Andreas Klöden

Andreas Klöden is a runner German cyclist .

Biography

Andreas Klöden was born the June 22nd 1975 with Mittweida, in GDR. The father of Klöden is an old driver of hunting for the East-German army and his/her mother is professor of art, he has two sisters. He married on October 21st 2006 with Berlin, with BETTINA. He is the father of two children: Congratulated and Laeticia. He lives with his family with Kreuzlingen in Suisse. He measures 1m83 for a weight of form of 63kg.

He knew Jan Ulrich in 1986 in the training of the future athletes of GDR. In 1999, Klöden lived with Berlin but he moves to join Jan Ulrich in the small village of Merdingen in Germany. In 2004, Jan Ulrich and Andreas Klöden move in Suisse, at the edge of the Lac of Constancy.

Professional path

He becomes professional cyclist in 1998 within the team “Deutsche Telekom” which is renamed “T-Mobile” in 2004.

In 2000, it gains Paris-Nice in front of the French Laurent Brochard, with a victory in against the watch of the Col of Èze. It gains then the Tour of the Pays Basque in front of the Italian Danilo Di Luca (2nd) and the French Laurent Jalabert (3rd). In September, it finishes 3rd Olympic Games in the test of race on line behind these fellow-members of Telekom, the German Jan Ulrich and the Kazakh Alexandre Vinokourov.

In 2001, it takes part for the first time of its career in the Tour de France, like team-member of its leader Jan Ulrich and of the sprinter Erik Zabel. It finishes 26e with the final classification with 59 ' 53" of Lance Armstrong.

In 2003, it finishes 4th critérium International, with one 2nd place with against the watch with 4" of its compatriot Jens Voigt. A fall at the time of the 1st stage of the Tour de France, the constrained one with the abandonment 8 days later.

In 2004, it finishes 6th Walloon Flèche and Tour of Germany. In June he becomes champion of Germany. During the Tour de France 2004, it carries out places of honors: 2nd with Saint-Flour in front of his team-member Erik Zabel, 3rd of the first stage of mountain (at the top of Mongie) with Francisco Mancebo with 20" of Ivan Basso and Lance Armstrong, 4th at the top of the Plate of Beille and with Villard-with-Lans, 3rd to 1 ' 41" of Lance Armstrong at the time of against the watch of the Alpe d' Huez, 2nd on arrival with the Grand Bornand and 3rd of the last against the watch of Besancon to 1 ' 27" of Lance Armstrong. It finishes thus 2nd to 6 ' 19" of Lance Armstrong, in front of Ivan Basso 3rd, Jan Ulrich 4th.

In 2005, it gains a victory of stage at the time of Bayern Rundfahrt (Turn of Bavaria). During the Tour de France, finishes 2nd at the time of the 8 {{E}} stage with Gérardmer, beaten with the sprint for one centimetre by the Dutchman Pieter Weening. It also finishes 9th at the top of Courchevel and Ax-3 Domaines. Whereas it occupied the 11th place with general classification with 12 ' 01" of Lance Armstrong, it is victim of a fall its abandonment day before on the road of Pau. Its season stops with a fracture of the scaphoïde

In 2006, Andreas Klöden takes again the competition at the time of the Tirreno-Adriatico where it finishes 130e with 29 ' 00" of Thomas Dekker. After a fall with the drive, it carries out its return to the competition at the time of Bayern Rundfahrt, it is classified 3rd against the watch. It gives up the Tour of Switzerland because of a disease, declares fixed price for the Championship of Germany but engages on the Tour de France 2006. Following the Business Puerto, he becomes the leader of the formation T-Mobile after the ousting of Jan Ulrich. He finishes first of all 8th against the watch with Rennes, he finishes 9th at the top of the Val of Aran-Pla-of-Beret to 1 ' 31" of the winner Denis Menchov, 5th at the top of the Alpe d' Huez and with Toussuire. It attacks the yellow jersey, Floyd Landis, on the rise of the Alpe d' Huez, American was satisfied to follow it and not to take any relay. The following day on the stage of Toussuire, Floyd Landis is victim of a failure and loses more than 10 minutes on the first, Mickael Rasmussen. Floyd Landis tackles the following day on the stage of Morzine and makes up for its lost time on all the favorites. When in Klöden, it finishes 8th stage with Morzine. At the time of the last against the watch of Montceau-the-Mines, Andreas Klöden finishes 2nd with 40" behind its team-member Serhiy Honchar, it recovers the 3rd place with general classification with Carlos Sastre. It finishes the Tour de France with 3rd with the final classification with 1 ' 29" of Floyd Landis, 1st, and with 30" of Oscar Pereiro, 2nd. Thereafter, it gains against the watch and the final classification of the Regio-Turn. At the time of the Championships of the World of against the watch with Salzburg, it is classified 27e.

At the end of August 2006, Klöden announces on its Internet site that it will join the formation Astana for the season 2007. It will thus find its former team-member Alexandre Vinokourov, left the T-Mobile in 2005.

  • " What was determining in my decision, it is that I will go in a very strong team, with Alexandre Vinokourov and Andrey Kashechkin, with which I can go far the next season; to leave T-Mobile at the end of the season after so much of years will not be easy but I trustful in the future and I are delighted by this new défi" , added Klöden.

In 2007, Andreas Klöden joined the formation Astana. It takes again the competition on the Lathe of Algarve of which it is classified 19th. It gains Tirreno-Adriatico in front of the Luxembourger Kim Kirchen and its Kazakh fellow-member Alexandre Vinokourov, then the Circuit of the Sarthe with a victory of stage over against the watch with Angers. At the time of the 5th stage of the Tour de France it falls. The diagnosis falls: it has the cracked coccyx what causes to awake in him old demons (it had broken the coccyx 3 years before). The following day one finds it at the beginning of the 6th stage with his fellow-member Alexandre Vinokourov victim also of a fall during the 5th stage (wound open to the knees). At the time of the second day of rest (July 24th) of the Tour de France 2007 between 15th and 16th stages, its fellow-member Alexandre Vinokourov is controlled positive with the homologous transfusions. Following this news, the leaders of Astana announce that the team withdraws itself, Andréas Klöden with. It was then 5th general classification with 5 ' 34 of the Danish leader Michael Rasmussen.

Prize list

  • 1996
    • 3rd of the Championships of the World U23 hope of against the watch
  • 1997
    • 2 stages of the International Turn of Rheinland-Pfalz
    • Champion of Germany hope

  • 1998

    • 1 stage of the basic Turn Saxony
    • General classification of the basic Turn Saxony
    • 1 stage of the Turn of Normandy
    • 2nd of the general classification of the Turn of Normandy

  • 2000

    • 7th stage of Paris-Nice
    • General classification of Paris-Nice
    • 5eb stage of the Turn of the Pays Basque
    • General classification of the Turn of the Pays Basque
    • 7th stage of the Race of Peace
    • 2nd of the general classification of the Turn of Germany
    • 2nd of the general classification of the Turn of Denmark
    • 3rd of the general classification of the Regio-Turn
    • 3rd of the Olympic Games on road
    • 12th of the Olympic Games of against the watch

  • 2002

    • 2nd of the general classification of the Regio-Turn
  • 2003
  • 2004
    • Champion of Germany
    • 2nd of the general classification of the Tour de France
    • 6th of the Walloon Arrow
    • 6th of the general classification of the Turn of Germany

  • 2005

    • 5th stage of Bayern Rundfahrt (Turn of Bavaria)

  • 2006

    • 1 stage of the Regio-Turn
    • final Classification of the Regio-Turn
    • 2nd of the general classification of the Tour de France

Results on the Tour de France

  • 2001 : 26e of general classification
  • 2003: Abandonment at the time of the 9th stage
  • 2004: 2nd of general classification
  • 2005: Abandonment at the time of the 17 {{E}} stage
  • 2006: 2nd of general classification
  • 2007: Leave the turn with its Astana team at the conclusion of the 15th stage

Results on the Lathe of Spain

  • 1998 : Abandonment at the time of the 10th stage
  • 1999: 62e of general classification
  • 2000: Abandonment at the time of the 14th stage
  • 2002: Abandonment at the time of the 15th stage

See too

  • Official site

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