Chad Gerlach

{{Short description|American cyclist}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Chad Gerlach | image = | image_size = | caption = | full_name =  | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|7|13}} | birth_place = Sacramento, California, U.S. | height = | weight = | currentteam = Retired | discipline = Road | role = Rider | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = | amateurteam1 = | amateuryears2 = | amateurteam2 = | proyears1 = 1995–1996 | proteam1 = {{UCI team code|DSC|1997}} | proyears2 = 1997 | proteam2 = Plymouth–Ellsworth | proyears3 = 1997 | proteam3 = {{UCI team code|NIC|1997}} | proyears4 = 1998 | proteam4 = Oilme–Klein | proyears5 = 2002 | proteam5 = Sierra Nevada–Cannondale | proyears6 = 2009 | proteam6 = {{UCI team code|AMO|2009}} | majorwins = | medaltemplates = | show-medals = }}

'''Chad Gerlach''' (born July 13, 1973) is an American former professional road cyclist.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://firstcycling.com/rider.php?r=12236 |title=Chad Gerlach |work=FirstCycling.com |accessdate=December 22, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/rider/chad-gerlach |title=Chad Gerlach |work=ProCyclingStats |accessdate=December 22, 2020}}</ref>

Seen as a promising talent in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Gerlach rode for major teams including {{UCI team code|DSC|1996}} and {{UCI team code|NIC|1997}}, before turning to drugs and alcohol and becoming homeless in 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.velonews.com/news/road/chad-gerlach-is-back-in-addiction-treatment-after-a-set-back-in-his-much-publicized-comeback/ |title=Chad Gerlach is back in addiction treatment after a set back in his much-publicized comeback |work=VeloNews.com |accessdate=December 22, 2020 |author=Robertson, Blair}}</ref> He gained notoriety for his comeback to professional cycling in 2009 after suffering from addiction for approximately five years, which was featured on Intervention.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/chad-gerlach-turns-down-amore-and-vita-contract/ |title=Chad Gerlach turns down Amore & Vita contract |website=www.cyclingnews.com |access-date=2019-01-30}}</ref>

==Major results== ;1996 : 1st Nevada City Classic : 1st Stage 1 Course de la Solidarité Olympique : 1st Stage 7 Tour of China : 1st Stage 4 Killington Stage Race : 7th Binche–Tournai–Binche ;1997 : 3rd Nevada City Classic ;1998 : 1st Stages 7 & 10 Tour de Langkawi ;2009 : 5th Nevada City Classic

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