Markus Fothen

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Markus Fothen

Fothen at the 2007 Vuelta a España
Personal information
Full name	Markus Fothen
Date of birth	September 9, 1981 (1981-09-09) (age 26)
Country	Germany
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Weight	71 kg (160 lb)
Team information
Current team	Gerolsteiner
Discipline	Road
Role	Rider
Rider type	All-rounder
Amateur team(s)
2002–2003	Team TEAG Köstritzer
Professional team(s)
2004–	Gerolsteiner
Major wins
World Time-Trial Champion (U23) (2003)
Infobox last updated on:
July 27, 2007

Markus Fothen (born September 9, 1981 in Kaarst) is a German road racing cyclist who races for Team Gerolsteiner in the UCI ProTour.

2003 saw Fothen win the under-23 World Championship time trial in Hamilton, Canada. He completed the 30.8km course in 38:35.29, beating his nearest rival by nearly 20 seconds. [1]

During 2006 Tour de France, Fothen held the maillot blanc for 13 stages, losing it to Damiano Cunego on the 17th stage. He finished the Tour 38 seconds behind Cunego.

[edit] Palmarès

[edit] External links

• Official website

v • d • e Riders on Gerolsteiner Francesco De Bonis | Robert Förster | Markus Fothen | Thomas Fothen | Mathias Frank | Johannes Fröhlinger | Oscar Gatto | Heinrich Haussler | Tim Klinger | Bernhard Kohl | Sven Krauß | Sebastian Lang | Andrea Moletta | Volker Ordowski | Davide Rebellin | Matthias Russ | Ronny Scholz | Stephan Schreck | Stefan Schumacher | Tom Stamsnijder | Fabian Wegmann | Carlo Westphal | Peter Wrolich | Oliver Zaugg | Markus Zberg | Manager: Hans-Michael Holczer

Persondata
NAME	Fothen, Markus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Road bicycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH	1981-09-09
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kaarst, Germany
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH