Erik Zabel
Erik Zabel
Erik Zabelis a German former professional road bicycle racer who last raced with Milram. With over 200 professional wins he is considered by some to be one of the greatest German cyclists and cycling sprinters of all-time. Zabel won a record nine points classifications in grands tours including wearing the final green jersey in the Tour de France a record six consecutive years between 1996 and 2001 and the points jersey at the Vuelta a España in 2002, 2003 and...
ProfessionCyclist
Date of Birth7 July 1970
kept sprint toes
The sprint was long and difficult, Bennati kept me on my toes all the way to the finish.
chance dear france possible pursue races tour
Milram allows me the chance to pursue races which are very dear to me, such as the Tour de France which wasn't possible at T-Mobile,
emotions finish good last later manager precious race season team van victories victory
Magnifique!, ... It's a very good day for me and my team manager Walter Godefroot, as well as for Frans Van Looy. It's last race this season for them, and also for Aldag and myself, so to finish it with a victory here on Paris-Tours is wonderful! Of course, after 13 years of a lot of victories and emotions with Telekom and later T-Mobile, this is a very precious moment.
emotional hard moment sprint strong team
It was a hard sprint because Bennati is very strong right now. This is a very emotional moment for me, and for the team in which I have so many friends.
good great happy manager riders solid team
I've got everything I need here to be happy - a solid team, good riders and a great team manager (Stanga).
good leave memories number
Still, I leave with a lot of good memories and a good number of friends.
great last moment race
It's a great moment for me, especially in my last race with the team.
delighted dream farewell kept sprint toes winning
It's a dream come true. I wanted to say farewell to T-Mobile by winning here and I'm delighted I could. The sprint was long and difficult, Bennati kept me on my toes all the way to the finish.
profit train
Now I too can profit from the train which is at Petacchi's disposition,
dream fact knew perform placed since third tours won worked
I was all calm, since I already won two times in Tours and placed third another two times. So I knew how to perform the sprint. The fact that it really worked out, was terrific. It's a dream come true.
certainly fine front good last race races rider seen sunday
He will certainly do a big race on Sunday because I have seen him doing fine during the last week. He is a rider that can be in front during long races and he does good sprints.
happen
I actually have no idea about what can happen on Sunday,
days racing
there is enough place for the two of us with 180 days of racing a year.
mass perfect scenario sprint
A perfect scenario for me would be a mass sprint of 14 or 15 riders.