Tour de France News for June 12, 2004 Edited by John Stevenson and Jeff Jones Gerolsteiner announces Tour team The German Gerolsteiner team has announced its lineup for the upcoming Tour de France. Under the direction of Hans-Michael Holczer and Christian Henn, the nine man squad will consist of a mixture of German, Austrian and Swiss riders. "We want to aim for two things above all: first with Georg Totschnig to get one man in the top 10 of the general classification," said Hans-Michael Holczer. "Secondly we have a world class sprinter in Danilo Hondo, who we want to try and get into the green jersey. With Ronny Scholz and Sebastian Lang the team will take two German Tour-neo's to the Grande Boucle, which will give them their debut in the toughest cycling race in the world." The full team: René Haselbacher (26, Wien, Aut), Danilo Hondo (30, Cottbus, Ger), Sebastian Lang (24, Erfurt, Ger), Sven Montgomery (28, Kehrsatz, Swi), Uwe Peschel (35, Kressbronn, Ger), Ronny Scholz (26, Herrenberg, Ger), Georg Totschnig (33, Ramsau, Aut), Peter Wrolich (30, Latschach, Aut), Markus Zberg (29, Oberhofen, Swi). Previous News     Next News (All rights reserved/Copyright Knapp Communications Pty Limited 2004)

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