Team Vorarlberg

Team Vorarlberg
Team information
UCI code	VOL (2002–2005, 2016–2018); VBG (2006–2015, 2019–);
Registered	Austria
Founded	1999
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	Continental
Key personnel
General manager	Thomas Kofler
Team manager(s)	Florent Horeau; Cornel Enzler; Johann Innerhofer; Johannes Kofler; Jürgen Schatzmann; René Stüssi;
Team name history
1999–2000; 2001; 2002–2003; 2004–2005; 2005–2008; 2009–2010; 2011–2017; 2018–2020; 2021–	ÖAMTC Volksbank–Colnago; Volksbank–Schwinn; Volksbank–Ideal (VOL); Volksbank–Ideal Leingruber (VOL); Volksbank–Vorarlberg; Vorarlberg–Corratec (VBG); Team Vorarlberg; Team Vorarlberg Santic; Team Vorarlberg (VBG)

Team Vorarlberg (UCI team code: VBG) is a cycling team based in Austria. The team was founded in 1999 by the twin brothers Thomas Kofler and Johannes Kofler and previously known as Team Volksbank. In 2009, the Austrian federal state of Vorarlberg replaced Volksbank as title sponsor. In 2006 it became the first ever Austrian professional cycling team and was registered as a UCI Professional Continental team until June 2010, when their UCI license was suspended due to financial insecurity.^[1] The team was later re-registered as a UCI Continental team, and retained that status in 2011.^[2]

In 2007, the team received international attention when former German Tour de France-winner Jan Ullrich announced to join the team in an official function after having been suspended by his T-Mobile Team due to his involvement in the Operación Puerto doping case.^[3] After pressure from the team's sponsors, the plan was discarded.

Team Vorarlberg was the first Austrian cycling team to participate in events of the UCI ProTour, the top tier racing league in professional cycling. It did so by receiving a wild card for the 2007 Deutschland Tour, also returning in 2008 with Daniel Musiol winning the mountains classification. From 2007 to 2009 it also raced three times at the Tour de Suisse (winning the sprint classification both with Florian Stalder in 2007 and with René Weissinger in 2008) as well as joining the 2009 Tour of Flanders. Other notable results besides several national champion titles include the overall victory at the 2015 Tour of Austria by Victor de la Parte and the 2023 Volta a Portugal by Colin Stüssi.^[4]

Team roster

As of 23 May 2023.^[5]

	Rider	Date of birth
Dominik Amann (AUT)		(1999-02-12) 12 February 1999 (age 25)
Pirmin Benz (GER)		(2000-11-26) 26 November 2000 (age 23)
Antoine Berlin (MON)		(1989-08-02) 2 August 1989 (age 35)
Óscar Cabedo (ESP)		(1994-11-12) 12 November 1994 (age 29)
Peter Inauen (SUI)		(1996-07-28) 28 July 1996 (age 28)
Jon Knolle (GER)		(1999-09-11) 11 September 1999 (age 25)
Lukas Meiler (GER)		(1995-02-14) 14 February 1995 (age 29)

	Rider	Date of birth
Laurin Nenning (AUT)		(2004-09-25) 25 September 2004 (age 20)
Nikolas Riegler (AUT)		(2001-09-15) 15 September 2001 (age 23)
Lukas Rüegg (SUI)		(1996-09-09) 9 September 1996 (age 28)
Linus Stari (AUT)		(1998-01-04) 4 January 1998 (age 26)
Colin Stüssi (SUI)		(1993-06-04) 4 June 1993 (age 31)
Moran Vermeulen (AUT)		(1997-06-14) 14 June 1997 (age 27)

Major wins

2002

Ireland Time Trial Championship, David McCann

Poreč Trophy 6, Fraser MacMaster

Stage 3 International Tour of Rhodes, Vasilis Anastopoulos

Manx International, David McCann

2003

Prologue Istrian Spring Trophy, Jean Nuttli

Sacrifice Cup, Philippe Schnyder

Overall Tour of Greece, Vasilis Anastopoulos

Stage 2, Vasilis Anastopoulos

Stage 5, Tour of Slovenia, Jure Golčer

Overall Brandenburg–Rundfahrt, Jean Nuttli

Stage 1b, Jean Nuttli

Duo Normand, Jean Nuttli & Philippe Schnyder

2004

Greece Road Race Championship, Vasilis Anastopoulos

Austria Road Race Championship, Harald Morscher

Köln-Bonn, Pascal Hungerbühler

2005

Greece Road Race Championship, Vasilis Anastopoulos

Tour de Berne, René Weissinger

2007

Stage 6 Tour of Austria, Gerrit Glomser

2008

Stage 2 Bayern–Rundfahrt, Olaf Pollack

2009

Stage 8 Tour of Turkey, Sebastian Siedler

Stage 6 Danmark Rundt, Sebastian Siedler

2010

Stage 2 Oberösterreich Rundfahrt, Josef Benetseder

2012

Slovenia Time Trial Championship, Robert Vrečer

Stage 3 Tour du Loir-et-Cher, Robert Vrečer

Overall Tour of Greece, Robert Vrečer

Stage 1, Robert Vrečer

Overall Oberösterreich Rundfahrt, Robert Vrečer

Stage 1, Robert Vrečer

Stage 1 Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon, Robert Vrečer

2013

Stage 1 Oberösterreich Rundfahrt, Florian Bissinger

2014

Stage 5 Tour de Taiwan, Fabian Schnaidt

Stage 2 Paris–Arras Tour, Fabian Schnaidt

Stages 1 & 6 Tour of Iran, Fabian Schnaidt

Stage 5 Tour of China I, Grischa Janorschke

2015

Paris–Mantes-en-Yvelines, Nicolas Baldo

Overall Flèche du Sud, Víctor de la Parte

Stage 1 Oberösterreich Rundfahrt, Víctor de la Parte

Overall Tour of Austria, Víctor de la Parte

Stages 4 & 6 Tour of Austria, Víctor de la Parte

2018

Switzerland U23 National Time Trial Championships, Lukas Rüegg

Stages 3 (ITT) & 4 Tour de Savoie Mont-Blanc, Patrick Schelling

Stage 2 Kreiz Breizh Elites, Jannik Steimle

Prologue Tour de Hongrie, Patrick Schelling

Stage 3 (ITT) Okolo Jižních Čech, Patrick Schelling

Stage 5 Okolo Jižních Čech, Jannik Steimle

2019

Stage 1a (ITT) Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich, Jannik Steimle

Stage 4 Flèche du Sud, Jannik Steimle

Overall Oberösterreich Rundfahrt, Jannik Steimle

Stage 1, Jannik Steimle

Stage 2 Tour de Savoie Mont-Blanc, Colin Stüssi

Prologue & Stage 5 Tour of Austria, Jannik Steimle

2021

Stage 1 Istrian Spring Trophy, Filippo Fortin

Overall Oberösterreich Rundfahrt, Alexis Guérin

Stage 3, Alexis Guérin

Stage 4 Tour de Savoie Mont-Blanc, Alexis Guérin

2022

Prologue International Tour of Rhodes, Lukas Meiler

2023

Overall Volta a Portugal, Colin Stüssi

Stage 7, Colin Stüssi

National Champions

2002: Ireland Time Trial Championship, David McCann
2004: Greece Road Race Championship, Vasilis Anastopoulos; Austria Road Race Championship, Harald Morscher
2005: Greece Road Race Championship, Vasilis Anastopoulos
2012: Slovenia Time Trial Championship, Robert Vrečer