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No. 032 - Robert Forster


Robert Forster Team: Team Gerolsteiner
Country: Germany
DOB: 3/17/1980 | Age: 26
Hometown: Markkleeberg, Germany
Height: 5'10" | Weight: 178
Website: www.robert-foerster.de
Pro Since: 2001
Specialty: Sprinter

Career Summary

German sprinter Robert Förster had several top wins in 2006 including stage wins at the Giro d’Italia, the Vuelta a Espana, the Circuit de la Sarthe, and the Denmark Rundfahrt. He is a sprinter with a powerful finishing punch and prefers to battle it out in mass sprints.

Events

07 Amgen Tour of California

Individual Results

  • 2006 1st stage 21 Giro d’Italia; 1st stage 15 Vuelta a Espana; 1st stage 1 Circuit de la Sarthe; 1st stage 5 Ster Elektrotoer; 1st stages 3, 5 Danmark Rundfahrt; 1st stage 15 Spanienrundfahrt
  • 2005 1st stage 4 Sachsen Tour; 1st Tour de Neuss; 1st Dessauer City-Rennen; 1st Prym Konig-Pilsener Night; 2nd German National Road Championships; 2nd stages 2, 20 Giro d’Italia; 3rd stage 6 Tour de France
  • 2004 1st Groningen-Munster
  • 2003 1st Groningen-Munster; 1st stage 1 Tour of Rheinland-Pfalz
  • 2002 1st stage 3 Sachsen Tour; stage win Circuito Montanes
  • 2001 1st stages 1, 3 Sachsen Tour; 1st stage 2 Vuelta a Cuba; 1st stage 3 Giro del Capo; 1st stage 4 GP Joaquim Agostinho; 1st stage 4a Hessen Tour; 1st sprint classification Settamana Lombarda; 2nd Tour of Saxony

Team History

2003-2007 Team Gerolsteiner, 2001-2002 Team Nurenberger