# Chad Gerlach

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{{Short description|American cyclist}}
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{{Infobox cyclist
| name           = Chad Gerlach
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| birth_date     = {{birth date and age|1973|7|13}}
| birth_place    = [Sacramento, California](/source/Sacramento%2C_California), U.S.
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| currentteam    = Retired
| discipline     = Road
| role           = Rider
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| 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](/source/Kodakgallery.com%E2%80%93Sierra_Nevada)
| proyears6      = 2009
| proteam6       = {{UCI team code|AMO|2009}}
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'''Chad Gerlach''' (born July 13, 1973) is an American former professional [road cyclist](/source/road_bicycle_racing).<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](/source/Intervention_(TV_series)).<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](/source/Nevada_City_Classic)
: 1st Stage 1 [Course de la Solidarité Olympique](/source/Course_de_la_Solidarit%C3%A9_Olympique)
: 1st Stage 7 [Tour of China](/source/Tour_of_China)
: 1st Stage 4 Killington Stage Race
: 7th [Binche–Tournai–Binche](/source/Binche%E2%80%93Tournai%E2%80%93Binche)
;1997
: 3rd [Nevada City Classic](/source/Nevada_City_Classic)
;1998
: 1st Stages 7 & 10 [Tour de Langkawi](/source/1998_Tour_de_Langkawi)
;2009
: 5th [Nevada City Classic](/source/Nevada_City_Classic)

==References==
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==External links==
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Category:1973 births
Category:Living people
Category:American male cyclists
Category:Sportspeople from Sacramento, California
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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