{{short description|Austrian cycling team}} {{Infobox cycling team | name = Team Vorarlberg | image = | code = {{ubl|class=nowrap|VOL (2002–2005, 2016–2018)|VBG (2006–2015, 2019–)}} | registered = Austria | founded = {{start date|1999}} | disbanded = | generalmanager = Thomas Kofler | teammanager = {{ubl|Florent Horeau|Cornel Enzler|Johann Innerhofer|Johannes Kofler|Jürgen Schatzmann|René Stüssi}} | discipline = [[Road bicycle racing|Road]] | status = Continental | season = 1999–2000<br />2001<br />2002–2003<br />2004–2005<br />2005–2008<br />2009–2010<br />2011–2017<br />2018–2020<br />2021– | oldname = ÖAMTC Volksbank–Colnago<br />Volksbank–Schwinn<br />Volksbank–Ideal ''(VOL)''<br />Volksbank–Ideal Leingruber ''(VOL)''<br />Volksbank–Vorarlberg<br />Vorarlberg–Corratec ''(VBG)''<br />Team Vorarlberg<br />Team Vorarlberg Santic<br />Team Vorarlberg ''(VBG)'' | kitimage = }} '''Team Vorarlberg''' ({{UCI code|VBG}}) is a [[cycling team]] based in Austria. The team was founded in 1999 by the twin brothers [[Thomas Kofler]] and [[Johannes Kofler]] and previously known as Team Volksbank. In 2009, the Austrian federal state of [[Vorarlberg]] replaced Volksbank as title sponsor. In 2006 it became the first ever Austrian professional cycling team and was registered as a [[UCI Professional Continental team]] until June 2010, when their UCI license was suspended due to financial insecurity.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-suspends-vorarlberg-corratecs-licence|title=UCI suspends Vorarlberg-Corratec's licence|work=Cyclingnews.com|access-date=18 November 2014}}</ref> The team was later re-registered as a UCI Continental team, and retained that status in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/vorarlberg-corratec-confirms-first-two-riders-for-2011|title=Vorarlberg-Corratec confirms first two riders for 2011|work=Cyclingnews.com|access-date=18 November 2014}}</ref>
In 2007, the team received international attention when former German [[Tour de France]]-winner [[Jan Ullrich]] announced to join the team in an official function after having been suspended by his [[T-Mobile Team]] due to his involvement in the [[Operación Puerto doping case]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/volksbank-and-ullrich-the-sensation-is-perfect|title=Volksbank and Ullrich: "The sensation is perfect!"|work=Cyclingnews.com|access-date=3 March 2017}}</ref> After pressure from the team's sponsors, the plan was discarded.
Team Vorarlberg was the first Austrian cycling team to participate in events of the [[UCI ProTour]], the top tier racing league in professional cycling. It did so by receiving a [[wild card (sports)|wild card]] for the [[2007 Deutschland Tour]], also returning in 2008 with [[Daniel Musiol]] winning the mountains classification. From 2007 to 2009 it also raced three times at the [[Tour de Suisse]] (winning the sprint classification both with [[Florian Stalder]] in 2007 and with [[René Weissinger]] in 2008) as well as joining the [[2009 Tour of Flanders]]. Other notable results besides several national champion titles include the overall victory at the [[2015 Tour of Austria]] by [[Victor de la Parte]] and the 2023 [[Volta a Portugal]] by [[Colin Stüssi]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Volta a Portugal 2023 |url=https://www.procyclingstats.com/race/volta-a-portugal/2023 |access-date=2023-08-20 |website=www.procyclingstats.com}}</ref>
==Team roster== [[File:Bellignies - Grand Prix des Marbriers, 25 août 2015 (A064).JPG|thumb|The team at the 2015 [[Grand Prix des Marbriers]].]] {{Updated|23 May 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/18373|title=Team Vorarlberg|work=UCI.org|publisher=[[Union Cycliste Internationale]]|access-date=23 May 2023}}</ref>}} {{Cycling squad start}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Dominik Amann]]|nat=AUT|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|2|12}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Pirmin Benz]]|nat=GER|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2000|11|26}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Antoine Berlin]]|nat=MON|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1989|8|2}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Óscar Cabedo]]|nat=ESP|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1994|11|12}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Peter Inauen]]|nat=SUI|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|7|28}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Jon Knolle]]|nat=GER|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1999|9|11}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Lukas Meiler]]|nat=GER|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|2|14}}}} {{Cycling squad mid}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Laurin Nenning]]|nat=AUT|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2004|9|25}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Nikolas Riegler]]|nat=AUT|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2001|9|15}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Lukas Rüegg]]|nat=SUI|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1996|9|9}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Linus Stari]]|nat=AUT|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|1|4}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Colin Stüssi]]|nat=SUI|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|6|4}}}} {{Cycling squad rider|name=[[Moran Vermeulen]]|nat=AUT|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|6|14}}}} {{Cycling squad end}}
==Major wins== {{palmares start}} ;2002 :{{IRL}} Time Trial Championship, [[David McCann (cyclist)|David McCann]] :[[Poreč Trophy]] 6, [[Fraser MacMaster]] :Stage 3 [[International Tour of Rhodes]], [[Vasilis Anastopoulos]] :[[Manx Trophy|Manx International]], [[David McCann (cyclist)|David McCann]] ;2003 :Prologue [[Istrian Spring Trophy]], [[Jean Nuttli]] :[[Sacrifice Cup]], [[Philippe Schnyder]] :Overall [[Tour of Greece]], [[Vasilis Anastopoulos]] ::Stage 2, [[Vasilis Anastopoulos]] :Stage 5, [[Tour of Slovenia]], [[Jure Golčer]] :Overall [[Brandenburg–Rundfahrt]], [[Jean Nuttli]] ::Stage 1b, [[Jean Nuttli]] :[[Duo Normand]], [[Jean Nuttli]] & [[Philippe Schnyder]] ;2004 :{{GRE}} Road Race Championship, [[Vasilis Anastopoulos]] :{{AUT}} Road Race Championship, [[Harald Morscher]] :[[Köln-Bonn]], [[Pascal Hungerbühler]] ;2005 :{{GRE}} Road Race Championship, [[Vasilis Anastopoulos]] :[[Tour de Berne]], [[René Weissinger]] ;2007 :Stage 6 [[Tour of Austria]], [[Gerrit Glomser]] ;2008 :Stage 2 [[2008 Bayern–Rundfahrt|Bayern–Rundfahrt]], [[Olaf Pollack]] ;2009 :Stage 8 [[2009 Tour of Turkey|Tour of Turkey]], [[Sebastian Siedler]] :Stage 6 [[2009 Danmark Rundt|Danmark Rundt]], [[Sebastian Siedler]] ;2010 :Stage 2 [[Oberösterreich Rundfahrt]], [[Josef Benetseder]] ;2012 :{{SLO}} Time Trial Championship, [[Robert Vrečer]] :Stage 3 [[Tour du Loir-et-Cher]], [[Robert Vrečer]] :Overall [[Tour of Greece]], [[Robert Vrečer]] ::Stage 1, [[Robert Vrečer]] :Overall [[Oberösterreich Rundfahrt]], [[Robert Vrečer]] ::Stage 1, [[Robert Vrečer]] :Stage 1 [[Tour du Gévaudan Occitanie|Tour du Gévaudan Languedoc-Roussillon]], [[Robert Vrečer]] ;2013 :Stage 1 [[Oberösterreich Rundfahrt]], [[Florian Bissinger]] ;2014 :Stage 5 [[Tour de Taiwan]], [[Fabian Schnaidt]] :Stage 2 [[À travers les Hauts-de-France|Paris–Arras Tour]], [[Fabian Schnaidt]] :Stages 1 & 6 [[2014 Tour of Iran (Azerbaijan)|Tour of Iran]], [[Fabian Schnaidt]] :Stage 5 [[Tour of China]] I, [[Grischa Janorschke]] ;2015 :[[Paris–Mantes-en-Yvelines]], [[Nicolas Baldo]] :Overall [[Flèche du Sud]], [[Víctor de la Parte]] :Stage 1 [[Oberösterreich Rundfahrt]], [[Víctor de la Parte]] :[[Image:Jersey yellow.svg|20px|alt=A jersey with a yellow design]] Overall [[2015 Tour of Austria|Tour of Austria]], [[Víctor de la Parte]] ::Stages 4 & 6 [[2015 Tour of Austria|Tour of Austria]], [[Víctor de la Parte]] ;2018 :{{SUI}} U23 National Time Trial Championships, [[Lukas Rüegg]] :Stages 3 ([[Individual time trial|ITT]]) & 4 [[Tour de Savoie Mont-Blanc]], [[Patrick Schelling]] :Stage 2 [[Kreiz Breizh Elites]], [[Jannik Steimle]] :Prologue [[2018 Tour de Hongrie|Tour de Hongrie]], [[Patrick Schelling]] :Stage 3 ([[Individual time trial|ITT]]) [[Okolo Jižních Čech]], [[Patrick Schelling]] :Stage 5 [[Okolo Jižních Čech]], [[Jannik Steimle]] ;2019 :Stage 1a ([[Individual time trial|ITT]]) [[Szlakiem Grodów Piastowskich]], [[Jannik Steimle]] :Stage 4 [[Flèche du Sud]], [[Jannik Steimle]] :Overall [[Oberösterreich Rundfahrt]], [[Jannik Steimle]] ::Stage 1, [[Jannik Steimle]] :Stage 2 [[Tour de Savoie Mont-Blanc]], [[Colin Stüssi]] :Prologue & Stage 5 [[Tour of Austria]], [[Jannik Steimle]] ;2021 :Stage 1 [[Istrian Spring Trophy]], [[Filippo Fortin]] :[[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Oberösterreich Rundfahrt]], [[Alexis Guérin (cyclist)|Alexis Guérin]] ::Stage 3, [[Alexis Guérin (cyclist)|Alexis Guérin]] :Stage 4 [[Tour de Savoie Mont-Blanc]], [[Alexis Guérin (cyclist)|Alexis Guérin]] ;2022 :Prologue [[International Tour of Rhodes]], [[Lukas Meiler]] ;2023 :[[File:Jersey yellow.svg|20px]] Overall [[Volta a Portugal]], [[Colin Stüssi]] ::Stage 7, [[Colin Stüssi]] {{palmares end}}
==National Champions== ;2002 :[[File:MaillotIrlanda.PNG|20px]] Ireland Time Trial Championship, David McCann ;2004 :[[File:Maillot Greece.png|20px]] Greece Road Race Championship, Vasilis Anastopoulos :[[File:MaillotAustria.PNG|20px]] Austria Road Race Championship, Harald Morscher ;2005 :[[File:Maillot Greece.png|20px]] Greece Road Race Championship, Vasilis Anastopoulos ;2012 :[[File:MaillotEslovenia.PNG|20px]] Slovenia Time Trial Championship, Robert Vrečer
==Known former riders== * {{flagicon|Denmark}} [[Michael Rasmussen (cyclist)|Michael Rasmussen]] (1999) * {{flagicon|USA}} [[Tyson Apostol]] (2005-2007) * {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Stefan Denifl]] (2006) * {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Harald Morscher]] (2006–2009) * {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Gerrit Glomser]] (2006–2008) * {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Sven Teutenberg]] (2006–2007) * {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Olaf Pollack]] (2008) * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Reto Hollenstein]] (2009-2011) * {{flagicon|Austria}} [[René Haselbacher]] (2009–2010) * {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Sebastian Siedler]] (2009–2010) * {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[Silvan Dillier]] (2011) * {{flagicon|Germany}} [[René Weissinger]] (2004–2005 and 2007–2012) * {{flagicon|Slovenia}} [[Robert Vrečer]] (2012 and 2014) * {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Victor de la Parte]] (2015)
==Notes== {{notelist}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{official website|http://www.team-vorarlberg.com/}}
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