Andreas Klöden
2nd place at the Tour de France in 2004 and 2006 German champion in the road race 2004 Third Olympic road race in 2000 Winner of Paris-Nice 2000 Winners Basque Country Tour in 2000 and 2011 Tirreno- Adriatico winner 2007 Winner of Tour de Romandie 2008
Andreas Klöden ( born June 22, 1975 in Mittweida ) is a retired German racing cyclist.
Shortly after his birth his family moved to the United Schacksdorf in Forst ( Lausitz), where he grew up. His cycling career began Klöden at the SG Dynamo forest and was delegated from there in 1989 at the Children's and Youth Sports School in Berlin, where he - like Jan Ullrich - coached at SC Dynamo Berlin.
Professional with Team Telekom
He began his professional career in May 1998 with Team Telekom, later T-Mobile Team. There he was primarily as a sporting helper (water carrier ) by Jan Ullrich worked to the private connects him a close friend.
The first major international success get to him in the spring of 2000, when he was able to sequentially recover the important stage race Paris-Nice and Tour of the Basque Country. These successes he confirmed in September of the same year, when he won behind his teammate Jan Ullrich and Alexandre Vinokourov the bronze medal in the road race at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.
On this success Klöden initially could not build. Only in 2004 he won first the title of German Champion in the road race in Freiburg im Breisgau. A few weeks later, he reached the second place in the 2004 Tour de France ahead of Team Captain Ulrich, who finished fourth.
The following year, again as a helper for Ullrich, however, he could not repeat that success: An eleventh position in the overall classification of the Tour de France 2005 lying, he had the race during the 17th stage because of a barge broken leg, which he himself the day before at a fall had contracted to give up.
After January Ulrich received at the 2006 Tour de France doping scandal because of Fuentes grounding, Klöden denied the race as captain of the team. He finished the tour in third place and was subsequently classified according to the doping disqualification of the originally honored as the winner Floyd Landis in second.
After the Team Telekom
For the 2007 season, joining Klöden for Astana team. He missed the victory of the barred at the Tour de France prologue in London by 13 seconds behind the winner Fabian Cancellara. Due to the premature withdrawal of the Astana team after a positive doping test of the captain Alexandre Vinokourov Kloden could not go to the end of the tour.
The team was first invited in 2008 for either the Giro d'Italia 2008 or for the 2008 Tour de France. After subsequently carried out an invitation to the Giro, Kloden started there with victory ambitions. Eventually, however, he was an assistant of a later stage Alberto Contador and rose to 13th place from lying because of a severe cold on the penultimate day.
After Andreas Klöden was not nominated by the German Cycling Federation for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, Klöden showed by the incomprehensible decision from his point of view enttäuschtund told not to stand for the German Cycling Federation is available with in the future.
In 2009, Klöden has experienced strong results in tours in the spring. Also in the 2009 Tour de France Klöden could convince as precious helper this time. At times he was even stronger than Armstrong and had on the 17th stage to Le Grand -Bornand even reach the podium if he does not run on the last climb into a bonking and so at the end a lot of time lie had left. In the overall standings finally got 6th place to book.
Along with Johan Bruyneel joined Team Manager Klöden in 2010 to the newly formed U.S. Team Radioshack and 2012 after its merger with Luxembourg's Leopard Trek team for RadioShack - Nissan team there.
In spring 2011, Kloden launched with a strong form into the season and recorded a stage win in Paris-Nice next place 2. It was also he won the time trial of the Critérium International and was the Basque Country Tour decide for themselves.
At the end of the 2013 season Klöden finished in August 2013 with the USA Pro Cycling Challenge his career as a professional cyclist. He explained that there had been no agreement on a new contract for the 2014 season.
Doping allegations
In spring 2008, Klöden was accused by an article in the Süddeutsche Zeitung of doping. According to the newspaper article claimed that she had the testimony of the confessed doping sinner Patrik Sinkewitz exist, the so burdened his former teammates. Andreas Klöden and Matthias Kessler had been there, when Sinkewitz went in the 2006 Tour de France from Strasbourg to blood doping to the University Hospital Freiburg. The responsible for this prosecution has alleged that in the press reporting information not confirmed. It is not known how the press should have come to such detailed information.
The 13 May 2009 the public for the final report of the Expert Committee for the investigation of doping allegations against doctors of the Department of Sports Medicine at the University Hospital Freiburg notes as certain that Andreas Kloden was doped up next to his former teammates Kessler and Sinkewitz the 2006 Tour de France with autologous blood. Andreas Kloden and his lawyers have submitted to a press statement in which they hold among other things, allegations of vague and incomprehensible. As a result of the allegations refused Andreas Klöden German media interview requests from most.
Achievements
1996
- Bronze Road World Championships Time Trial U23
1998
- Lower Saxony Tour
2000
- Paris-Nice
- Basque Country Tour
- Bronze Olympic road race
2004
- German champion in the road race
2005
- A stage Tour of Bavaria
2006
- Appreciation and a stage Regio Tour
2007
- Tirreno- Adriatico
- Circuit de la Sarthe
2008
- Appreciation and a Tour de Romandie
2009
- A stage of Tirreno- Adriatico
- A stage of the Giro del Trentino
- A stage ( TTT ) Tour de France
2011
- A stage Critérium International
- Ranking and Scoring Basque Country Tour
- A stage of the Giro del Trentino
Rankings in the Grand Tours
Legend:
- DNF: did not finish, a stage driver has not ended