Erik Zabel

Erik Zabel is a German racing cyclist born the July 7th 1970 with Berlin in Germany. It measures 1m76 for 69kg.

Biography

Erik Zabel grows with East Berlin and after good performances among amateurs, it passes professional in 1992 with the German team Union-Frondenberg. In 1993, it integrates the TEAM Telekom become T-Mobile in 2004. In 2005, it is isolated of the T-Mobile team taking part in the Tour de France in the name of a strategy aiming at playing the chart of Jan Ulrich, unfortunate candidate with the final victory, it then decides to leave the T-Mobile to join the new team TEAM Milram in company of Italian Alessandro Petacchi.

Very competitive and very rapid at the time of the sprints, Erik Zabel is a legend of cycling, very famous for its professionalism, he is regarded as one of the best sprinters of end of the year 90 and gains 6 times the green shirt of the Tour de France. He counts very many victories with his prize list. Its principal fellow-member in the sprints was often his friend Rolf Aldag, from now on sport director of the T-Mobile.

In 2006, Zabel collected places of honor once again. Already 10 times second and 15 times third! With old of 36ans, it finished 2nd Championnats of the World to Salzburg behind Paolo Bettini. But it nevertheless obtained 3 successes including two victories of stages over the Tour of Spain.

Following the consents of former racing cyclists of the team Deutsche Telekom. May 24th, 2007, Erik Zabel acknowledges with the press to be doped in 1996 but to have " decree after one week of catch because of the secondaires" effects;. July 13rd, its green shirt of the Turn 1996 is unobtrusive shelves without that not having a real legal value, the facts being prescribed. It thus acts above all of a symbolic system measurement.

Erik Zabel holds the trophy of the yellow Ruban since the year 2003. By gaining this year Paris-Turns to 47,550 km/h it beat the record which was held by Andreï Tchmil on the same race since 1997.

Prize list

  • 18 victories of stages over Bayern Rundfahrt (Turn of Bavaria)

  • 18 victories of stages over the Turn of Germany
  • 12 victories of stages over the Tour de France
  • 11 victories of stages over the Catalan Week
  • 9 victories of stages over the Lathe of Aragon
  • 8 victories of stages over the Turn of Switzerland
  • 8 victories of stages over the Turn of Spain
  • 7 victories of stages over the Tirreno-Adriatico
  • 5 victories of stages over Ruta LED Ground
  • 5 victories of stages over the Lathe of Valence
  • 4 victories of stages over the Turn of the Future
  • 4 victories of stages over the Turn of Luxembourg
  • 4 victories of stages over the Turn of Catalonia
  • 4 victories of stages over the Challenge of Majorque
  • 4 victories of stages over the Lathe of Holland
  • 3 victories of stages over the Race of Peace
  • 3 victories of stages over the Four days of Dunkirk
  • 3 victories of stages over the Lathe Down Under
  • 1 victory of stage over the Lathe of Murcie
  • 1 victory of stage over Regio-turn

Places of honor

  • Vice-champion of the world on road: 2004, 2006

  • 3rd of the Championship of the World on road: 2002
  • 5th of the Championship of the World on road: 2001
  • 5th of the Championship of the World Junior of the race at the points: 1988
  • Vice-Champion of Germany on road: 2001
  • 3rd of the Championship of Germany: 1997, 1999, 2002, 2005
  • 2nd of the Bicycle of Gold: 2000, 2001
  • 2nd of the World cup: 2001
  • n°2 of world classification UCI: 2000, 2003
  • n°3 of world classification UCI: 2004

  • 22 times 2nd of a stage on the Tour de France

  • 17 times 2nd of a stage on the Tour of Spain
  • 2 times 2nd of a stage on the Tour of Italy

Results on the Tour de France

Results on the Lathe of Spain

  • 1995 : Abandonment
  • 2001: 86e of the general classification and victorious of three stages
  • 2002: 69e of general classification and better sprinter
  • 2003: 72e of general classification, better sprinter and victorious of two stages
  • 2004: 43e of general classification and better sprinter
  • 2005: 63e of general classification
  • 2006: 62e of the general classification and victorious of two stages
  • 2007: 73e, victorious of a stage

Results on the Lathe of Italy

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