Team Milram
Encyclopedia : T : TE : TEA : Team Milram
Team Milram (UCI Team Code: MRM) is a professional cycling team participating in the 2006 edition of the UCI ProTour race series, taking over the ProTour licence of the Domina Vacanze team. The team is built on former Domina Vacanze riders, alongside parts of former German continental team, Team Wiesenhof, and riders from the discontinued ProTour Fassa Bortolo outfit. The title sponsor, [Milram Nordmilch eG] is a manufacturer of milk and dairy related products.
The Milram team has attracted two big sprinter names in Erik Zabel and Alessandro Petacchi. Although he failed to achieve his main 2005 objective of the World Cycling Championship, Alessandro Petacchi is expected to excel in the 2006 season. Erik Zabel is reaching the end of his impressive career, and after six Tour de France green jerseys (maillot vert), this season is expected to be his last. As a team, the real test for Milram will be their ability to replicate Fassa Bortolo's legendary lead out train for Alessandro Petacchi.
It is expected that Team Milram may put in an offer for Italin sprinter Paolo Bettini. During the Giro, Milram were Bettini's lead out train for many of the sprint finishes, and his contract with Quick-step runs out later in the year.
2006 team
| Name | Birthdate | Nationality | 2005 Team |
| Daniel Becke | 12-03-1978 | Illes Balears | |
| Simone Cadamuro | 28-06-1976 | Domina Vacanze | |
| Mirko Celestino | 19-03-1974 | Domina Vacanze | |
| Alessandro Cortinovis | 11-10-1977 | Domina Vacanze | |
| Maarten den Bakker | 26-01-1969 | Rabobank | |
| Volodymyr Dyudya | 06-01-1983 | stagiaire | |
| Sergio Ghisalberti | 10-12-1979 | Domina Vacanze | |
| Michele Gobbi | 10-08-1977 | Domina Vacanze | |
| Ralf Grabsch | 07-04-1973 | Team Wiesenhof | |
| Andriy Grivko | 07-08-1983 | Domina Vacanze | |
| Maxim Iglinskiy | 18-04-1981 | Domina Vacanze | |
| Matej Jurco | 08-08-1984 | Domina Vacanze | |
| Christian Knees | 05-03-1981 | Team Wiesenhof | |
| Mirco Lorenzetto | 13-07-1981 | Domina Vacanze | |
| Martin Müller | 05-04-1974 | Team Wiesenhof | |
| Daniel Musiol | 27-03-1983 | Team Wiesenhof | |
| Alberto Ongarato | 24.07.1975 | Fassa Bortolo | |
| Alessandro Petacchi | 03.01.1974 | Fassa Bortolo | |
| Enrico Poitschke | 25-08-1969 | Team Wiesenhof | |
| Elia Rigotto | 04-03-1982 | Domina Vacanze | |
| Fabio Sabatini | neo-pro | ||
| Fabio Sacchi | 22.05.1974 | Fassa Bortolo | |
| Björn Schröder | 27-10-1980 | Team Wiesenhof | |
| Carlo Scognamiglio | 31-05-1983 | stagiaire | |
| Sebastian Siedler | 18-01-1978 | Team Wiesenhof | |
| Alessandro Vanotti | 16-09-1980 | Domina Vacanze | |
| Marco Velo | 09.03.1974 | Fassa Bortolo | |
| Giovanni Visconti | 13-01-1983 | Domina Vacanze | |
| Erik Zabel | 07-07-1970 | T-Mobile |
External links
From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Original article here. Support Wikipedia by contributing or donating.
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License See Wikipedia Copyrights for details.

