Eindhoven Team Time Trial Explained

Eindhoven Team Time Trial
Date:Late-June
Region:Eindhoven, Netherlands
English:Eindhoven Team Time Trial
Discipline:Road
Competition:UCI ProTour
Type:Team time-trial
Number:3
Last:2007
Firstwinner:Gerolsteiner
Mostwins:Team CSC (2 wins)
Mostrecent:Team CSC

The UCI ProTour Eindhoven Team Time Trial was an annual road bicycle race held in Eindhoven, Netherlands. It was approximately . Each team had six riders. In 2006, team size expanded to eight.

Conceived as part of the UCI ProTour in 2005, it was open to the 20 ProTour teams and 5 wildcard teams selected by the organisers. It was held immediately after the Ster Elektro Toer, a four-day race on the UCI Europe Tour.

In early 2008 Eindhoven ended involvement in the event. The UCI said it would be replaced by another to be decided.[1] In 2012, the men's team time trial was introduced at the UCI Road World Championships.

Winners

YearWinning TeamCountryRanked RidersDistanceWinning TimeAverage SpeedWeather conditions
2005Team GerolsteinerMarkus Fothen, Sven Krauß, Sebastian Lang, Uwe Peschel, Michael Rich, Torsten Schmidt48.6 km53:3554.414 km/hSunny
Team CSCLars Bak, Michael Blaudzun, Bobby Julich, Christian Müller, Stuart O'Grady, Brian Vandborg, Jens Voigt, David Zabriskie48.6 km52:2855.578 km/hCloudy
Team CSC48.6 km53:3654.39 km/hRain

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.uci.ch/Modules/ENews/ENewsDetails.asp?id=NTU2NQ&MenuId=MTYxNw&BackLink=%2FTemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI5%2Flayout%2Easp%3FMenuID%3DMTYxNw Press release : Eindhoven Team Time Trial to be replaced by a new event