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Team Milram
Team information
UCI code	MRM
Based	Germany
Founded	2006
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	ProTour
Key personnel
General manager	Gerry van Gerwen
Previous team name(s)
2006–	Team Milram

Rund um den Henninger-Turm (2006) 4. left: Alessandro Petacchi, right: Erik Zabel

Team car Team Milram Deutschlandtour 2006

Team Milram is an German-registered UCI ProTeam established in 2006.

Milram took over the ProTeam licence of Domina Vacanze. The team’s main sponsor is Milram, a brand of the Bremen-based company Nordmilch. Erik Zabel and Alessandro Petacchi are the team’s top cyclists. There are 25 other riders, mainly from Germany and Italy. Milram is the third team in the UCI ProTour with a German main sponsor.

The team management is led by Italian Gianluigi Stanga, who has been a team manager in professional cycling since 1983. Stanga is supported by the Italians Vittorio Algeri, Antonio Bevilacqua and Oscar Pellicioli as sport directors. Gerry van Gerwen from the Netherlands is the commercial manager.

Since its start in the cycling season 2006 Milram has attained 88 top three positions (24 first, 29 second, 35 third ranks). However, the team lost Alessandro Petacchi, who broke his knee cap in a crash at the Giro d'Italia. The team’s greatest successes in 2006 were Christian Knees’ win at the German classic "Rund um Köln", Alessandro Petacchi winning all the stages as well as the overall classification of the Niedersachsen-Tour, Erik Zabel's title as vice-World Champion and his winning the best sprinter’s red jersey in the Deutschland Tour and two stages of the Vuelta a Espana.

Team MILRAM reorganised itself for its second season. Five new riders joined and eight riders left the team. The most prominent new rider is Igor Astarloa, 2003 World Champion from Spain. Additionally, the team added Brett Lancaster, the up-and-coming riders Marcel Sieberg and Niki Terpstra, as well as neo pro Sebastian Schwager. Alessandro Petacchi regained his top form and won some races.

At the beginning of the current season, a new model for team development was developed. According to their function, the riders are assigned to different levels. The pyramid-shaped structure starts with the "young and wild ones," the up-and-coming riders and neo pros at the bottom, followed by the experienced allrounders and specialists, and is topped by the stars. The structure is based on a bottom-up strategy. The sport directors monitor the development of the riders and, if possible, enable them to move up to the next level. The scouting system established in middle 2006 will be maintained. Young riders from the MILRAM Continental Team will further be supported, talents from other U23 teams will be monitored.

Date	Race	Rider
10 February	Grand Prix Costa degli Etruschi	Alessandro Petacchi
18 February	6th stage Tour Méditerranéen	Mirco Lorenzetto
23 February	3rd stage Algarve-Tour	Alessandro Petacchi
24 February	4th stage Algarve-Tour	Alessandro Petacchi
25 February	5th stage Algarve-Tour	Alessandro Petacchi
21-25 February	Overall classification Algarve-Tour	Alessandro Petacchi
28 February	2nd stage Valencia-Tour	Alessandro Petacchi

As of January 5, 2007.^[1]

Rider Date of Birth  Igor Astarloa (ESP) March 29, 1976 (1976-03-29) (age 31)  Mirko Celestino (ITA) March 19, 1974 (1974-03-19) (age 33)  Alessandro Cortinovis (ITA) October 11, 1977 (1977-10-11) (age 30)  Volodymyr Dyudya (UKR) January 6, 1983 (1983-01-06) (age 24)  Sergio Ghisalberti (ITA) December 10, 1979 (1979-12-10) (age 28)  Ralf Grabsch (GER) April 7, 1973 (1973-04-07) (age 34)  Andriy Hryvko (UKR) August 7, 1983 (1983-08-07) (age 24)  Denis Haueisen (GER) September 13, 1978 (1978-09-13) (age 29)  Matej Jurčo (SVK) August 8, 1984 (1984-08-08) (age 23)  Christian Knees (GER) March 5, 1981 (1981-03-05) (age 26)  Brett Lancaster (AUS) November 15, 1979 (1979-11-15) (age 28)  Mirco Lorenzetto (ITA) July 13, 1981 (1981-07-13) (age 26)  Martin Müller (GER) April 5, 1974 (1974-04-05) (age 33)  Alberto Ongarato (ITA) July 24, 1975 (1975-07-24) (age 32)

Rider Date of Birth  Alessandro Petacchi (ITA) January 3, 1974 (1974-01-03) (age 33)  Enrico Poitschke (GER) August 25, 1969 (1969-08-25) (age 38)  Elia Rigotto (ITA) March 4, 1982 (1982-03-04) (age 25)  Fabio Sabatini (ITA) February 18, 1985 (1985-02-18) (age 22)  Fabio Sacchi (ITA) May 22, 1974 (1974-05-22) (age 33)  Björn Schröder (GER) October 27, 1980 (1980-10-27) (age 27)  Sebastian Schwager (GER) January 4, 1984 (1984-01-04) (age 23)  Carlo Scognamiglio (ITA) May 31, 1983 (1983-05-31) (age 24)  Marcel Sieberg (GER) April 30, 1982 (1982-04-30) (age 25)  Sebastian Siedler (GER) January 18, 1978 (1978-01-18) (age 29)  Niki Terpstra (NED) May 18, 1984 (1984-05-18) (age 23)  Marco Velo (ITA) March 9, 1974 (1974-03-09) (age 33)  Erik Zabel (GER) July 7, 1970 (1970-07-07) (age 37)

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