Georg Totschnig
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name | Georg Totschnig |
| Born | 25 May 1971 Kaltenbach, Austria |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Retired |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | Climbing specialist |
| Professional teams | |
| 1993 | Lampre - Polti |
| 1994 | Polti |
| 1995 | Polti - Granarolo - Santini |
| 1996 | Polti |
| 1997–2000 | Deutsche Telekom |
| 2001–2006 | Gerolsteiner |
| Major wins | |
| Tour de France, 1 stage Tour of Austria (2000)  National Champion (1997, 2003) National Time-Trial Champion
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Georg Totschnig (born 25 May 1971) is an Austrian former road bicycle racer who raced professionally between 1993 and 2006. He won the Austrian National Road Race Championships in 1997 and 2003.[1] He also rode at three Olympic Games.[2]
Career
In 1989, Totschnig became the Junior Austrian National Time Trial Champion. He turned professional with the Italian Lampre - Polti team in 1993, remaining with the team in 1994 when Polti became the main sponsor for the first time. Totschnig rode for the German Deutsche Telekom team from 1997 to 2000, before joining his final team, Gerolsteiner, in 2001.
In the 2005 Tour de France stage 14, he was in the breakaway which ultimately led to his victory. Having split open the breakaway group on the penultimate climb of the day from fellow breakaway companions Stefano Garzelli and Walter Bénéteau, he was able to hold on to his first place 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.[3][4]
He was voted Austrian Sportsman of the year in 2005.[5] Totschnig was surprised to win the accolade, as he had not expected to win more votes than the skier Benjamin Raich.[6]
Totschnig's younger brother, Harald Totschnig is also a professional cyclist.
Major results
- 1989
Austrian National Time Trial Champion - Junior
- 1993
First year as a professional.
- 1994
- -
- 1995
- 9th overall – Giro d'Italia
- 1996
Austrian National Time Trial Champion- 6th overall – Vuelta a España
- 1997
- Austrian National Road Race Champion
- Austrian National Time Trial Champion
- 1998
- 2nd overall – Volta a Catalunya
- 1999
- 2nd overall – Tour of Austria
- 2000
- Overall and stage win – Tour of Austria
- 2001
- Austrian National Time Trial Champion
- 6th overall – Tour de Suisse
- 2002
- Austrian National Time Trial Champion
- 5th overall – Tour de Suisse
- 7th overall – Giro d'Italia
- 2003
- Austrian National Road Race Champion
- 5th overall – Giro d'Italia
- 12th overall – Tour de France
- 2004
- Austrian National Time Trial Champion
- Stage win – Tour de Suisse
- 7th overall – Tour de France
- Member, Austrian National Team, Athens Summer Olympics
- 2005
- Stage 14 win – Tour de France
- 3rd overall – Deutschland Tour
- 2006
Retired at end of the 2006 UCI ProTour season.[7]
References
- ^ "National Championship, Road, Elite, Austria (Men)". Cycling Archives. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Georg Totschnig Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 23 July 2016.
- ^ "An interview with Georg Totschnig". Cyclingnews. 16 July 2005.
- ^ "One Race: Two Heroes - Totschnig & Armstrong". Le Tour de France. 16 July 2005.
- ^ "Gerolsteiner presentation: "When we win the Tour i will walk from Paris"". Cyclingheroes. 17 January 2006.
- ^ Josef Langer (2005). "Totschnig and Goetschl "Athletes of the year"". AIPS.
- ^ "Totschnig retires". VeloNews. 17 October 2006.
External links
- Georg Totschnig at Cycling Archives
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