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ANDRE GREIPEL (28)

Huerth, Germany 

Known in the team as the strongest man on earth, André has amazing physical power and was able to turn that into many results in 2009. Greipel started 2009 with a stage win in Tour Down Under, and continued winning all season, including  4 stage wins at the Vuelta and a total of 20 victories for the season.  He has started out strong in 2010 with 3 stage wins plus the overall at the Tour Down Under.

 

2010 Victories

  • Two stage wins at Tour of Poland
  • Two stage wins at Tour of Austria
  • Stage win at the Giro
  • Five stage wins and points jersey at Tour of Turkey
  • Stage winner of Volta ao Algarve (held yellow jersey)
  • Stage win at Challenge Mallorca
  • Three stage wins of Tour Down Under

2009 Victories

  • Paris-Bourges
  • 4 stage wins plus Green Jersey in Vuelta 2009
  • 3 stage wins in Tour of Austria 2009
  • Stage win in Tour of Poland 2009
  • 2 stage wins in Sachsen Tour 2009
  • Philadelphia International Classic
  • Neuseen Classic
  • 3 stages of Bayern Rundfahrt
  • Stage 6 of Four Days of Dunkirk
  • Stage winner of Tour Down Under

2008 Victories

  • Stage winner Giro D'Italia
  • 1st - Munsterland-Giro, Germany
  • 1st - Nurnberg men
  • Stage winner of Eneco Tour
  • Stage winner of Tour of Germany
  • Stage winner of Tour of Austria
  • Stage winner of Sachen Tour
  • 5 Stage wins overall at Tour Down Under

"I like to ride and race my bike because it is a kind of freedom for me when I train through beautiful landscape without traffic and sometimes just by myself. A day without my bike is a lost day. "