German cyclist

Linus Gerdemann (born 16 September 1982) is a German former professional road bicycle racer, who won a stage in the 2007 Tour de France and led the general cl*ification for two days, wearing the yellow jersey.

After failing to find a contract for 2013, Gerdemann joined MTN–Qhubeka for the 2014 season. In 2015 he rode for Danish professional continental team Cult Energy-Vital Water. Early 2017, Gerdemann announced his retirement.

Contents

• 1 Career
• 2 Major results
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Career

Gerdemann at the 2005 HEW Cycl*ics

After riding on amateur teams Team Winfix and Team AKUD Arnolds Sicherheit, in 2005 he became a professional rider for Team CSC after a recommendation from Dennis Kraft, signing on for a 2-year contract. In his first year as a pro, he won the 7th stage of the UCI ProTour race Tour de Suisse and had the leader's jersey in Four Days of Dunkirk.

In late 2005 he agreed to a contract with rival UCI ProTour T-Mobile Team, starting from 2006. This got Team CSC owner Bjarne Riis to release Gerdemann from his contract at the end of 2005.

On Saturday 14 July 2007 he secured his biggest victory in his career, the seventh stage of the Tour de France from Bourg-en-Bresse to Le Grand-Bornand. The stage win gave him the yellow jersey as leader of the general cl*ification, as well as the white jersey as leader of the young rider cl*ification. He was also awarded the combativity award for this stage.

In March 2008 he sustained injuries from a crash in the Tirreno–Adriatico and was unable to race in the 2008 Tour de France or the Beijing summer Olympics. He came back from his injuries to win the Deutschland Tour in August 2008.

Gerdemann also won the Tour of Luxembourg in 2011 and 2015.

Major results

20036th Overall Tour de Berlin2004National Under-23 Road Championships1st Road race3rd Time trial1st Stage 4 Tour de Berlin4th Memoriał Henryka Łasaka6th Overall Thüringen Rundfahrt der U237th Rund um den Henninger Turm U2320051st Stage 7 Tour de Suisse2nd Overall Cinturón a Mallorca3rd Overall Bayern–Rundfahrt5th Overall Four Days of Dunkirk20066th Overall Volta a Catalunya7th Overall Tour de Suisse7th Grand Prix of Aargau Canton8th Trofeo Calvia2007Tour de France1st Stage 7Held after Stages 7–86th Gran Premio di Lugano9th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía9th Milano–Torino20081st Overall Deutschland Tour1st Stage 11st Overall Tour de l'Ain1st Stage 3a1st Coppa Ugo Agostoni3rd Monte Paschi Eroica7th Overall Sachsen Tour9th Gran Premio di Lugano20091st Overall Bayern–Rundfahrt1st Großen Preis der Stadt Dessau-Roßlau5th Monte Paschi Strade Bianche7th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico20101st Trofeo Inca1st Stage 1 Tirreno–Adriatico9th Overall Vuelta a Andalucía20111st Overall Tour de Luxembourg1st Stage 24th Overall Tour of Britain10th Overall Eneco Tour20122nd Road race, National Road Championships5th Overall Tour de Pologne8th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León2014Tour d'Azerbaïdjan1st Mountains cl*ification1st Stage 45th Overall La Tropicale Amissa Bongo20151st Overall Tour de Luxembourg1st Stage 24th Rund um Köln5th Gran Premio di Lugano8th Cl*ica Corsica201610th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León

References

External links

• Linus Gerdemann at Cycling Archives
• Linus Gerdemann at ProCyclingStats
• Linus Gerdemann at Cycling Quotient
• Linus Gerdemann at CycleBase
• Linus Gerdemann at UCI
• Palmares at Cycling Base (French)