Linus Gerdemann : biography
Linus Gerdemann (born 16 September 1982) is a German professional road bicycle racer, who last rode for .
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Career
Gerdemann at the 2005 [[HEW Cyclassics]] After riding on amateur teams Team Winfix and Team AKUD Arnolds Sicherheit, in 2005 he became a professional rider for after a recommendation from Jens Voigt, 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 , 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 to date, 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 classification, as well as the white jersey as leader of the young rider classification. 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.
Palmares
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- 2004
- 1st
- 3rd Overall Bayern-Rundfahrt
- 2006
- 6th Overall Volta a Catalunya
- 7th Overall Tour de Suisse
- 7th Grosser Preis des Kantons Aargau
- 8th Trofeo Calvia
- 2007
- Tour de France
- 1st Stage 7
- Held Maillot Jaune 20px From Stage 7–8
- 2008
- 1st 20px Overall Deutschland Tour
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st 20px Overall Tour de l’Ain
- 1st Stage 3a
- 1st Coppa Agostoni
- 3rd Montepaschi Strade Bianche – Eroica
- 2009
- 1st 20px Overall Bayern-Rundfahrt
- 1st Groben Preis der Stadt Dessau-Roblau
- 5th Montepaschi Strade Bianche – Eroica
- 7th Overall Tirreno–Adriatico
- 24th Overall Tour de France
- 2010
- 1st Stage 3 Vuelta a Mallorca
- 1st Stage 1 Tirreno–Adriatico
- 16th Overall Giro d’Italia
- 2011
- 1st 20px Overall Tour de Luxembourg
- 1st Stage 2
- 2012
- 2nd National Road Race Championships
- 5th Overall Tour de Pologne
- 8th Overall Vuelta a Castilla y León