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Linus Gerdemann Gerdemann

Key Stats

Nationality: German
Born: September 16, 1982
Hometown: Münster, Germany
Height: 5-foot-10
Weight: 154 pounds
Strengths: all around
Turned Pro: 2005

Palmares

Career Highlights:

1st, stage 7, Tour de France 2007
leader, Tour de France after stage 7 2007
1st, stage 7, Tour de Suisse 2005
1st, German road championship 2004

2007
1st, stage 7, Tour de France
6th, GP Lugano
7th, stage 5, Vuelta a Andalucia
9th overall, Vuelta a Andalucia
9th, Milano-Torino
10th, stage 4, Tirreno-Adriatico
10th, stage 5, Tirreno-Adriatico
10th, stage 3, Tour de Suisse

2006
2nd, stage 3, Tour de Suisse
2nd, prologue, Tour of Germany
5th, stage 9, Tour de Suisse
5th, Duits Kampioenschap Weg
6th overall, Volta Ciclista a Catalonia
7th overall, Tour de Suisse
7th, GP Kanton Aargau
8th, stage 5, Challenge Mallorca
8th, stage 8, Tour de Suisse
9th, stage 7, Paris-Nice
9th, stage 4, Volta Ciclista a Catalonia

2005
1st, stage 7, Tour de Suisse
3rd overall, International Bayern-Rundfahrt
5th, stage 3, Four Days of Dunkirk
5th overall, Four Days of Dunkirk
6th, stage 3, International Bayern-Rundfahrt
7th, stage 4, International Bayern-Rundfahrt
8th, stage 19, Vuelta

2004
1st, German under-23 road championship
3rd, German under-23 time trial championship
4th, Memorial Henryka Lasaka
10th, stage 4, International Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt

2003
9th, Rund um die Nürnberger Altstadt

Biography

Before signing to team CSC for the 2005 season, Gerdemann rode for amateur teams Team Winfix and Team AKUD Arnolds Sicherheit. For the 2006-2007 seasons, he was a member of the T-Mobile team. His biggest victory to date is his win of stage 7 of the 2007 Tour de France, which also gave him the yellow and white jerseys.