Team Milram

Team Milram
Team information
UCI code	MRM
Based	Italy
Founded	2006
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	ProTour
Key personnel
General Manager	Gianluigi Stanga
Previous team name(s)
2006–	Team Milram
Team kit

Team Milram is an Italian-registered UCI ProTeam established in 2006. The team is often called a German team because its main sponsor is Milram, part of the Nordmilch company from the German state of Bremen.

Milram took over the ProTeam licence of Domina Vacanze. 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 manager is led by Italian Gianluigi Stanga, who has been a team manager in professional cycling since 1983. The directeurs sportifs (Sports Directors) are the Italians Vittorio Algeri, Antonio Bevilacqua and Oscar Pellicioli . Gerry van Gerwen from the Netherlands is the commercial manager.

Milram only joined the UCI ProTour in 2006. Since then they have won 88 podium positions (that is, finished a race either first, second, or third) (24 first, 29 second, 35 third ).

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. After breaking his kneecap in 2006, Alessandro Petacchi regained his top form and won some races.

There is a MILRAM Continental Circuit Team, and those young riders and those from other U23 teams are helped so they can develop their skills

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) (1976-03-29) March 29, 1976 (age 48)  Mirko Celestino (ITA) (1974-03-19) March 19, 1974 (age 50)  Alessandro Cortinovis (ITA) (1977-10-11) October 11, 1977 (age 47)  Volodymyr Dyudya (UKR) (1983-01-06) January 6, 1983 (age 42)  Sergio Ghisalberti (ITA) (1979-12-10) December 10, 1979 (age 45)  Ralf Grabsch (GER) (1973-04-07) April 7, 1973 (age 51)  Andriy Hryvko (UKR) (1983-08-07) August 7, 1983 (age 41)  Denis Haueisen (GER) (1978-09-13) September 13, 1978 (age 46)  Matej Jurco (SVK) (1984-08-08) August 8, 1984 (age 40)  Christian Knees (GER) (1981-03-05) March 5, 1981 (age 43)  Brett Lancaster (AUS) (1979-11-15) November 15, 1979 (age 45)  Mirco Lorenzetto (ITA) (1981-07-13) July 13, 1981 (age 43)  Martin Müller (GER) (1974-04-05) April 5, 1974 (age 50)  Alberto Ongarato (ITA) (1975-07-24) July 24, 1975 (age 49)

Rider Date of birth  Alessandro Petacchi (ITA) (1974-01-03) January 3, 1974 (age 51)  Enrico Poitschke (GER) (1969-08-25) August 25, 1969 (age 55)  Elia Rigotto (ITA) (1982-03-04) March 4, 1982 (age 42)  Fabio Sabatini (ITA) (1985-02-18) February 18, 1985 (age 39)  Fabio Sacchi (ITA) (1974-05-22) May 22, 1974 (age 50)  Björn Schröder (GER) (1980-10-27) October 27, 1980 (age 44)  Sebastian Schwager (GER) (1984-01-04) January 4, 1984 (age 41)  Carlo Scognamiglio (ITA) (1983-05-31) May 31, 1983 (age 41)  Marcel Sieberg (GER) (1982-04-30) April 30, 1982 (age 42)  Sebastian Siedler (GER) (1978-01-18) January 18, 1978 (age 47)  Niki Terpstra (NLD) (1984-05-18) May 18, 1984 (age 40)  Marco Velo (ITA) (1974-03-09) March 9, 1974 (age 50)  Erik Zabel (GER) (1970-07-07) July 7, 1970 (age 54)

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