Phonak (cycling team)
| Team information | |
|---|---|
| UCI code | PHO |
| Registered | Switzerland |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Disbanded | 2006 |
| Discipline(s) | Road |
| Status | ProTour |
| Key personnel | |
| General manager | Andy Rihs |
| Team name history | |
2002–2006 | Phonak |
Phonak (UCI Team Code: PHO) was a Swiss professional cycling team from 2000 until 2006. The team was one of 20 teams in the first UCI ProTour in 2005. It won one race - Santiago Botero's victory in the Tour de Romandie - and came second in the team ranking on the 2005 ProTour circuit.
A sponsor, iShares (subsidiary of Barclays Global Investors) signed a three-year contract in June 2006 to become the team's title sponsor from 2007. The team's name was to be iShares. Andy Rihs, owner of Phonak Hearing Systems, said on 15 August 2006 that the deal had been called off after the team's leader, Floyd Landis, tested positive for high levels of testosterone, and that the team would disband at the end of 2006.[1]
During 2004 Phonak concentrated on supporting Tyler Hamilton in the Tour de France. He crashed and withdrew and was later suspended for blood doping. Hamilton was not the last rider removed for doping, leading Phonak to stop sponsorship after 2006.
The riders accused of doping in 2004 were Hamilton, Santiago Pérez,[2] Oscar Camenzind, Fabrizio Guidi (who was cleared) and Sascha Urweider.[3]
On 5 August 2006 Phonak dismissed Floyd Landis after confirmation that a urine sample taken after his Stage 17 win twice tested positive for synthetic testosterone as well as a ratio of testosterone to epitestosterone nearly three times the limit allowed by World Anti-Doping Agency rules.[4] His 2006 Tour de France win was disallowed by the Union Cycliste Internationale on September 20, 2007.[5]
Team Rankings
Phonak won the team classification at:
- 2006 Giro d'Italia – Trofeo Fast Team and Trofeo Super Team (points)
- 2006 Volta a Catalunya
- 2006 Tour of Qatar
- Paris-Nice 2006
- 2006 Tour de Georgia
Final Roster
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Major Results
- 2000
- 1st Berner Rundfahrt, Lukas Zumsteg
- 1st GP Winterthur, Pierre Bourquenoud
- 1st Vorarlberg GP, Matthias Buxhofer
- 1st Wartenberg-Rundfahrt, Matthias Buxhofer
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de l'Avenir, Alexandre Usov
- 1st Chrono des Herbiers, Jean Nuttli
- 2001
- 1st GP de Genève, Roger Beuchat
- 1st Stage 3 & 5 Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt, Alexandre Usov
- 1st Stage 4 Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt, Bert Grabsch
- 1st Stage 5a Deutschland Tour, Matthias Buxhofer
- 1st Tour du Jura, Roger Beuchat
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de Wallonie, Bert Grabsch
- 1st Stage 4a Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Jean Nuttli
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de l'Avenir, Alexandre Usov
- 1st
Switzerland Time Trial Championship, Jean Nuttli - 1st Giro del Mendrisiotto, Alexandre Moos
- 1st Chrono des Herbiers, Jean Nuttli
- 2002
- 1st Clasica de Almeria, Massimo Strazzer
- 1st Stausee Rundfahrt, Massimo Strazzer
- 1st Stage 2b Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme, Juan Carlos Domínguez
- 1st Stage 5 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme, Óscar Pereiro
- 1st Stage 2, 3a & 4 Circuit de la Sarthe, Massimo Strazzer
- 1st Prologue Giro d'Italia, Juan Carlos Domínguez
- 1st Stage 6 Tour de Suisse, Alexandre Moos
- 1st Switzerland Road Race Championship, Alexandre Moos
- 1st
Belarus Road Race Championship, Alexandre Usov - 1st Overall Sachsen Tour, Oscar Camenzind
- 1st Stage 2, Oscar Camenzind
- 1st Circuito de Getxo, Martin Elmiger
- 1st Stage 1 Vuelta a Burgos, Bert Grabsch
- 1st Stage 1 Tour du Poitou-Charentes, Alexandre Usov
- 1st Stage 2 Tour de l'Avenir, Alexandre Usov
- 2003
- 1st Trofeo Cala Bona, Alexandre Usov
- 1st Stage 2 Circuit de la Sarthe, Massimo Strazzer
- 1st Stage 1 Clasica Alcobendas, Alexandre Usov
- 1st Stage 3b Tour de Picardie, Juan Carlos Domínguez
- 1st Stage 2b Bayern Rundfahrt, Massimo Strazzer
- 1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton, Martin Elmiger
- 1st Stage 6 Tour de Suisse, Óscar Pereiro
- 1st Switzerland Road Race Championship, Daniel Schnider
- 1st Stage 3 Sachsen Tour, Oscar Camenzind
- 2nd Overall Tour de Suisse, Óscar Pereiro
- 2004
- 1st Stage 5 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Alexandre Usov
- 1st Berner Rundfahrt, Alexandre Usov
- 1st Overall Tour de Romandie, Tyler Hamilton
- 1st Stage 3 Alexandre Moos
- 1st Stage 5 Tyler Hamilton
- 1st GP Krka, Uroš Murn
- 1st Stage 3 Tour du Languedoc-Roussillon, Martin Elmiger
- 1st Classique des Alpes, Óscar Pereiro
- 1st Stage 2 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, José Enrique Gutierrez
- 1st Stage 6 Tour de Suisse, Niki Aebersold
- 1st Switzerland Road Race Championship, Grégory Rast
- 1st
Slovenia Road Race Championship, Uroš Murn - 1st Stage 6 Tour of Qinghai Lake, Marco Fertonani
- 1st Olympic Games, Time Trial, Tyler Hamilton
- 1st Stage 8 Vuelta a España, Tyler Hamilton
- 1st Stage 14, 15 & 21 Vuelta a España, Santiago Pérez
- 1st Stage 20 Vuelta a España, José Enrique Gutierrez
- 2nd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Tyler Hamilton
- 2nd Overall Vuelta a España, Santiago Pérez
- 2005
- 1st Doha GP, Robert Hunter
- 1st Stage 5 Tour Méditerranéen, Robert Hunter
- 1st Stage 1 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme, Uroš Murn
- 1st Stage 4 Setmana Catalana de Ciclisme, Robert Hunter
- 1st Stage 1 Tour de Georgia, Robert Hunter
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de Georgia, Floyd Landis
- 1st Overall Tour de Romandie, Santiago Botero
- 1st Prologue, Óscar Pereiro
- 1st Stage 5, Santiago Botero
- 1st Stage 1 Volta a Catalunya, Team Time Trial
- 1st Grand Prix of Aargau Canton, Alexandre Moos
- 1st Stage 3 & 6 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Santiago Botero
- 1st Switzerland Road Race Championship, Martin Elmiger
- 1st Stage 6 Tour of Austria, Fabrizio Guidi
- 1st Stage 16 Tour de France, Óscar Pereiro
- 1st Rund um die Hainleite, Bert Grabsch
- 2nd Overall Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, Santiago Botero
- 3rd Overall Tirreno Adriatico, Fabrizio Guidi
- 2006
- 1st Overall Tour of California, Floyd Landis
- 1st Stage 3, Floyd Landis
- 1st Overall Paris-Nice, Floyd Landis
- 1st Overall Tour de Georgia, Floyd Landis
- 1st Stage 3, Floyd Landis
- 1st Stage 2 Clasica Alcobendas, Aurélien Clerc
- 1st Stage 5 Tour de Suisse, Steve Morabito
- 1st Switzerland Road Race Championship, Grégory Rast
- 1st Stage 7 Tour of Austria, Fabrizio Guidi
- 1st Overall Tour de Wallonie, Fabrizio Guidi
- 1st Stage 2 & 4, Fabrizio Guidi
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de Pologne, Fabrizio Guidi
- 2nd Overall Giro d'Italia, José Enrique Gutierrez
- 2nd Overall Volta a Catalunya, Santiago Botero
National Champions
- 2001
- 1st
Switzerland Time Trial Championship, Jean Nuttli - 2002
- 1st Switzerland Road Race Championship, Alexandre Moos
- 1st
Belarus Road Race Championship, Alexandre Usov - 2003
- 1st Switzerland Road Race Championship, Daniel Schnider
- 2004
- 1st Switzerland Road Race Championship, Grégory Rast
- 1st
Slovenia Road Race Championship, Uroš Murn - 2005
- 1st Switzerland Road Race Championship, Martin Elmiger
- 2006
- 1st Switzerland Road Race Championship, Grégory Rast
References
- ^ "Owner set to disband Landis' team". BBC Sport. 2006-08-15.
- ^ http://www.keepmedia.com/ShowItemDetails.do?itemID=737873&extID=10030
- ^ http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2006/apr06/apr07news
- ^ Macur, Juliet (2006-08-05). "Backup Sample on Landis Is Positive". New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
- ^ "Landis stripped of Tour title; appeal uncertain". Velonews. 2007-09-20.
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