall Bayern-Rundfahrt
- 2006
- 6th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 7th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 2nd Stage 3
- 2007
- 1st Stage 7 Tour de France
- Held Maillot Jaune
From Stage 7–8
- Held Maillot Jaune
- 2008
- 1st Overall Deutschland Tour
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Overall Tour de l'Ain
- 1st Stage 3a
- 1st Coppa Agostoni
- 3rd Montepaschi Strade Bianche - Eroica
- 2009
- 1st Overall Bayern-Rundfahrt
- 1st Groben Preis der Stadt Dessau-Roblau
- 5th Montepaschi Strade Bianche - Eroica
- 7th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 24th Overall Tour de France
- 2010
- 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Mallorca
- 1st Stage 1 Tirreno–Adriatico
- 16th Overall Giro d'Italia
- 2011
- 1st Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 1st Stage 2
[edit] Notes
[edit] External links
- Linus Gerdemann profile at Cycling Archives
- Palmares at Cycling Base (French)
