Andreas Klöden, born on 22 June 1975, in Mittweida, Germany, is a professional cyclist for UCI Pro-Tour team T-Mobile. His professional career began in 1998, two years after gaining the bronze medal in the World Time Trial Championships U23 and winning two stages at the International Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt in 1997. 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Mittweida is a town in Saxony, capital of the district Mittweida. ... T-Mobile logo T-Mobile is a multinational mobile phone operator. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...

In his first pro season he won the Niedersachsen Rundfahrt's GC and the prologue of the Tour de Normandie. In 1999, he won a stage at the Portuguese race Tour of Algarve. But the first of his great seasons came in 2000, where after notching two important victories in the General Classifications of Paris-Nice and Vuelta a Euskadi, he went on to obtain the bronze medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, after fellow German Jan Ullrich and Kazakh Alexandre Vinokourov (Now, the three of them are together in T-Mobile and are major challengers for the 2005 Tour de France overall victory). 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Paris-Nice, nicknamed the race to the sun, is an annual cycling stage race held in April. ... (Redirected from 2000 Sydney Olympics) Categories: 2000 Summer Olympics ... Jan Ullrich in the T-Mobile Team uniform during the Prologue to the 2004 Tour de France Jan Ullrich (born December 2, 1973 in Rostock, Germany) is a German professional road bicycle racer. ... Alexander Vinokourov, also written Alexandre Vinokourov, (born 1973) is a Kazakh cyclist. ... T-Mobile logo T-Mobile is a multinational mobile phone operator. ... The 92nd Tour de France will be held from July 2 to July 24, 2005. ...

After that came three injury plagued seasons in which he gained no victories, until 2004 saw his cycling rebirth. After winning the German National Road Championships (continuing a winning streak of T-Mobile/Team Telekom, who has won all of these Championships since 1993), he held his great moment of form until the Tour de France, which began one week later. In that Tour, which he began as a domestique for Jan Ullrich, he revealed himself to be an important outsider and, despite not winning any stage, he ended second overall after taking second place from Italian Ivan Basso in the final time trial. Rumours had it that he was moving to Gerolsteiner or Illes Balears, but instead he stayed at T-Mobile. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... T-Mobile logo T-Mobile is a multinational mobile phone operator. ... Jan Ullrich leading the T-Mobile team in the team time trial stage of the 2004 Tour de France T-Mobile Team is an international professional road bicycle racing team. ... The (Le) Tour de France (French for Tour of France), also simply known as Le Tour, is an epic long distance road bicycle racing competition for professionals held over three weeks in July in and around France. ... Jan Ullrich in the T-Mobile Team uniform during the Prologue to the 2004 Tour de France Jan Ullrich (born December 2, 1973 in Rostock, Germany) is a German professional road bicycle racer. ... Ivan Basso (born November 26, 1977) is a cyclist from Gallarate, Italy. ... In many racing sports an athlete will compete in a time trial against the clock to secure the fastest time. ... Capital Palma de Mallorca Official languages Catalan and Castilian Area  – Total  – % of Spain Ranked 17th  4 992 km²  1,0% Population  – Total (2003)  – % of Spain  – Density Ranked 14th  916 968  2,2%  183,69/km² Demonym  – English  – Catalan  – Spanish Balearic balear balear Statute of Autonomy March 1, 1983 ISO 3166... T-Mobile logo T-Mobile is a multinational mobile phone operator. ...

In this season he has won a stage at the Bayern Rundfahrt.