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{{Short description|German cycling team (2006–2010)}}
{{more citations needed|date=February 2008}}
{{Infobox cycling team
| name           = Team Milram
| image          = 
| code           = MRM
| registered     = Italy (2006–2007)<br/>Germany (2008–2010)
| founded        = {{start date|2006}}
| disbanded      = 2010
| bicycles       = [[Focus Bikes]]
| generalmanager = Gerry van Gerwen
| teammanager    = 
| discipline     = [[Road bicycle racing|Road]]
| status         = ProTour
| season         = 2006–2010
| oldname        = Team Milram
| kitimage       = Milram_Jersey_2007_Tour_de_France.png
| current        = 
}}
[[File:Henninger Turm 2006 - Team Milram.jpg|thumb|[[Rund um den Henninger-Turm]] (2006) 4. left: Alessandro Petacchi, right: Erik Zabel]]
[[File:Begleitfahrzeug milram.jpg|thumb|Team car Team Milram Deutschlandtour 2006]]
'''Team Milram''' ({{UCI code|MRM}}) was a German (formerly Italian) pro cycling team, participating at the [[UCI ProTour]].

==History==
{{see also|2010 Team Milram season}}
The pro cycling team was founded in the beginning of 2006, taking over the UCI ProTeam license of [[De Nardi|Team Domina Vacanze]] and merging with [[Team Wiesenhof]]. The main sponsor is the Milram brand of the [[Bremen]] based [[Nordmilch]] dairy company. Some smaller sponsors include [[Motorex]], an oil company based in Switzerland. Sprinters [[Alessandro Petacchi]] and [[Erik Zabel]] initially were the top riders and captains. The squad is completed by 25 mainly German riders.

Among Team Milram's most important successes in 2006 and 2007 [[Christian Knees]]'s win at the German classic race „[[Rund um Köln]]", [[Alessandro Petacchi]] winning the Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt in 2006 and 2007, [[Erik Zabel]]'s title as vice World Champion 2006, his win of the best sprinter's jersey at the [[Deutschland Tour]] 2006 and 2007 his three-stage wins at the [[Vuelta a España]]. Further important ranks are Alessandro Petacchi's five stage wins at the [[Giro d'Italia]] 2007, his win at the classic race [[Paris–Tours]] and [[Niki Terpstra]]'s win of the best climber's jersey at the Deutschland Tour 2007.

Since 2008, Team Milram is a German team. The general manager is Gerry van Gerwen. His operating company VeloCity GmbH, which was founded in 2007, took over the previous Italian operating company Ciclosport with all components including the ProTour license for the beginning of the 2008 season. The new team basis is Dortmund's Club Olympia. With a new organisation structure, a much younger squad, clear objectives and an enhanced anti-doping-programme the team has changed extensively.

In 2009 and 2010, the team was sponsored by [[Focus Bikes]].<ref>[http://www.focus-bikes.com/gb/en/sponsorship/race/team-milram.html Focus Bikes sponsorship] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514173008/http://www.focus-bikes.com/gb/en/sponsorship/race/team-milram.html |date=May 14, 2010 }}</ref> After a lengthy search for a title sponsor to replace the outgoing Nordmilch dairy company proved fruitless, the team was forced to disband effective at the end of the 2010 season. Van Gerweren hoped to form a new team for 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/the-end-of-the-road-for-team-milram|title = The end of the road for Team Milram| date=5 October 2010 }}</ref>

==Petacchi 's doping case==
At 23 May 2007, during the [[2007 Giro d'Italia]], [[Alessandro Petacchi]] was found guilty of using [[salbutamol]] after a doping control. Petacchi had a certificate to use salbutamol in the treatment of asthma, but his level of salbutamol was extremely high. Petacchi was placed on non-active status and missed the 2007 [[Tour de France]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/jul07/jul05news | title= Sidelined Petacchi facing 12 month suspension | publisher=CyclingNews.com | date= 2007-07-05 | access-date= 2007-07-05}}</ref> In July 2007, [[Italian Cycling Federation]] (FCI) ruled that Petacchi gave good reasons for this high level. Petacchi was then absolved by the FCI when they deemed any overuse of Salbutamol as simple human error.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/24072007/58/giro-d-italia-petacchi-absolved-doping-blame.html |title=Petacchi absolved of doping blame |publisher=Eurosport.com |date=2007-07-24 |access-date=2007-07-24 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
The [[Italian National Olympic Committee]] (CONI) argued that Petacchi should be suspended for the high level of salbutamol, and send the case to the International Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in [[Lausanne]], the sporting world's highest court.

On May 6, 2008, the [[Court of Arbitration for Sport]] banned Petacchi until the end of August, applied retroactively from last November. CAS also announced that ''all competitive results obtained during the [[2007 Giro d'Italia]] shall be disqualified with all of the resulting consequences including forfeiture of any medals, points and prizes''. Results obtained after 31 October 2007 and during the period of ineligibility will be disqualified.<ref name="CAS">{{cite news|url=http://www.tas-cas.org/en/infogenerales.asp/4-3-690-1092-4-1-1/5-0-1092-15-1-1/ |title=Alessandro Petacchi suspended until 31 August 2008 |publisher=tas-cas.org |date=2008-05-06 |access-date=2008-05-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517191655/http://www.tas-cas.org/en/infogenerales.asp/4-3-690-1092-4-1-1/5-0-1092-15-1-1/ |archive-date=2008-05-17 }}</ref><ref name="Petacchi">{{cite web|url=http://www.velonews.com/article/75891/cas-suspends-petacchi|title=CAS suspends Petacchi|date=May 7, 2008|author=Charles Pelkey|publisher=VeloNews}}</ref>

As a result of this, on May 16, 2008, Petacchi was fired by Team Milram.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/16/sports/EU-SPT-CYC-Petacchi-Milram.php/ | title=  Alessandro Petacchi leaves Milram after drug ruling by CAS | work=International Herald Tribune | date= 2008-05-16 | access-date= 2008-05-16}}</ref>

==Major wins==
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;2006
:[[Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi]], [[Alessandro Petacchi]]
:Stage 6 [[Tour Méditerranéen]], [[Elia Rigotto]]
:Stage 3 & 4 [[Vuelta a Andalucía]], [[Alessandro Petacchi]]
:Stage 2 & 3 [[Vuelta a la Comunitat Valenciana]], [[Alessandro Petacchi]]
:[[Giro della Provincia di Lucca]], [[Alessandro Petacchi]]
:Stage 7 [[2006 Tirreno–Adriatico|Tirreno–Adriatico]], [[Alessandro Petacchi]]
:[[Rund um Köln]], [[Christian Knees]]
:Overall [[Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt]], [[Alessandro Petacchi]]
::Stage 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5, [[Alessandro Petacchi]]
:Stage 1 [[Bayern Rundfahrt]], [[Erik Zabel]]
:Stage 3 [[Bayern Rundfahrt]], [[Ralf Grabsch]]
:Stage 5 [[Bayern Rundfahrt]], [[Björn Schröder]]
:Stage 4 & 21 [[2006 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]], [[Erik Zabel]]
:[[Coppa Sabatini]], [[Giovanni Visconti (cyclist)|Giovanni Visconti]]
:2nd [[Milan–San Remo]], [[Alessandro Petacchi]]
:2nd [[2006 Vattenfall Cyclassics|Vattenfall Cyclassics]], [[Erik Zabel]]
:3rd [[Gent–Wevelgem]], [[Alessandro Petacchi]]

;2007
:[[Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi]], [[Alessandro Petacchi]]
:Stage 6 [[Tour Méditerranéen]], [[Mirco Lorenzetto]]
:Overall [[Volta ao Algarve]]
::Stage 3, 4 & 5, [[Alessandro Petacchi]]
:Stage 2 [[Vuelta a la Comunitat Valenciana]], [[Alessandro Petacchi]]
:Overall [[Niedersachsen-Rundfahrt]], [[Alessandro Petacchi]]
::Stage 1, 2 & 4, [[Alessandro Petacchi]]
:Stage 2 & 3 [[Bayern Rundfahrt]], [[Erik Zabel]]
:Stage 5 [[Bayern Rundfahrt]], [[Sebastian Siedler]]
:Stage 1 [[2007 Tour de Suisse|Tour de Suisse]], [[Erik Zabel]]
:Stage 3 [[2007 Deutschland Tour|Deutschland Tour]], [[Erik Zabel]]
:Stage 1 [[Regio Tour]], [[Alessandro Petacchi]]
:Stage 7 [[2007 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]], [[Erik Zabel]]
:Stage 11 & 12 [[2007 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]], [[Alessandro Petacchi]]
:[[Paris–Tours]], [[Alessandro Petacchi]]

;2008
:Stage 2 [[Vuelta a la Comunitat Valenciana]], [[Erik Zabel]]
:Overall [[Bayern Rundfahrt]], [[Christian Knees]]
:Overall [[Regio Tour]], [[Björn Schröder]]
:Prologue [[2008 Deutschland Tour|Deutschland Tour]], [[Brett Lancaster]]
:[[Schaal Sels]], [[Elia Rigotto]]
:[[Firenze–Pistoia]], [[Andriy Hrivko]]

;2009
:[[Trofeo Calvià]], [[Gerald Ciolek]]
:Stage 7 [[Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey]], [[Robert Förster]]
:[[Eschborn–Frankfurt City Loop]], [[Fabian Wegmann]]
:Overall [[Bayern Rundfahrt]], [[Linus Gerdemann]]
:[[Grand Prix of Aargau Canton]], [[Peter Velits]]
:Stage 3 [[2009 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré|Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré]], [[Niki Terpstra]]
:Stage 1 [[Ster Elektrotoer]], [[Niki Terpstra]]
:Stage 2 [[2009 Vuelta a España|Vuelta a España]], [[Gerald Ciolek]]
:2nd [[Vattenfall Cyclassics]], [[Gerald Ciolek]]

;2010
:[[Trofeo Inca]], [[Linus Gerdemann]]
:Stage 3 [[Vuelta a Murcia]], [[Luke Roberts (cyclist)|Luke Roberts]]
:Stage 1 [[2010 Tirreno–Adriatico|Tirreno–Adriatico]], [[Linus Gerdemann]]
:Stage 1 [[2010 Volta a Catalunya|Volta a Catalunya]], [[Paul Voss]]
:[[Rund um den Henninger Turm|Rund um den Finanzplatz]], [[Fabian Wegmann]]
:[[Profronde van Fryslan|Batavus Prorace]], [[Markus Eichler]]
:[[Neuseen Classics]], [[Roger Kluge]]
:Stage 3 [[Bayern Rundfahrt]], [[Gerald Ciolek]]
:[[Sparkassen Giro]], [[Niki Terpstra]]
{{div col end}}

=== Notes ===
#All competitive results obtained for Allessandro Petacchi during the [[2007 Giro d'Italia]] or between 31 October 2007 and September 1, 2008, are disqualified.<ref name="CAS"/>

==National, continental, world and Olympic champions==

{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
;2006
:{{KAZ}} Time Trial Championship, [[Maxim Iglinsky]]
:{{SVK}} Time Trial Championship, [[Matej Jurčo]]
:{{UKR}} Time Trial Championship, [[Andriy Hrivko]]

;2007
:{{UKR}} Time Trial Championship, [[Volodymyr Dyudya]]

;2008
:{{UKR}} Time Trial Championship, [[Andriy Hrivko]]
:{{SVK}} Time Trial Championship, [[Matej Jurčo]]
:{{SVK}} [[Slovak National Road Race Championships|Road Race Championship]], [[Matej Jurčo]]

;2010
:{{flagu|Germany}} Road Race Championship, [[Christian Knees]]
:{{flagu|Netherlands}} Road Race Championship, [[Niki Terpstra]]
{{div col end}}

==Team roster==
As of 1 January 2010.
{{Cycling squad start}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Gerald Ciolek]]|nat=GER|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1986|9|19}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Wim De Vocht]]|nat=BEL|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1982|4|29}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Markus Eichler]]|nat=GER|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1982|2|18}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Robert Förster]]|nat=GER|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1978|1|27}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Markus Fothen]]|nat=GER|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1981|9|9}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Thomas Fothen]]|nat=GER|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1983|4|16}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Johannes Fröhlinger]]|nat=GER|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1985|6|9}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Artur Gajek]]|nat=GER|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1985|4|18}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Linus Gerdemann]]|nat=GER|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1982|9|16}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Roger Kluge]]|nat=GER|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1986|2|5}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Servais Knaven]]|nat=NED|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1971|3|6}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Christian Knees]]|nat=GER|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1981|3|5}}}}
{{Cycling squad mid}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Dominik Nerz]]|nat=GER|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1989|8|25}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Luke Roberts (cyclist)|Luke Roberts]]|nat=AUS|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1977|1|25}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Dominik Roels]]|nat=GER|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1987|1|21}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Thomas Rohregger]]|nat=AUT|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1982|12|23}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Matthias Russ]]|nat=GER|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1983|11|14}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Björn Schröder]]|nat=GER|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1980|10|27}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Roy Sentjens]]|nat=BEL|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1980|12|15}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Wim Stroetinga]]|nat=NED|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1985|5|23}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Niki Terpstra]]|nat=NED|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1984|5|18}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Paul Voss]]|nat=GER|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1986|3|26}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Fabian Wegmann]]|nat=GER|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1980|6|20}}}}
{{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Peter Wrolich]]|nat=AUT|birthdate={{birth date and age2|2010|1|1|1974|5|20}}}}
{{Cycling squad end}}

==See also==
*[[List of teams and cyclists in the 2008 Tour de France]]
*[[2008 Tour de France]]
*[[Tour de France]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{commons|Team Milram}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060110035209/http://www.team-milram.com/ Official page] 
*[http://paris.thover.com/story.php?ID=147&l=en Team presentation 2009]

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