Team Vorarlberg Santic
Team Vorarlberg Santic (UCI team code: VBG) is a cycling team based in Austria. The team was founded in 1999 by the twin brothers Thomas 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]
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| Registered | Austria |
| Founded | 1999 |
| Discipline(s) | Road |
| Status | Continental |
| Key personnel | |
| General manager | Thomas Kofler |
| Team manager(s) | Werner Salmen Marcello Albasini Hans Innerhofer |
| Team name history | |
1999–2000 2001 2002–2003 2004–2005 2005–2008 2009–2010 2011–2017 2018– | ÖAMTC Volksbank–Colnago Volksbank–Schwinn Volksbank–Ideal Volksbank–Ideal Leingruber Volksbank–Vorarlberg Vorarlberg–Corratec Team Vorarlberg Team Vorarlberg Santic |
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.
Team roster
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Major wins
- 2002
- Porec Trophy 6, Fraser McMaster
- Stage 3 Tour of Rhodes, Vasilis Anastopoulos
- Manx International, David McCann
- 2003
- Prologue, Istrian Spring Trophy, Jean Nuttli
- Sacrifice Cup, Philippe Schnyder
- Overall Tour of Hellas, 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
- Köln-Bonn, Pascal Hungerbuhler
- 2005
- Berner Rundfahrt, Rene Weissinger
- 2007
- Stage 6 Tour of Austria, Gerrit Glomser
- 2008
- Stage 2 Bayern-Rundfahrt, Olaf Pollack
- 2nd Overall Bayern-Rundfahrt, Andreas Dietziker
- 2009
- Stage 8 Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey, Sebastian Siedler
- Stage 6 Danmark Rundt, Sebastian Siedler
- 2010
- Stage 2 Oberösterreichrundfahrt, Josef Benetseder
- 2012
- Stage 3 Tour du Loir-et-Cher, Robert Vrečer
- Overall Tour of Greece, Robert Vrečer
- Stage 1, Robert Vrečer
- Overall Oberösterreichrundfahrt, Robert Vrečer
- Stage 1, Robert Vrečer
- Stage 1 Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon, Robert Vrečer
- 2013
- Stage 1 Oberösterreichrundfahrt, 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 2 Oberösterreichrundfahrt, Víctor de la Parte
- Stages 4 & 6 Tour of Austria, Víctor de la Parte
- 2018
- 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) CCC Tour - Grody Piastowskie, Jannik Steimle
- Stage 4 Flèche du Sud, Jannik Steimle
- Overall Oberösterreichrundfahrt, Jannik Steimle
- Stage 1, Jannik Steimle
- Stage 2 Le Tour de Savoie Mont Blanc, Colin Stüssi
- Prologue & Stage 5 Tour of Austria, Jannik Steimle
National Champions
- 2002
- 2004
- 2005
- 2012
Known former riders
References
- "UCI suspends Vorarlberg-Corratec's licence". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- "Vorarlberg-Corratec confirms first two riders for 2011". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- "Volksbank and Ullrich: "The sensation is perfect!"". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- "Team Vorarlberg Santic". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 18 May 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- "Une nouvelle équipe pour Joeri Stallaert" [A new team for Joeri Stallaert]. Directvelo (in French). Association Le Peloton. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2020.